Kentucky is still ranked in the updated Coaches Poll following a loss to No. 1 Auburn at home last weekend. The Wildcats dropped a spot and is hanging on to a spot in the updated poll released Monday at No.

Kentucky basketball had no answers for Auburn on Saturday in Lexington, as the Tigers handed UK its most lopsided loss at Rupp Arena under Mark Pope.

The Tigers grabbed the No. 1 spot in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll for the third-straight week following wins over Ole Miss and on the road at No. 23 Kentucky by an average margin of 23 points. The Rebels remain unranked following the loss to Auburn while Kentucky fell to No.

The Kentucky Wildcats were coming off a big momentum win over the Oklahoma Sooners, and Big Blue Nation hoped this would carry over when Kentucky took on #1 Aub

Auburn still won the game by 16, and it was the backcourt that stepped up for the Tigers. Kelly, Chad Baker-Mazara and Tahaad Pettiford scored 44 of Auburn’s 49 points in the first half and the trio finished the game with a combined 73 points.

No. 1 Auburn clinched a share of the SEC title on Saturday in a 94-78 win over No. 17 Kentucky and, hours after the the Tigers earned their first victory inside Rupp Arena since 1