Auburn Tigers guard Tahaad Pettiford received SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the first time this season. Pettiford averaged 18.0 points, 3.0 steals, 2.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game in the back-to-back wins over ranked SEC opponents last week. First, they dominated No. 15 Mississippi State 88-66 and then outlasted No. Georgia 70-23.

The Tigers keep their winning streak alive behind a monster performance from freshman guard Tahaad Pettiford, who scored 24 points off the bench. This isn't the first time the former highly-touted recruit stepped up when his team needed him most.

Auburn basketball earned two wins over ranked SEC foes last week, and freshman Tahaad Pettiford was an important reason. The freshman guard averaged 18 points in the wins over No. 18 Mississippi State and No.

Auburn is the unanimous No. 1 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday while Michigan State and Houston both made leaps into the top 10.

The Tigers were the unanimous pick at No. 1 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll released on Monday, holding on to the top spot following a week in which 19 ranked teams lost at least once — including seven teams in the top 10.