The Associated Press poll for Week 3 of the college basketball season continues to see unbeaten Duke reign supreme at No. 1. Michigan State, Kentucky, and Northwestern were the only top-25 teams from the previous poll to suffer losses in Week 2, leading to very minor shuffling among the top 25.
Michigan State, the preseason No. 2, slipped to No. 4 after losing 88-81 to Duke on Nov. 14. The Spartans got back on track Sunday by beating Stony Brook 93-71, but they also saw standout forward Miles Bridges leave the game with a noticeable limp. He's listed as day-to-day.
The biggest riser of the week was Baylor, jumping from No. 25 to 22 by virtue of homes wins over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Alcorn State by a combined score of 148-107.
On the lower end, Northwestern (previously No. 20) fell off the map in the wake of a 36-point, neutral-site throttling by Texas Tech. That opened the door for Alabama to make their first appearance on the year at No. 25.
Rank | School | Record | Previous Rank |
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1 | Duke | 4-0 | 1 |
2 | Arizona | 3-0 | 3 |
3 | Kansas | 3-0 | 4 |
4 | Michigan St. | 2-1 | 2 |
5 | Villanova | 3-0 | 5 |
6 | Wichita St. | 2-0 | 6 |
7 | Florida | 3-0 | 8 |
8 | Kentucky | 3-1 | 7 |
9 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 9 |
10 | Southern Cal | 3-0 | 10 |
11 | Miami | 3-0 | 11 |
12 | Cincinnati | 3-0 | 12 |
13 | Notre Dame | 3-0 | 13 |
14 | Minnesota | 4-0 | 14 |
15 | Xavier | 3-0 | 15 |
16 | Texas A&M | 2-0 | 16 |
17 | Gonzaga | 3-0 | 17 |
18 | Purdue | 4-0 | 19 |
19 | Louisville | 2-0 | 18 |
20 | Seton Hall | 4-0 | 22 |
21 | Saint Mary's (Cal) | 4-0 | 21 |
22 | Baylor | 3-0 | 25 |
23 | West Virginia | 2-1 | 24 |
24 | UCLA | 3-0 | 23 |
25 | Alabama | 3-0 | - |