Alabama basketball picked up a resume-building win at Texas A&M over the weekend, so what did that mean for the Crimson Tide in the rankings?

Abbie Stockard, a 22-year-old nursing student and cheerleader at Alabama’s Auburn University, beat 51 other contestants to be named Miss America.

Drew Dauphin, a 2023 Auburn University graduate who was killed at the New Year’s attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, was flown back to Montgomery on the evening of Jan. 10. Dauphin earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity.

The new AP poll is out, and the Auburn Tigers are No. 1 on the list for the second time in program history. The first time was for three weeks in January and February of 2022. Auburn jumped Tennessee for the No. 1 spot after the Volunteers lost 73-43 to Florida on Tuesday in Gainesville. Tennessee had be No. 1 for five weeks.

On Sunday, Dec. 5, Abbie Stockard, representing Alabama, was crowned Miss America after earning Miss Alabama in 2024. According to CNN, the 22-year-old nursing student is an undergraduate and cheerleader at Auburn University in Alabama. She won at the annual event in Orlando, Florida, triumphing over 51 other US state representatives.

John's 52; Wisconsin 29; Arizona 29 ... Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for the Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at [email protected].

Athens, Georgia; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -5.5; over/under is 146.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 Auburn visits No. 23 Georgia after Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 points in Auburn's 88-66 victory over the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

No. 24 Wisconsin takes a six-game winning streak to Los Angeles for a West Coast road swing, which tips off on Saturday at Southern California. The Badgers (14-3, 4-2 Big

And, in the game of the night, on CBS Sports Network, Oregon State beat nationally ranked Gonzaga 97-89 in overtime. Relatively speaking, it was a slow day in the sport (except for another Florida coach being accused of wrongdoing in a Title IX complaint).

Alabama and Auburn enter offseasons with incredibly consequential quarterback competitions will dictate the direction of programs in need of momentum.

A year after retirement Nick Saban is headed to the College Football Hall of Fame as part of a class of 22 to be enshrined at a ceremony in Las

Ohio State’s 2024 football team will try to etch its name in history Monday to become the school’s ninth team to win a national championship. Coach Ryan