For this first time in a couple months, we have no football poll to recap on this Monday afternoon. Until the conclusion of bowl season and the College Football Playoff, we’ve got nothing to recap.

On the other hand, basketball season rolls on. Despite Christmas being last week, it was still a pretty busy week. Eight ranked teams, including our North Carolina Tar Heels, lost games on the men’s side of things. The women didn’t have as action-packed a schedule, but there was still a couple all top 25 matchups that went down.

Now that the dust has settled, let’s look at where things stand in the AP Top 25 polls.

Men’s Basketball

AP Top 25

1. Gonzaga Bulldogs (62 first place votes)
2. Baylor Bears (2)
3. Kansas Jayhawks
4. Villanova Wildcats
5. Houston Cougars
6. Wisconsin Badgers
7. Tennessee Volunteers
8. Texas Longhorns
9. West Virginia Mountaineers
10. Iowa Hawkeyes
11. Creighton Blue Jays
12. Missouri Tigers
13. Texas Tech Red Raiders
14. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
15. Illinois Fighting Illini
16. Michigan Wolverines
17. Michigan State Spartans
18. Florida State Seminoles
19. Northwestern Wildcats
20. Duke Blue Devils
21. Oregon Ducks (tied with Minnesota)
22. Minnesota Golden Gophers (tied with Oregon)
23. Virginia Cavaliers
24. Virginia Tech Hokies
25. Ohio State Buckeyes

Where is UNC?

After the loss to a certain team, the Heels have dropped out of the top 25. They are the unofficial #28, having gotten 57 ranking points. That is 159 points behind #25 Ohio State, so, not shockingly, UNC wasn’t particularly close to getting ranked.

Biggest Winners

It was a big week for previously unranked Big Ten teams as both Northwestern and Minnesota got in easily after being outside the top 25 last week. Northwestern did so after picked up a second ranked win in less than a week, beating Ohio State on Saturday.

Biggest Losers

Virginia fell a week high seven spots after getting just completely owned by Gonzaga. The #1 Bulldogs put up 98 points and won by 23 against Virginia’s normally vaunted defense.

Conference Breakdown

• ACC: 4
• American: 1
• Big 12: 5
• Big East: 2
• Big Ten: 9
• Pac-12: 1
• SEC: 2
• WCC: 1

Marquee Matchups This Week

• #7 Tennessee at #12 Missouri - Wednesday at 9 PM ET on SEC Network
• #8 Texas at #3 Kansas - Saturday at 12 PM ET on ESPN 2
• #10 Iowa at #14 Rutgers - Saturday at 2 PM ET on ESPN 2

Women’s Basketball

AP Top 25

1. Stanford Cardinal (26 first place votes)
2. Louisville Cardinals (1)
3. NC State Wolfpack (2)
4. UConn Huskies (1)
5. South Carolina Gamecocks
6. Arizona Wildcats
7. Baylor Bears
8. Oregon Ducks
9. Texas A&M Aggies
10. Arkansas Razorbacks
11. UCLA Bruins
12. Mississippi State Bulldogs
13. Kentucky Wildcats
14. Maryland Terrapins
15. Northwestern Wildcats
16. Michigan Wolverines
17. Ohio State Buckeyes
18. DePaul Blue Demons
19. Texas Longhorns
20. Indiana Hoosiers
21. South Florida Bulls
22. Syracuse Orange
23. Gonzaga Bulldogs
24. Missouri State Bears
25. Michigan State Spartans

Where is UNC?

The Tar Heels continue to get very close, but stay unranked. This week they’re the unofficial #27, 39 ranking points back of #25 Michigan State.

Biggest Winners

Not a ton of movement in any direction, but NC State notably moved up to #3.

Biggest Losers

No team dropped more than one spot. UCLA is probably the most notable, as their one spot fall knocked them out of the top ten.

Conference Breakdown

• ACC: 3
• American: 1
• Big 12: 2
• Big East: 2
• Big Ten: 6
• Missouri Valley: 1
• Pac-12: 4
• SEC: 5
• WCC: 1

Marquee Matchups This Week

• #18 DePaul at #4 UConn - Tuesday at 6:30 PM ET
• #10 Arkansas at #13 Kentucky- Thursday at 8:30 PM ET on SEC Network
• #1 Stanford at #6 Arizona - Friday at TBD on Pac-12 Network