Arizona took over the top spot in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday, a reward for a perfect start to the season that includes a quartet of wins against ranked foes, including a lopsided victory over Auburn last weekend.
Purdue, which had spent the past three weeks at No. 1, slid to sixth following its 81-58 home loss to Iowa State and the entire poll got a shakeup as only two teams remained in the same spots from last week.
RANK TEAM RECORD PREVIOUS
1 Arizona 8-0 2
2 Michigan 8-0 3
3 Duke 10-0 4
4 Iowa State 9-0 10
5 UConn 8-1 5
6 Purdue 8-1 1
7 Houston 8-1 8
8 Gonzaga 9-1 11
9 Michigan State 8-1 7
10 BYU 7-1 9
11 Louisville 8-1 6
12 Alabama 7-2 12
13 Illinois 7-2 14
14 North Carolina 8-1 16
15 Vanderbilt 9-0 17
16 Texas Tech 7-2 19
17 Arkansas 7-2 25
18 Florida 5-3 15
19 Kansas 7-3 21
20 Tennessee 7-3 13
21 Auburn 7-3 20
22 St. John’s 5-3 23
23 Nebraska 9-0 NR
24 Virginia 8-1 NR
25 UCLA 7-2 NR