Purdue No. 1, Zags’ AP poll streak now 142 weeks
Purdue stayed atop the AP Top 25 guys’s college basketball poll for the third straight week Monday, while Gonzaga dropped to No. 24 after a loss to San Diego State but kept alive its streak of 142 successive weeks in the poll.The Boilermakers got 3 more first-place votes and had 49 of 63 from the nationwide media panel, easily outdistancing second-place Kansas, which received 5 first-place nods. Houston stayed 3rd despite keeping its perfect record intact with a victory over Penn and getting the other nine first-place votes.UConn and Tennessee each went up one area to complete the leading
5 following Arizona’s loss to Stanford on Sunday.Team Total Points 1. Purdue( 49) 12-1 2. Kansas( 5)12-1 3. Houston (9 )13-0 4.
| UConn 11-2 5. Tennessee 9-3 6. Kentucky 10-2 7. Marquette 11-3 | 8. North Carolina 9-3 | 9. Illinois 10-2 10. Arizona 10-3 11. Oklahoma 12-1 12. BYU | 12-1 | |
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| 13. Colorado St.12-1 14. Duke 9-3 15. Memphis 11-2 16. Clemson 11-1 17. | FAU | |||
| 10-3 18. Baylor 10-2 | ||||
| 19. James Madison 13-0 20. Texas 10-2 21. Wisconsin 9-3 | ||||
| 22. Mississippi 13-0 23. Providence 11-2 24 | . Gonzaga | 9-4 25. Auburn 10-2 On the other hand, the Bulldogs fell 11 spots from No. 13 after their 84-74 loss to San Diego State. Gonzaga has been ranked in every survey since Jan. 11, 2016, but | that streak remains in jeopardy after coach | Mark |
| Couple of’s group dropped to 9-4 without any Quad 1 wins this season.”These guys have | ||||
| some terrific battle and spirit | ||||
| and a great deal of compound to them,”Couple of said,”but at this point, we ought to be pretty well along on | ||||
| our way on some of the mental | ||||
| errors we’re making, and we’re just not | ||||
| quite.”The Bulldogs were 11th in the preseason poll and climbed up as | high as seventh | |||
| before three losses in their past |
five games. “We have actually got to keep that fight,”Couple of said,” and we have to tidy up some of these missed out on projects.”Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd knows something about missed out on defensive tasks. The Wildcats, who invested 2 weeks at No. 1 earlier this season, fell from 4th to 10th after the Cardinal rolled to a 100-82 success in their Pac-12 matchup.The Wildcats’second loss in 3 games allowed a lot of teams to leap ahead of them: Kentucky climbed up two spots to 6th, Marquette went up three spots to seventh, North Carolina increased to 8th and
Illinois climbed two spots to ninth.Oklahoma transferred to No. 11, with Big 12 beginner BYU right behind. Colorado State climbed back to No. 13 to match the best ranking in school history, set earlier this season, while Duke, Memphis and Clemson were right behind the Rams.FAU dropped from a program-best seventh to No. 17 as citizens grappled with the odd résumé the Owls have created this season. They beat Texas A&M and earned a marquee win with a double-overtime success over Arizona, however they lost to Bryant and were distressed by Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday night.” They outplayed us in every aspect of the game,”Owls coach Dusty May said afterward.” As a group, we have not managed success along with we require to. As we close the 2023 preconference schedule, we are pleased where we are general, however what we learned is our highs are really high and our lows are reasonably low.”Baylor was No. 18, with James Madison and Texas completing the top 20. The final five in the very first survey of 2024 were Wisconsin, unbeaten Mississippi, Providence, having a hard time Gonzaga and Auburn, which is ranked for the very first time this season.RISING AND FALLING Memphis made the biggest favorable relocation, climbing up 4 areas to No. 15 after beating Austin Peay, while Marquette rose three areas to seventh after knocking off No. 22 Creighton on Saturday. Gonzaga dropped 11 areas, FAU fell 10 and Arizona dropped six as they took losses
on what was a relatively light slate of games during the holidays.IN AND OUT Auburn moved into the poll for the first time considering that Jan. 30, 2023, after enhancing to 10-2 with a triumph over Chattanooga. The Tigers took their area in the Top 25 from the Bluejays, whose 72-67 loss to Marquette was their third in 4 games.CONFERENCE see There were 10 conferences represented in the poll today, led by 6 from the Big 12, which also had 4 of the top 12 groups in the nation. The SEC was next with four, followed by the Big 10, Big East and ACC with three each.