Here is the latest SEC sports news from The Associated Press

UNDATED (AP) — The College Football Playoff rankings held steady at the top, with Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Michigan an unchanged first four from last week. The third rankings of the season were drama-free after every top-10 team won last weekend.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grant Williams scored 22 points and No. 5 Tennessee used its stingy defense to beat cold-shooting Georgia Tech 66-53. Tennessee was playing one day after moving up a spot in the Top 25 to earn its first top-five ranking since the 2007-08 season. Georgia Tech shot just 27.6 percent.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Shizz Alston Jr. and Quinton Rose poured in 25 points apiece and Temple held off Georgia 81-77. The Owls (3-0) opened up a 45-34 lead by the end of the first half with Alston and Rose accounting for 23 points.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has decided Music City is the place to keep its basketball tournament for years to come, extending its deal with an option that could keep the event in Nashville through 2035. The league announced the agreement to play the tournament in Nashville through 2030 with an option for a five-year extension. The only exception is 2022, when the SEC women's tournament will be played in Nashville and the men's tournament is in Tampa.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Skylar Mays scored 19 points and No. 22 LSU held off a relentless effort by first-year coach Penny Hardaway's Memphis squad to win 85-76. Transfer Kavell Bigby-Williams made all seven of his shots for a career-high 14 points for LSU. Freshman Tyler Harris made six 3-pointers and led Memphis with 20 points.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Missouri offensive coordinator Derek Dooley says he's grateful about the opportunity he had at Tennessee as the former Volunteers head coach prepares for his return to Knoxville. Dooley went 15-21 at Tennessee from 2010-2012 before getting fired amid his third straight losing season. Dooley returns to Tennessee on Saturday when Missouri faces the Vols.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn defensive end Nick Coe will miss Saturday's game against Liberty with an unspecified injury. Tigers coach Gus Malzahn says that Coe has "got kind of a wrist-type situation."

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Every player on South Carolina's football team knows the reason the Gamecocks went 4-4 in the Southeastern Conference and are still trying to become bowl eligible in mid-November. They have struggled to maintain momentum for an entire game. Quarterback Jake Bentley says the Gamecocks watched film of them blowing a 17-point lead in the final 16 minutes to Florida and saw a half-dozen plays that made the difference.

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