The top five of the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll remained unchanged Monday with defending national champ UConn still ahead of mighty Purdue, streaking North Carolina, defensive-minded Houston and Tennessee.
There was plenty of chaos in the rest of the poll, where 10 teams moved at least five positions one way or another.
The Huskies were still the clear No. 1, picking up four more first-place votes after a 99-56 rout of Xavier for their eighth straight win. They topped the poll on 48 of 63 ballots from the national panel of media, while the Boilermakers received 14 votes for No. 1 and the Cougars picked up the remaining one.
RANK TEAM RECORD PREVIOUS
1 UConn 18-2 1
2 Purdue 19-2 2
3 North Carolina 17-3 3
4 Houston 18-2 4
5 Tennessee 15-4 5
6 Wisconsin 16-4 13
7 Duke 15-4 12
8 Kansas 16-4 7
9 Marquette 15-5 14
10 Kentucky 15-4 6
11 Arizona 15-5 9
12 Iowa State 16-4 23
13 Creighton 16-5 17
14 Illinois 15-5 10
15 Texas Tech 16-3 20
16 Auburn 16-4 8
17 Utah State 18-2 18
18 Baylor 14-5 15
19 New Mexico 18-3 25
20 Florida Atlantic 17-4 22
21 Dayton 16-3 16
22 BYU 15-5 21
23 Oklahoma 15-5 11
24 Alabama 14-6 NR
25 TCU 15-5 NR