
Here is the latest SEC sports news from The Associated Press
By Mark Williams
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UNDATED (AP) — Georgia moved into the top spot in Tuesday night’s College Football Playoff rankings, while Notre Dame moved up six notches to No. 5 to leapfrog two spots ahead of Miami on the strength of its win over the Hurricanes last weekend. The second of the CFP’s six rankings reveals had its usual share of head-scratchers, starting with Indiana dropping five spots to No. 9 despite not playing last weekend. The rest of the 12-team bracket would include No. 2 Utah, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 UCLA. Then, it was Texas at No. 6, Tennessee at 8, BYU at 10 and Kentucky at 11. No. 24 Boise State would get the last spot as the best team among the Group of Six. CHICAGO (AP) — Tre White scored a career-high 30 points, Tyran Stokes had 23 and No. 15 Kansas routed No. 24 Kentucky 89-69. White was 11 for 16 from the field, and Stokes looked quite comfortable in his first big test. The touted freshman also had 10 rebounds and four assists. Trey Kaufman-Renn added 12 points as Kansas moved to 3-0 for the fifth time in the last six seasons. The Jayhawks also improved to 13-24 against the Wildcats with their third straight win in the series against their fellow blueblood. Zoom Diallo scored 24 points for Kentucky on 10-of-15 shooting. Malachi Moreno had 19 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. CHICAGO (AP) — It came down to Kansas and Kentucky, and Tyran Stokes decided to join the Jayhawks. Then he showed the Wildcats exactly what they were missing. Stokes looked quite comfortable in the first big test of his freshman season, helping No. 15 Kansas to an 89-69 victory over No. 24 Kentucky. The 6-foot-8 guard had 23 points, 10 rebounds and four assists. BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Coach Deion Sanders is taking full responsibility for the Colorado Buffaloes' struggles this season. They're on the brink of a third losing season in his four years in Boulder. The Buffaloes need to win their remaining three games to become bowl eligible, starting with a matchup against No. 14 Houston on Friday night. Sanders, who is under contract through 2029, remains focused on the present and committed to his players' development. He has gone 6-15 since the departure of his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, and 2024 Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter to the NFL. Overall, Deion Sanders is 19-27 at Colorado. PROVO, Utah (AP) — Robert Wright III had 21 points and six assists, No. 23 BYU drained 17 3-pointers and the Cougars beat Queens 98-82. Bruce Branch III added 15 points and six rebounds for BYU (3-0). Jaxon Kohler and Nate Pickens also scored 15 apiece and Collin Chandler added 12 points and a career-high four blocks. Five Cougars have scored in double figures in three straight games for the first time in 13 years. Reserve Caleb Jones scored 15 of his 18 points in the first half and Rickey Ballard also had 18 points for the Royals (2-2). Avantae Parker had 16 points and eight rebounds and Nasir Mann added 14 points and seven assists. LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Cruz Davis scored 13 of his 20 points while No. 16 Texas Tech built a big first-half lead, and the Red Raiders held on to beat No. 3 Illinois 84-78, extending their nonconference home winning streak to 49 games. Jamichael Stillwell had 11 points and 13 rebounds in his season debut for Texas Tech. The Red Raiders are still without JT Toppin as the All-America post player recovers a knee injury. Andrej Stojakovic scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half. Illinois got within a point after trailing by 22 late in the first half. TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Ivan Kharchenkov scored 20 points, Caleb Holt added 17 and No. 12 Arizona rolled to a 90-59 victory over Northern Arizona. The Wildcats used their size advantage to overpower the Lumberjacks, building a 24-point halftime lead and stretching it with an 18-3 second-half run. Arizona shot 62% from the floor, had a 52-20 advantage in the paint and 26 assists on 37 field goals for its second straight blowout win since a season-opening loss to No. 9 UCLA. Kharchenkov added seven rebounds and seven assists. Moteijus Krivas had 16 points and seven rebounds. Chris Komin led NAU with 17 points and Ryan Abelman added 14. BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado sophomore Ian Inman scored 26 points on 8-for-13 shooting from 3-point range and the Buffaloes beat San Diego 83-75. The Buffs made 26 of 51-shot attempts. Davion Hill scored 20 points for San Diego. The Toreros led the entire first half and went to intermission up 37-34. Colorado had to outscore the Toreros 15-9 in close to the first seven minutes of the second half for its first lead of the game. Stromer’s 23-foot, 3 got San Diego within 75-72 with 1:24 left by it never got closer. Inman responded with a 3 23 seconds later to help Colorado seal it. 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