Saturday wasn’t a good day to be a men’s college basketball team in the Associated Press poll.

All told, nine squads ranked in the top 25 were knocked off — No. 4 Florida, No. 7 Pittsburgh, No. 10 Notre Dame, No. 11 Marquette, No. 12 Creighton, No. 13 Oklahoma State, No. 14 Illinois, No. 23 Connecticut and No. 25 St. Joseph’s.

Nineteenth-ranked Mississippi State barely won, surviving a scare from rival Mississippi, 68-64, in overtime.

The highest ranked loser, the fourth-ranked Gators, didn’t have an answer for Tennessee’s Ron Slay, the leading scorer in the Southeastern Conference, who had 20 points and 11 rebounds in the Volunteers’ 66-59 victory.

Tennessee (15-6, 7-3 SEC) extended its winning streak to six games.

Brandon Crump added a career-high 19 points for the Vols, who ended their five-game losing streak to the Gators and made another push toward returning to the NCAA Tournament.

Florida (20-4, 9-2), which beat Tennessee 77-64 in Gainesville last month, couldn’t sweep the series this year.

“When it’s two minutes left in the game and it’s a close game, it’s time to suck it up,” Crump said. “You can give it all you got because the last two minutes of the game is just two minutes. It’s not like you have to play 20 more minutes after that.”

The Vols beat a top five opponent for the first time since a 78-77 win over then-No. 2 Kentucky in February 1993.

Matt Bonner scored 19 points while David Lee added 14 and Justin Hamilton had 11 for Florida, which had won two since losing at Kentucky after reaching No. 1.

No. 1 Arizona 86, USC 59

Tucson, Ariz. — Channing Frye scored a career-high 25 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked three shots for Arizona. The Wildcats (20-2, 12-1 Pac-10) reached 20 victories for the 16th year in a row, the longest active streak in the country.

No. 2 Louisville 73,

No. 11 Marquette 70

Milwaukee — Reece Gaines hit a three-pointer with six seconds left as Louisville (19-2, 9-1 Conference USA) snapped the Golden Eagles’ 28-game home winning streak. Dwyane Wade led Marquette (18-4, 9-2) with 15 points, while Robert Jackson had 14 and Diener 13.

No. 3 Kentucky 68, LSU 57

Lexington, Ky. — Keith Bogans scored 20 points and Gerald Fitch added 15 as Kentucky extended its winning streak to 14 games. Chuck Hayes had six points, 10 rebounds and a career-high six blocked shots, and Erik Daniels added nine points and a career-high 10 rebounds for the Wildcats (20-3, 10-0 Southeastern Conference).

Seton Hall 73,

No. 7 Pittsburgh 61

East Rutherford, N.J. — Seton Hall posted its second major shocker in 10 days with reserve Andre Sweet scoring 15 of his 17 points after halftime. Andre Barrett added 17 points and John Allen 14 for the Pirates (12-9, 6-4 Big East), whose five-game winning streak includes a stunner against No. 10 Notre Dame last week. Jaron Brown had 14 points to lead Pittsburgh (17-4, 7-3), which lost for the third time in five games, all on the road.

No. 8 Duke 78, Virginia 59

Charlottesville, Va. — Shelden Williams scored a career-high 20 points as Duke (17-4, 7-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) ended a four-game road losing streak in the league.

No. 17 Syracuse 82,

No. 10 Notre Dame 80

Syracuse, N.Y. — Gerry McNamara’s three-pointer with 18 seconds left helped keep the Orangemen (17-4, 8-3 Big East) unbeaten at home. The Fighting Irish fell to 19-5, 7-3. Freshman Carmelo Anthony led Syracuse with 26 points.

Purdue 70, No. 14 Illinois 61

West Lafayette, Ind. — Kenny Lowe scored 23 points as Purdue beat Illinois to snap a two-game losing streak. The Boilermakers (16-6, 8-3 Big Ten) entered the game needing a victory to remain tied for the conference lead with Wisconsin and Michigan, both winners Saturday. Brian Cook, the conference’s leading scorer, had 20 points but no other player reached double digits for Illinois (16-5, 6-4).

No. 18 Xavier 93,

Rhode Island 70

Cincinnati — Romain Sato made a school-record nine three-pointers for Xavier (18-4, 9-1 Atlantic 10), which has won nine in a row.

No. 19 Mississippi State 68, Mississippi 64, OT

Starkville, Miss. — Mario Austin had 19 points and converted a three-point play with 52 seconds left to put Mississippi State up for good. The Bulldogs (16-5, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) won a thriller against their archrivals for the second time in 21¼2 weeks. Mississippi State took the first meeting 58-57 on a last-second shot by Derrick Zimmerman on Jan. 29. Justin Reed led Ole Miss (12-10, 3-8) with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

No. 20 Georgia 83, Vanderbilt 70

Athens, Ga. — Ezra Williams and Jarvis Hayes each scored 16 points as Georgia (14-7, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) snapped a two-game losing streak.

No. 22 California 58, Washington 53

Berkeley, Calif. — Freshman Richard Midgley scored 15 points and hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 1:39 left as California (18-4, 11-2 Pac-10) survived nine lead changes in the second half.

Villanova 79,

No. 23 Connecticut 70

Philadelphia — Gary Buchanan scored 28 points and Ricky Wright added 13 for Villanova (14-9, 7-3 Big East), which had lost four of five. Ben Gordon scored 22 of his 25 points in the second half, and Emeka Okafor added 18 points and 16 rebounds for the Huskies (15-6, 6-4).

No. 24 Stanford 72, Washington State 54

Stanford, Calif. — Justin Davis made his first start since tearing a knee ligament in early January and scored 21 points for Stanford (19-6, 10-3 Pac-10).

Dayton 66,

No. 25 St. Joseph’s

Dayton, Ohio — Brooks Hall scored 13 points and had nine rebounds to lead Dayton. Delonte West scored 26 points to lead St. Joseph’s come-from-behind effort in the second half that fell short. The Flyers (18-4, 10-1 Atlantic 10) have won 14 of their last 16 games and are 13-0 at home.