AP Top 25 Poll updated after another chaotic week of college basketball

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Jonathan Wagner

The postseason continues to rapidly approach, with less than a month until conference tournaments get underway. As teams fight to build their postseason resumes, upsets continue to rule the land across college basketball. After another upset-filled week, the new AP Top 25 Poll has again seen some big changes.

Just AP-ranked teams made it through the week unscathed, as ten teams lost one game and four teams lost twice. Half of the top ten lost at least one game.

Most notably, it was a truly heartbreaking week for No. 6 Tennessee. The Vols lost on a buzzer-beater earlier in the week against Vanderbilt, and it again came down to the wire against Missouri on Saturday. The Tigers also hit a shot at the last second, handing the Vols their second straight loss in that fashion.

Three other teams went 0-2 last week. No. 11 Iowa State lost games against West Virginia and Oklahoma, while No. 24 Rutgers fell against both No. 18 Indiana and Illinois. No. 17 TCU played in two ranked matchups on the week, losing both against No. 12 Kansas State and No. 14 Baylor.

No. 1 Purdue defeated Iowa to kick the week off, but the Boilermakers were not able to win again over the weekend, rather losing against Northwestern. No. 4 Arizona, No. 5 Texas and No. 10 Marquette also went 1-1 on the week.

No. 2 Houston, No. 3 Alabama, No. 7 UCLA, No. 8 Virginia and No. 9 Kansas were the five top ten teams to make it through the week without a loss.

Updated AP Top 25 Poll

  1. Alabama (22-3)
  2. Houston (23-2)
  3. Purdue (23-3)
  4. UCLA (21-4)
  5. Kansas (20-5)
  6. Texas (20-5)
  7. Virginia (19-4)
  8. Arizona (22-4)
  9. Baylor (19-6)
  10. Tennessee (19-6)
  11. Marquette (20-6)
  12. Kansas State (19-6)
  13. Gonzaga (21-5)
  14. Indiana (18-7)
  15. Miami (20-5)
  16. Xavier (19-6)
  17. Saint Mary’s (22-5)
  18. Creighton (17-8)
  19. Iowa State (16-8)
  20. UConn (19-7)
  21. San Diego State (20-5)
  22. TCU (17-8)
  23. NC State (20-6)
  24. Providence (18-7)
  25. Florida Atlantic (24-2)

Rutgers (previously No. 24) fell out of this week’s AP Top 25. In the place of the Scarlet Knights, Florida Atlantic re-joins the rankings in the No. 25 spot.

Missouri is right on the cusp of joining the top 25, witting in the No. 26 spot with 115 voting points. Other teams to receive votes were Northwestern (96), Illinois (84), Pittsburgh (82), Nevada (36), Oklahoma State (23), Texas A&M (16), Oral Roberts (9), Iowa (5), Arkansas (4), Rutgers (2), Charleston (1), Maryland (1) and Boise State (1).