Arizona moves up in AP rankings, ASU 3 spots out of top-25
The Arizona Wildcats' win over No. 14 Indiana nudged the team up one spot, to ninth, in The Associated Press rankings for men's basketball.
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The Arizona Wildcats’ win over No. 14 Indiana on Saturday nudged the 8-1 team up one spot, to ninth, in The Associated Press rankings for men’s basketball.
Meanwhile in the poll updated on Monday, the Arizona State Sun Devils earned 39 points, putting them three spots outside the top-25.
ASU defeated SMU, 75-57, on Wednesday behind 22 points and seven rebounds from guard D.J. Horne.
The Sun Devils play the Creighton Blue Jays in Las Vegas on Monday. Creighton was ranked 21st last week and at one point was a top-10 squad but enters the day with four losses in a row: to Arizona, Texas, Nebraska and BYU.
Top-ranked Purdue moved up three spots in The Associated Press poll released on Monday, receiving 27 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel.
No. 2 Virginia received 19 first-place votes to move up a spot, No. 3 Connecticut received 15 and No. 6 Tennessee also got one.
Alabama and Houston rounded out the top five.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
College basketball rankings – AP Top 25 Poll
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Purdue (27) | 10-0 | 1508 | 4 |
| 2. Virginia (19) | 8-0 | 1476 | 3 |
| 3. UConn (15) | 11-0 | 1466 | 5 |
| 4. Alabama | 8-1 | 1326 | 8 |
| 5. Houston | 9-1 | 1224 | 1 |
| 6. Tennessee (1) | 9-1 | 1189 | 7 |
| 7. Texas | 7-1 | 1173 | 2 |
| 8. Kansas | 9-1 | 1165 | 6 |
| 9. Arizona | 8-1 | 1096 | 10 |
| 10. Arkansas | 9-1 | 1029 | 9 |
| 11. Baylor | 7-2 | 881 | 12 |
| 12. Duke | 10-2 | 840 | 15 |
| 13. Kentucky | 7-2 | 688 | 16 |
| 14. Indiana | 8-2 | 622 | 14 |
| 15. Gonzaga | 7-3 | 621 | 18 |
| 16. UCLA | 8-2 | 606 | 19 |
| 17. Mississippi St. | 9-0 | 497 | 23 |
| 18. Illinois | 7-3 | 487 | 17 |
| 19. Auburn | 8-1 | 453 | 11 |
| 20. Maryland | 8-2 | 414 | 13 |
| 21. TCU | 8-1 | 270 | 24 |
| 22. Wisconsin | 8-2 | 255 | – |
| 23. Ohio St. | 7-2 | 209 | 25 |
| 24. Virginia Tech | 10-1 | 109 | – |
| 25. Miami | 10-1 | 100 | – |
Others receiving votes: Memphis 74, Coll of Charleston 64, Arizona St 39, Marquette 39, Iowa St. 39, UNLV 27, Xavier 26, Iowa 25, West Virginia 20, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 15, San Diego St. 14, Texas Tech 14, New Mexico 12, Utah 12, Creighton 11, Michigan St. 5, Utah St. 4, MVSU 4, Kansas St 2.
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