Arizona is the unanimous No. 1 in college basketball, earning all 61 first-place votes on Monday after missing out on the honor by a single vote in the previous AP Top 25 poll.
The Wildcats (18-0, 5-0 in Big 12) picked up seven-point wins over rival Arizona State and UCF this week to continue their dominance as the top team in the nation.
They also stuck with Big Ten’s Nebraska (18-0) and MAC’s Miami (OH) (19-0) as the final undefeated programs this season. Nebraska climbed one spot to No. 7 and Miami (OH) entered the rankings (No. 25) for the first time since a three-week stint in the 1998-99 season.
Arizona has been ranked No. 1 for six straight weeks, its longest run since eight straight in 2013-14 when the Wildcats opened 21-0. UConn, Michigan, Purdue and Duke rounded out the top five.
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North Carolina had the week’s biggest drop, losing eight places to No. 22 after being swept by the ACC’s Bay Area schools.
Jaden Bradley and a trio of uber-talented freshmen return to McKale Center to face Cincinnati (10-8, 2-3) on Wednesday and West Virginia on Saturday (12-6, 3-2). Arizona has its first of two showdowns with No. 13 BYU in Provo two days after a meeting with the Mountaineers.
The Wildcats through 18 games are third nationally in rebounding margin (+13.6), fifth in scoring margin (+21.3 per game), sixth in field goal percentage (52%), ninth in fast break points (18.2), 11th in scoring (90.6 points) and T-13 in assists (18.7).
The Iowa State Cyclones, who received one first-place vote last week, dropped seven spots to No. 9 after their undefeated season ended with losses to two unranked teams in Kansas and Cincinnati.
Kansas returned to the poll at No. 19 after being left out last week, handing Iowa State its first loss and beating Baylor by 18.
Texas Tech moved up three places to No. 12 following wins over Utah and then-No. 11 BYU.
The Big 12 had a country-best six teams in the latest AP poll: Arizona (No. 1), Houston (No. 6), Iowa State (No. 9), Texas Tech (No. 12), BYU (No. 13) and Kansas (No. 19).
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Record Pts Prv 1. Arizona (61) 18-0 1525 – 2. UConn 18-1 1419 3 3. Michigan 16-1 1377 4 4. Purdue 17-1 1318 5 5. Duke 17-1 1296 6 6. Houston 17-1 1217 7 7. Nebraska 18-0 1207 8 8. Gonzaga 19-1 1103 9 9. Iowa State 16-2 1001 2 10. Michigan State 16-2 998 12 11. Illinois 15-3 893 13 12. Texas Tech 14-4 805 15 13. BYU 16-2 791 11 14. Virginia 16-2 713 16 15. Vanderbilt 16-2 656 10 16. Florida 13-5 651 19 17. Alabama 13-5 571 18 18. Clemson 16-3 449 22 19. Kansas 13-5 305 NR 20. Arkansas 13-5 298 17 21. Georgia 15-3 263 – 22. North Carolina 14-4 220 14 23. Louisville 13-5 195 20 24. Saint Louis 17-1 187 NR 25. Miami (OH) 19-0 99 NROthers receiving votes: Wisconsin 64, St. John’s 64, Iowa 30, Kentucky 27, Tennessee 20, Utah St. 15, UCF 14, Miami 10, George Mason 10, Saint Mary’s 5, SMU 3, Villanova 3, Texas A&M 2, NC State 1.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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