Faculty basketball rankings: Houston No. 1 in AP Prime 25 for first time since 1983, Texas jumps to No. 2

The Related Press Prime 25 Faculty Basketball Rankings Have a New No. 1 Houston occupied the highest spot from North Carolina The Cougars are atop the AP rankings for the primary time in 39 years, after a significant shift in Monday’s ballot.

Houston improved to 6-0 after the 49-44 win Kent State Whereas final week’s No. 1, No. 3, No. 6 and No. 8 ranked groups have at the very least one loss. It garnered 45 first-place votes. The final time the Cougars have been ranked No. 1 was within the 1982-83 season earlier than dropping to the Cougars within the ultimate ballot. NC State in NCAA Tournament ultimate

Tar Heels, who misplaced State of Iowa And AlabamaDropped to No. 18 on this week’s ballot.

Chaos in faculty hoops benefited different groups within the nice state Texas Texas additionally improved within the rankings past Houston, shifting from No. 4 to No. 2 after per week during which it dealt with enterprise to enhance to 5-0. Its No. 2 rating is the best for this system for the reason that 2009 season.

Elsewhere within the polls, Virginia Each when the 2 scooted as much as No. 3 Arizona And Purdue made big jumps from exterior the highest 10 to No. 4 and No. 5 respectively. Rounding out the highest 10 is Baylor, Creighton, UConn, Kansas and Indian

AP Prime 25

The highest 25 groups within the Related Press faculty basketball ballot, with first-place votes in brackets, report by way of Sunday, level totals based mostly on 25 factors for first-place votes by way of one level for Twenty fifth-place votes, and final week’s rankings:

rank	the group	report	level	earlier
1	Houston (45)	6-0	1,534	2
2	Texas (8)	5-0	1,467	4
3	Virginia (2)	5-0	1,408	5
4	Arizona	6-0	1,341	14
5	Purdue (8)	6-0	1,307	24
6	Baylor	5-1	1,111	7
7	Creighton	6-1	1,100	10
8	UConn	8-0	1,099	20
9	Kansas	6-1	990	3
10	Indiana	6-0	938	11
T-11	Arkansas	5-1	860	9
T-11	Alabama	6-1	860	18
13	Tennessee	5-1	848	22
14	Gonzaga	5-2	845	6
15	Auburn	7-0	733	13
16	Illinois	5-1	643	16
17	Duke	6-2	614	8
18	North Carolina	5-2	541	1
19	kentucky	4-2	472	15
20	State of Michigan	5-2	469	12
21	UCLA	5-2	346	19
22	Maryland	6-0	282	23
23	State of Iowa	5-1	198	NR
24	San Diego State	4-2	189	17
25	Ohio State	5-1	108	NR

Others are getting votes: TCU 45, Iowa 31, Charleston 20, West Virginia 14, Mississippi State 12, Texas Tech 11, Michigan 8, Wisconsin 6, State of Arizona 6, UNLV 6, Miami (FL) 5, Missouri 2, Oklahoma 2, St. John’s 1, Virginia Tech 1, new mexico 1, State of Kansas 1