Arizona takes No. 1 in AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll, Iowa State up to No. 4, Gonzaga into top 10
Arizona took over the top spot in the AP Top men s college basketball poll on Monday a reward for a perfect start to the season that includes a quartet of wins against ranked foes including a lopsided triumph over Auburn last weekend Purdue which had spent the past three weeks at No slid to sixth following its - home loss to Iowa State and the entire poll got a shakeup as only two teams remained in the same spots from last week The Wildcats received of first-place votes from a national media panel to claim No for the first time since Dec and only the third time since the - season They edged No Michigan which earned first-place votes thanks in part to wins over Florida UConn and UCLA along with their - romp over the then-No Tigers on Saturday night Obviously it s nothing you shy away from Wildcats coach Tommy Lloyd mentioned of being No You know you re at Arizona The big stage It s part of being at a venture like this But we have bigger things on our mind The Wolverines also moved up one spot for their best ranking since March Duke claimed six first-place votes and moved up to No And the Cyclones parlayed their big win in West Lafayette Indiana into a six-spot climb to No and a first-place vote Iowa State has never been ranked No in the AP poll era which began with the - season They stole our spirit revealed Purdue coach Matt Painter whose crew tied a record for largest margin of defeat at home as the nation s No association Our reason for having a high frustration level was them They re damn good They took us to the woodshed UConn remained ahead of Purdue at No after beating Kansas inside Allen Fieldhouse last week Houston was seventh Gonzaga climbed three spots to eighth Michigan State was ninth and BYU rounded the top following a week of high-profile matchups across college basketball Louisville dropped five spots to No after losing to Arkansas Alabama remained at No followed by Illinois North Carolina and Vanderbilt the only unbeaten association left in the SEC and one of just eight left in Division I men s basketball Texas Tech was next followed by the Razorbacks who jumped eight spots after also beating Fresno State last week Florida fell to No following its - loss to the Blue Devils while Kansas moved up to No and Tennessee finished out the top The last five in the poll were Auburn St John s Nebraska Virginia and UCLA The No Huskers are - for only the third time in school history and they have won straight dating to last season the third-longest run in school history The ranking is their best since they were st the second week of the - season Rising and falling Arkansas was No in the preseason poll nearly dropped out entirely but made a big jump this week back to No following its two wins Iowa State s climb to No has been a steady one since it was ranked th in the preseason poll Tennessee tumbled seven spots to No this week following losses to Syracuse and Illinois Purdue and Louisville each fell five spots In and out Nebraska and Virginia both made their poll debuts replacing Indiana and USC The Cavaliers did not receive a single vote last week but earned enough to join the rankings at No UCLA also returned to the rankings while Kentucky dropped out Conference watch The Big Big Ten and SEC lead the way with six ranked teams apiece but the Big has the nation s No unit It also has four in the top while the Big Ten has three and the SEC none The ACC has four ranked teams the Big East two and the West Coast one Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here and here AP News mobile app AP college basketball https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-basketball-poll and https apnews com hub college-basketball Source
