Arizona maintained the slimmest of grips on No. 1 in the latest Associated Press men’s top 25 poll released Monday.
The Wildcats (14-0) earned 32 first-place votes, with Michigan (13-0) garnering the remaining 29. In all, Arizona received 1,494 votes, with the Wolverines capturing just one fewer.
The top six in the voting remained unchanged, with Iowa State (14-0), UConn (14-1), Purdue (13-1) and Duke (13-1) slotting into those spots.
Houston (13-1) and Gonzaga (16-1) flipped places, with the Cougars moving into the No. 7 slot and the Bulldogs No. 8. BYU (13-1) moved up a spot to No. 9, and Nebraska (14-0) rose three places to No. 10.
Falling out of the top 10 was Michigan State (12-2), which slid three places after a two-point loss to Nebraska on Friday.
Iowa (12-2) took the biggest climb on the week, rising six spots to No. 19. The biggest plunge belonged to North Carolina (13-2) and Kansas (10-4), which tumbled five spots each.
Entering the poll were No. 24 SMU (12-2) and No. 25 UCF (12-1). Out of the top 25 were Southern California and Florida.
The defending national champion Gators dropped to 9-5 on the season after a 76-74 loss to Missouri.
The rest of the top 25:
11. Vanderbilt (14-0)
12. Michigan State (12-2)
13. Alabama (11-3)
14. Texas Tech (11-3)
15. Arkansas (11-3)
16. Illinois (11-3)
17. North Carolina (13-2)
18. Georgia (13-1)
19. Iowa (12-2)
20. Louisville (11-3)
21. Tennessee (10-4)
22. Kansas (10-4)
23. Virginia (12-2)
24. SMU (12-2)
25. UCF (12-1)
–Field Level Media
