There is a new No. 1 at the top of the Associated Press’ Top 25 College Basketball Rankings. houston took the top spot from north carolina The Cougars top the AP rankings for the first time in 39 years after a big change in Monday’s poll.
Houston improved to 6-0 after winning 49-44 Kent On the other hand, last week’s 1st, 3rd, 6th and 8th place teams all lost at least one. With 45 votes he won the first place vote.The Cougars last time he came first was the Cougars north carolina in the NCAA tournament finals.
Tar Heels lost to Iowa When Alabamadropped to 18th in this week’s polls.
College hoops upset benefited another team in great shape texas Beyond Houston, Texas also boosted the rankings, moving from 4th to 2nd after handling business in a week and improving to 5-0. The second place in the ranking is the highest since the 2009 season.
Elsewhere on the poll, Virginia Moved up two spots to 3rd place. Arizona When Purdue They jumped big from outside the top 10 to 4th and 5th respectively.Rounding out the top 10 is Baylor, clayton, U Conn, Kansas and Indian
AP Top 25
The top 25 teams in the Associated Press College Basketball Poll, with 1st place votes in parenthesis, are totals based on their records through Sunday, 25 points for 1st place votes to 1 point for 25th place votes, and last week’s rankings. point:
| rank | team | record | point | Forward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston (45) | 6-0 | 1,534 | 2 |
| 2 | Texas (8) | 5-0 | 1,467 | Four |
| 3 | Virginia (2) | 5-0 | 1,408 | Five |
| Four | Arizona | 6-0 | 1,341 | 14 |
| Five | Purdue (8) | 6-0 | 1,307 | twenty four |
| 6 | Baylor | 5-1 | 1,111 | 7 |
| 7 | clayton | 6-1 | 1,100 | Ten |
| 8 | U Conn | 8-0 | 1,099 | 20 |
| 9 | Kansas | 6-1 | 990 | 3 |
| Ten | Indiana | 6-0 | 938 | 11 |
| T-11 | Arkansas | 5-1 | 860 | 9 |
| T-11 | Alabama | 6-1 | 860 | 18 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 5-1 | 848 | twenty two |
| 14 | Gonzaga | 5-2 | 845 | 6 |
| 15 | auburn | 7-0 | 733 | 13 |
| 16 | Illinois | 5-1 | 643 | 16 |
| 17 | duke | 6-2 | 614 | 8 |
| 18 | north carolina | 5-2 | 541 | 1 |
| 19 | kentucky | 4-2 | 472 | 15 |
| 20 | Michigan | 5-2 | 469 | 12 |
| twenty one | UCLA | 5-2 | 346 | 19 |
| twenty two | Maryland | 6-0 | 282 | twenty three |
| twenty three | Iowa | 5-1 | 198 | NR |
| twenty four | San Diego | 4-2 | 189 | 17 |
| twenty five | Ohio | 5-1 | 108 | NR |
other voters: TCU 45, Iowa 31, Charleston 20, west virginia 14, Mississippi 12, texas tech 11, Michigan 8, Wisconsin 6, Arizona 6, UNLV 6, Miami (FL) Five, Missouri 2, Oklahoma 2, St. John’s 1, Virginia Tech 1, new mexico 1, Kansas 1
