Michigan jumped to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 men’s basketball poll on monday as rival Michigan State and Iowa State both climbed into the top 10.
No. 1 Purdue and No. 2 Arizona remained atop the rankings. The Boilermakers received 40 frist-place votes from a 61-person media panel, Arizona got six and Michigan got 15 after its dominating run through the Players Era Championship.
Duke and UConn held their positions from last week to round out the top five.Louisville remained No. 6, followed by Michigan State, which moved up four spots and No.8 Houston, which dropped five places after losing to then-no. 17 Tennessee at Players Era.
Michigan made a run to the Sweet 16 in coach Dusty May’s first season a year ago and is looking like a title contender. The wolverines opened the Las Vegas tournament with a 94-54 win over San Diego State, crushed then-No. 21 Auburn 102-72 and handed Gonzaga coach Mark Few his worst loss in 902 career games with a 101-61 win over the 12th-ranked Zags.
That’s three wins by a combined 110 points and four straight wins by at least 20 points, the last two over ranked teams.
“Today was to put the world on notice that we’re here to be the best team in the nation and we’ll continue to do that,” Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg said after the win over Gonzaga.
Here’s the full top 25:
- Arkansas
- USC
- St.John’s
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Auburn
- Texas Tech
- Kentucky
- Vanderbilt
- North Carolina
- florida
- Illinois
- Tennessee
- Alabama
- Gonzaga
- Iowa State
- BYU
- Houston
- Michigan State
- Louisville
- UConn
- Duke
- Michigan
- Arizona
- Purdue
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AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll: Kansas Returns, USC Enters
No. 21 Kansas has returned to the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 poll after a three-win stretch at the Players Era tournament. No. 24 Southern California is ranked for the first time since the 2023-24 season, earning a spot after winning the Maui Invitational title with three consecutive victories. https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll
UCLA fell out of the poll at No. 18 following an 80-72 loss to California in the Empire Classic championship game. https://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/rankings
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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