The first week of the men's college basketball season caused change in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll with Auburn being the biggest mover forward.

Kansas remained atop the first Associated Press men’s college basketball poll of the regular season after winning a matchup of basketball bluebloods.

Top-10 teams in  the preseason AP Top 25 poll had a combined 16-3 record to tip off the first week of college basketball, with all three losses – Houston to Auburn, Baylor to Gonzaga and North Carolina to Gonzaga – coming at the hands of teams ranked 11th or higher in the preseason poll.

Sources tell ESPN, reserve players Jahki Howard and Ja’Heim Hudson got into a scuffle just after the team plane took off for Houston on Friday.

Freshman Jahki Howard and senior Ja'Heim Hudson were kept back and will not play Saturday vs. the Cougars after altercation in air

Both Howard and Hudson were reportedly barred from getting on Auburn’s second flight to Houston on Friday night and will not rejoin the team for Saturday evening’s game, according to CBS Sports. The two bench players each saw at least 15 minutes of action in Auburn’s season-opening victory against Vermont.

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Auburn basketball head coach Bruce Pearl felt that his team would be "exposed" during Saturday's game with No. 4 Houston, and that is exactly what happened. However, No. 11 Auburn was exposed in a positive way as they earned a 74-69 win over the Cougars at