There was change at the top of this week's USA TODAY Sports Bracketology with Alabama rising to a No. 1 seed at the expense of SEC rival Tennessee.
Michigan (14-5, 6-2), which plays host to Penn State on Monday night, dropped from the Top 25 after losing its lone game last week, 91-64 at then-No. 11 Purdue. The Wolverines lead the vote-getters outside of the Top 25.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Braden Smith had 24 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and four steals to help No. 11 Purdue rout No. 21 Michigan 91-64 on Friday night.
Fresh off another productive week, the Wisconsin men moved up in the latest college basketball rankings. The Badgers are now 17th in both the AP and Coaches Polls, climbing one spot in the AP and two in the Coaches.
Fresh off another perfect week, the Iowa State men are now a consensus No. 3 team in the country. While the Cyclones (17-2) remained third in the latest AP Poll, they moved ahead of Alabama to that spot in the Coaches Poll.
The Texas A&M men’s basketball team fell remained No. 13 in the Associated Press Top 25, but fell two spots to No. 15 in the USA Today coaches poll.
Michigan State moved up one spot to No. 7 and was followed by the Vols, who balanced out their close loss to Auburn by beating No. 14 Mississippi State. Marquette and Purdue — which beat then-No. 21 Michigan — rounded out the top 10.
No. 25 UConn (14-6) vs. DePaul (10-11), 8 p.m. No. 16 Oregon (16-4) at UCLA (14-6), 10:30 p.m. No. 18 Illinois (14-6) at Nebraska (12-8), 8:30 p.m. No. 19 Memphis (16-4) at Tulane (11-9), 9 p.m.
The top five spots in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll remain unchanged, with Auburn still the unanimous No. 1 selection, while St. John's and Memphis made the biggest
No. 22 Texas Tech (15-4) did not play. Next: vs. TCU, Wednesday. No. 23 Mississippi (15-5) did not play. Next: vs. Texas, Wednesday. No. 24 Vanderbilt (16-4) did not play. Next: at Oklahoma, Saturday. No. 25 UConn (14-6) did not play. Next: vs. DePaul, Wednesday.
Illinois is ranked 18th in the new AP Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten) also are 20th in the coaches' poll.
Houston finally picked up a Quad 1 win and what a win it was. The Cougars won at Kansas 92-86 in double overtime and picked up another Quad 1 win without playing another game after UCF's win vs. TCU moved the Knights,