Purdue’s slide from No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 males’s faculty basketball ballot turned out to be transient.
The Boilermakers headlined Monday’s newest ballot for the second time this season after beating former No. 1 Arizona over the weekend. The Wildcats had spent two weeks at No. 1 after Purdue’s loss to Northwestern ended the Boilermakers’ stint on the high after one week.
Purdue obtained 48 of 62 first-place votes within the newest ballot to leap from third with the Arizona win, which marked this system’s first win in opposition to a No. 1 group in 23 years. It additionally marked the most recent spectacular nonconference win to a resume that already consists of ranked groups in Gonzaga, Tennessee and Marquette.
Preseason No. 1 Kansas stayed at No. 2 with six first-place votes, whereas Houston moved up one spot to No. 3 and had the opposite eight votes. Arizona fell to fourth.
THE TOP TIER
UConn, Marquette, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky and Baylor rounded out the highest 10.
Of that group, the Sooners are making their first look inside the highest 10 since February 2021. And the Wildcats cracked the highest 10 for the primary time this season after beating North Carolina within the CBS Sports Classic.
RISING AND FALLING
Kentucky’s five-spot rise marked the most important soar of the week. Oklahoma and Tennessee had been subsequent with 4 spots to push inside the highest 10, whereas No. 13 Illinois rose three spots. In all, 10 groups climbed from final week’s ballot.
No. 15 Gonzaga and No. 18 Clemson took the most important tumbles, with every falling 5 spots after losses. Baylor, which misplaced in a blowout to Michigan State, and No. 12 Creighton had been subsequent by falling 4 spots. A complete of seven groups slid from final week’s rankings.
STATUS QUO
Six groups held their place from final week, together with UConn, No. 19 Texas, No. 20 James Madison, No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Virginia.
WELCOME ABOARD
No. 23 Memphis and No. 25 Mississippi had been the week’s new additions.
The Tigers handed Clemson its first loss after a 9-0 begin to soar into the rankings for the primary time this season.
As for Ole Miss, the Rebels (10-0) are off to their greatest begin since opening at 13-0 in 2007-08. The program, in its first season underneath Chris Beard, is ranked for the primary time since January 2019.
Miami (No. 24) and Northwestern (No. 25) fell out from final week.
CONFERENCE WATCH
The Big 12 led all conferences with six ranked groups, together with No. 17 BYU. The Atlantic Coast Conference was subsequent with 4 groups, adopted by three every for the Big East, Big Ten and Southeastern conferences.
The American Athletic Conference had two ranked groups, whereas the Pac-12, West Coast, Mountain West and Sun Belt conferences every had one.
