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While the women’s AP Top 25 basketball poll ended up fairly similar to last week, there was a bit of a shakeup on the men’s side this week. The previous #1 team lost twice. Three different top ten teams all took losses that dropped them at least four spots. Some teams remained steady, but there were some wild portions to last week.
Now that the week is in the books, let’s take a look at where things stand in this week’s AP Top 25.
Men’s Basketball
AP Top 25
- Gonzaga Bulldogs (25 first place votes)
- Auburn Tigers (36)
- Arizona Wildcats
- Purdue Boilermakers
- Baylor Bears
- Duke Blue Devils
- Kansas Jayhawks
- Wisconsin Badgers
- UCLA Bruins
- Houston Cougars
- Villanova Wildcats
- Kentucky Wildcats
- LSU Tigers
- Michigan State Spartans
- Iowa State Cyclones
- USC Trojans
- Illinois Fighting Illini
- Texas Tech Red Raiders
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Xavier Musketeers
- Providence Friars
- Loyola Chicago Ramblers
- Texas Longhorns
- Tennessee Volunteers
- UConn Huskies
Where is UNC?
The Tar Heels have won their last two games by fairly impressive margins, and that’s been enough to get them back in....the “others receiving votes” list. UNC now has two ranking points, but they’re still a ways back of #25 UConn.
Biggest Winners
There’s been a bit of a shakeup at the top of the poll, and now Gonzaga has returned to #1 after starting the year there. However, the biggest winner is arguably the new #2 team, Auburn. The Tigers actually got more first place votes than Gonzaga did, but they finished second in a very tight race, just four ranking points behind the Zags.
Biggest Losers
Previous #1 and reigning national champion Baylor took not only their first loss, but their first two losses of the season since the last poll, falling four spots. However, another previously unbeaten team that have taken two recent losses, USC, had the biggest fall of the week, dropping 11 spots.
Conference Breakdown
- Big 12: 5
- Big Ten: 5
- Big East: 4
- SEC: 4
- Pac-12: 3
- AAC: 1
- AAC: 1
- Missouri Valley: 1
- WCC: 1
Marquee Matchups This Week
- #14 Michigan State (14-3, 5-1 Big Ten) at #8 Wisconsin (14-2, 5-1 Big Ten) - Friday at 9 PM ET on FS1
- #12 Kentucky (14-3, 4-1 SEC) at #2 Auburn (16-1, 5-0 SEC) - Saturday at 1 PM ET on CBS
- #18 Texas Tech (13-4, 3-2 Big 12) at #7 Kansas (14-2, 3-1 Big 12) - Monday at 9 PM ET on ESPN
Women’s Basketball
AP Top 25
- South Carolina Gamecocks (28 first place votes)
- Stanford Cardinal
- Louisville Cardinals (2)
- NC State Wolfpack
- Tennessee Volunteers
- Indiana Hoosiers
- Iowa State Cylones
- Michigan Wolverines
- UConn Huskies
- Arizona Wildcats
- LSU Tigers
- Maryland Terrapins
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Texas Longhorns
- Baylor Bears (tied with Texas for #15)
- BYU Cougars
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- Duke Blue Devils
- Colorado Buffaloes
- Kentucky Wildcats
- Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
- Iowa Hawkeyes
Where is UNC?
Despite taking their second loss of the season last week, the Heels actually moved up a place to #20. A loss to a fellow ranked team in Notre Dame is far from bad, and two teams that were ranked ahead of them dropped, allowing Carolina to stick around in the top 25.
Biggest Winners
Oklahoma had the biggest move up of the week, thanks mainly to a win over previously #14 Baylor. Between that and their 15-2 record, the Sooners jumped up nine spots this week.
Biggest Losers
One of the teams that UNC jumped this week is a familiar foe in now #21 Duke. The Blue Devils fell five spots after dropping three of their last five, and their last two.
Conference Breakdown
- ACC: 6
- SEC: 5
- Big 12: 4
- Big Ten: 4
- Pac-12: 3
- Atlantic Sun: 1
- Big East: 1
- WCC: 1
Marquee Matchups This Week
- #15 Texas (12-3, 2-2 Big 12) at #7 Iowa State (16-1, 5-0 Big 12) - Wednesday at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN+
- #3 Louisville (15-1, 5-0 ACC) at #4 NC State (16-2, 7-0 ACC) - Thursday at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN
- #5 Tennessee (17-1, 6-0 SEC) at #13 Georgia (13-3, 2-2 SEC) - Sunday at 2 PM ET on SEC Network
Football
We won’t do a full breakdown, but since this is our first top 25 post since the postseason football rankings were released. Georgia obviously finished the year #1 after their national championship win. Another obvious thing is that UNC finished the year both unranked and with zero votes of any kind.
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