The top 13 teams remained unchanged while UCLA made a big jump and Gonzaga and Ole Miss took major tumbles in the latest Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, released Monday.
With 41 first-place votes, Tennessee (12-0) stayed on top thanks to an 82-64 win over Middle Tennessee, while the next three in line — Auburn (11-1, 20 first-place votes), Iowa State (10-1) and Duke (10-2) — were idle during the holiday week.
The biggest jump saw the Bruins (11-2) vault seven spots to No. 15 on the strength of a 65-62 win over Gonzaga (9-4). In the process, the Bulldogs dropped five spots to No. 19.
Ole Miss (11-2) plummeted eight spots, barely staying in the poll at No. 24 after then-unranked Memphis handed the Rebels a 17-point loss. Memphis (10-3) re-entered the poll this week at No. 21
San Diego State (8-3) dropped out of the rankings after a last-minute loss to unranked Utah State.
The rest of the Associated Press Top 25:
5. Alabama (11-2) 6. Florida (13-0) 7. Kansas (9-2) 8. Marquette (11-2) 9. Oregon (12-1) 10. Kentucky (10-2) 11. UConn (10-3) 12. Oklahoma (13-0) 13. Texas A&M (11-2) 14. Houston (8-3) 15. UCLA (11-2) 16. Cincinnati (10-1) 17. Mississippi State (11-1) 18. Michigan State (10-2) 19. Gonzaga (9-4) 20. Purdue (9-4) 21. Memphis (10-3) 22. Illinois (9-3) 23. Arkansas (10-2) 24. Ole Miss (11-2) 25. Baylor (8-3)
–Field Level Media
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