Auburn is the unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the second consecutive week. The top five ...

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

Harrowing body cam video shows Kansas first responders rescue two dogs that were trapped in a frozen pond this week. The rescue happened Monday afternoon southwest of Topeka.

Tahaad Pettiford hit 5 of 7 shots from 3-point range, scoring 24 off the bench to help No. 1 Auburn escape No. 23 ... Zeke Mayo scored 24 to lead No. 9 Kansas over Kansas State 84-74.

Kennesaw St. at Sam Houston St., 7:30 p.m. North Florida at Cent. Arkansas, 7:30 p.m. SE Louisiana at East Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m. Texas Rio Grande Valley at Incarnate Word, 7:30 p.m.

Both defenses are facing bad matchups on third down in Sunday’s AFC championship game in Kansas City. The Kansas City offense ranked No. 2 in the NFL in converting third downs this season at 48.4%.

NO. 1 AUBURN 70, NO. 23 GEORGIA 68 ATHENS ... David Joplin had 17 points to lead Marquette. NO. 9 KANSAS 84, KANSAS STATE 74 ...

Mizzou (11-2) begins league play against No. 2 Auburn (12-1 ... that includes a 76-67 win over then-No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 8 and a 98-93 triumph over California in the SEC/ACC Challenge on Dec. ...

MU has a tall order ending that streak at Auburn, which shapes up as one of the top teams in the country this year. Mizzou has high-major wins over then-No. 1 Kansas and California and dropped ...

So far this season, Missouri has high-major wins over Kansas and California, and its losses both were to teams currently ranked among the top 30 in the net: Illinois and Memphis. Auburn ...

(AP Photo/Kathryn Skeean) Carolina forward Collin Murray-Boyles, left, shoots over Auburn’s Johni Broome (4 ... (AP Photo/Annie Rice) Kansas guard Shakeel Moore (0) shoots against Cincinnati guard ...