Earlier in the week, while discussing Auburn, I explained why I think the Tigers deserve their No. 1 ranking but acknowledged I also find it hard to believe they're actually the best team in the country without the injured Johni Broome.

Five Auburn players scored in double figures and the host Tigers, the top-ranked team in the nation, survived their first test without their best player, Johni Broome, prevailing 88-66 over No. 15 Mississippi State on Tuesday.

This week’s War Rapport Wednesday is about the now #1 ranked team in the AP Top 25 Poll, the Auburn Men’s Basketball team. However, the injury bug showed no mercy as the Tigers superstar forward Johni Broome was injured in the Auburn’s road game against South Carolina.

There's a new No. 1 in college basketball's latest AP Top 25 poll Monday, as Auburn has supplanted Tennessee at the top of the men's college basketball rankings. The Tigers ascended to the top of the rankings after No.