UConn became the first unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll this season, while Washington State jumped into the rankings Monday at No. 21 to end a 302-week drought stretching back to the 2007-08 season.
The Huskies remained atop the poll for the sixth consecutive week after a blowout of DePaul and an impressive 81-53 win over then-No. 4 Marquette over the weekend. They received all 62 first-place votes from a panel of national media members, scooping up the 16 first-place votes that Purdue lost when the Boilermakers fell to Ohio State on Sunday.
RANK TEAM RECORD PREVIOUS
1 UConn 24-2 1
2 Houston 22-3 3
3 Purdue 23-3 2
4 Arizona 20-5 5
5 Tennessee 19-6 8
6 Iowa State 20-5 10
7 Marquette 19-6 4
8 Duke 20-5 9
9 Kansas 20-6 6
10 North Carolina 20-6 7
11 Baylor 19-6 12
12 Illinois 19-6 14
13 Alabama 18-7 15
14 Auburn 20-6 13
15 Creighton 19-7 17
16 Dayton 21-4 16
17 Kentucky 18-7 22
18 Saint Mary’s 21-6 18
19 San Diego State 20-6 NR
20 South Carolina 21-5 11
21 Washington State 20-6 NR
22 Colorado State 20-6 NR
23 Texas Tech 18-7 NR
24 Florida 18-7 NR
25 BYU 18-7 19
UConn is riding the second-longest streak at No. 1 in school history behind a 10-week stay during the 1998-99 season, when the team coached by Jim Calhoun and led by Richard Hamilton and Khalid El-Amin beat Duke for the national championship.
