Vanderbilt joined the rankings for the first time since December 2015. The Commodores are No. 24 after defeating Kentucky 74-69 on Saturday. The Wildcats dropped from No. 9 last week to No. 12 in this week's poll.

Michigan State ascended to its highest ranking in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll this season on Monday with a move up one spot to No. 7 after another perfect week in Big Ten play. The Spartans went 2-0 on the week with wins over Illinois and Rutgers to improve to 8-0 in conference play.

Tre Donaldson scored seven of his career-high 21 points during a game-closing 9-0 run and Michigan edged Penn State 76-72. Michigan grabbed three offensive rebounds on one possession midway through the second half before Rubin Jones sank a 3-pointer to extend its lead to 55-47.

The Big Ten Conference continued to showcase its strength in Monday's Associated Press Top 25. The Big Ten had five ranked teams while three other schools clai

Norvell's ability to lead the Rams to an eight-win season last fall marked the program's most successful year in a decade, when Jim McElwain led CSU to an 10-win campaign before departing shortly thereafter to take over at Florida.

The University of Utah is paying an outside consulting firm $6 million for its advisors to come in and coach the school on how it could, in turn, save millions of dollars.

The Utah Jazz were the first NBA team to hold an event aimed at criminal record expungement. One-quarter of Utahns have a criminal record that can hinder getting jobs, housing or professional licensing. Utah was the second state to pass a "clean slate law" to automatically clear certain misdemeanor offenses.

Alabama men's basketball entered this past week at No. 4 in the AP Top 25 Poll and No. 3 in the Coaches Poll while eyeing home games against V

Percentages: FG .490, FT .813. 3-Point Goals: 9-19, .474 (Dunn 3-4, Baldwin 3-8, Dilione 2-3, Hicks 1-4). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: None.

Arkansas earned two upset wins last week, including defeating #2 LSU on Friday night. The second-ranked Oklahoma men used the nation's top team score in their victory over #3 Illinois. Check out all of the scores and recaps of last week's NCAA gymnastics action.

Bereaved children — left behind after the death of parents, caregivers and other close family members — often have no access to counseling or grief support groups. Utah has a first-in-the-nation strategy to try to help.

Holy Cross at Boston U., 7 p.m. Towson at Northeastern, 9 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Alcorn St., 6 p.m. Southern Miss. at Troy, 6 p.m. Houston Christian at SE Louisiana, 7 p.m.