Auburn Tigers vs. Arizona Wildcats: Game Highlights (1:19)Auburn Tigers vs. Arizona Wildcats: Game Highlights (1:19)
After being blown out 81-58 by Iowa State on Saturday, Purdue drops out of the top-5, with the Cyclones rising up to No. 4. Arizona is now No. 1. Michigan, Duke and UConn round out the rest of the top-5.
Arkansas (eight spots), Iowa State (six), Gonzaga (three) and Texas Tech (three) saw the biggest jumps this week. Tennessee (seven spots), Louisville (five) and Purdue (five) saw the biggest drops in ranking.
Let’s take a look at the Top 25, how they got there and what’s coming up next for each team this week.
Stat to know: Arizona defeated Auburn by 29 points, its largest win over an AP Top 25 team since Nov. 23, 2002 against then-No. 19 Western Kentucky (won by 39). The Wildcats are now 95-0 (since 2018-19) when leading by 20 or more points at any point of a game.
Stat to know: Michigan has outscored its past four opponents by a combined 151 Pts. Three of those teams went to the Final Four within the past five years (Auburn last season, San Diego State in 2022-2023, Gonzaga in 2020-2021). That is the largest point differential by the Wolverines since they outscored their opponents by 151 Pts through four straight games in 2015-16, against Delaware State, Northern Kentucky, Youngstown State and Bryant.
Stat to know: Duke now has four wins against AP-ranked opponents this season, tied for its most within the first 10 games of a season since the AP poll era began in 1948-49 (also happened in 1978-79). The Blue Devils also tie with Arizona for most wins over AP-ranked opponents this season.
Stat to know: The Cougars have the longest active win streak (29) against unranked opponents in D-I men’s college basketball, after defeating Florida State over the weekend. That win also gave coach Kelvin Sampson his 807th in D-I, passing Eddie Sutton for 15th most all-time.
Stat to know: On Friday, coach Mark Few picked up his 750th career win as a head coach, in his 903rd game. That’s the second-fewest games to reach 750 wins in D-I history, one game shy of legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp (902). (Note: Gonzaga has 751 wins during Few’s tenure as head coach, but assistant Brian Michaelson is credited with one game (a win) in 2021-22 while Few was serving a suspension.)
Stat to know: The Spartans now have nine consecutive losses to AP Top-5 opponents, with their last win coming Nov. 22 against then-No. 4 Kentucky. That’s their longest losing streak in such games since they went 0-15 from 1985-91, before Tom Izzo was hired.
Stat to know: AJ Dybantsa has scored 15 or more pts in all eight games this season, tying with Cameron Boozer for most such games among D-I freshmen this season. He also now passes Kevin Durant for the second-longest 15-plus points scoring streak to begin his college career in Big 12 history. Only Trae Young has more, with 26).
Stat to know: Louisville has now scored 80 or points in eight gams, its most within the first nine games of a season since 1991-92 (also eight). Among those are two wins over ranked non-conference opponents, the Cardinals’ first season with multiple wins over AP-ranked non-conference opponents since 2016-17 (3 that season).
Stat to know: ‘Bama has won seven of its nine games this season by scoring 90 or more points, tied for second in D-I bebhind Kent State (eight games).
Stat to know: Illinois is now 2-4 against Tennessee after this weekend — the other win came Jan. 17, 1988. The win is also its first over an AP Top-15 SEC team since Dec. 22, 1990, when it defeated then-No. 10 LSU 102-96.
Stat to know: Caleb Wilson has six double-doubles this season, breaking a tie with four players for most among D-I freshmen. He is also tied for fifth for the most double-doubles in a season by a UNC freshman, with Day’Ron Sharpe, Tyler Hansbrough, Rasheed Wallas and Mike O’Koren. Ahead of him are Sam Perkins (nine), J.R. Reid (nine), Armando Bacot (11) and Antawn Jamison (13).
Stat to know: Vanderbilt has its longest win streak to begin a season since 2007-08, when it went 16-0.
Stat to know: JT Toppin now has six games with 15 or more rebounds while at Texas Tech. No other player in the program’s past 30 years has had more than two such games.
Stat to know: Arkansas is 12-1 as a ranked team facing unranked teams under John Calipari. The sole loss came against Illinois last November.
Stat to know: Florida has lost three of its first eight games this season. The defending champion Gators didn’t lose their third game last season until Feb. 1 (and lost four games overall).
Stat to know: Without star freshman Darryn Peterson in the lineup for seven games this season, the Jayhawks averaged 71 PPG. With him in the lineup — he returned against Missouri for just his third game of the season — they average 84 PPG.
Stat to know: Tennessee has lost three consecutive games, each of which it led at halftime. That is the Vols’ longest streak of losses when leading at halftime since losing three straight in 2019-20. They had won 10 straight games when leading at halftime before this losing stretch.
Stat to know: In Saturday’s loss to Arizona. Tahaad Pettiford scored 30 of the Tigers’ 68 points. It was a career high for Pettiford, and the most points by an Auburn player against an AP Top-5 team in the past 20 seasons.
Stat to know: Nebraska extends its win streak to 13 games dating back to last season, the longest active win streak in D-I and tied for the team’s third-longest win streak in program history. The Cornhuskers beat Creighton by 21, the team’s largest win in the in-state rivalry since 1995-96 (also 21). Nebraska is now 9-0 on the season, tied with the 1915-16 team for the second-best start to a season in program history (started 10-0 in 1977-78).
Stat to know: Jacari White went 9-for-9 from the field, and 7-for-7 from the 3-point line against Dayton over the weekend. He’s made 12 straight 3s dating back to his last two on Nov. 28, the longest streak in program history — previously held by Kyle Guy in 2018-19 (11).
Stat to know: Eric Dailey Jr. lead all five UCLA starters in double figures with 18 points to beat Oregon in the Bruins’ second Big Ten game on Saturday.
Auburn Tigers vs. Arizona Wildcats: Game Highlights (1:19)Auburn Tigers vs. Arizona Wildcats: Game Highlights (1:19)
Kentucky, Indiana and USC dropped out to make way for new entrants Nebraska, Virginia and UCLA.
All times Eastern. Unless otherwise noted, all stats courtesy of ESPN Research.
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Auburn Tigers vs. Arizona Wildcats: Game Highlights (1:19)
Overall, just UConn (No. 4) and Alabama (No. 12) didn’t change position.
What’s next: Saturday vs. Alabama in Birmingham, Ala., 9:30 p.m., ESPN
What’s next: Tuesday vs. Lipscomb, 6 p.m., ACC Network
What’s next: Tuesday vs. Florida in New York (Jimmy V Classic), 9 p.m., ESPN
What’s next: Wednesday vs. Jackson State, 8 p.m., ESPN+
What’s next: Saturday vs. UCLA in Seattle, 11:30 p.m., ESPN
What’s next: Tuesday vs. Clemson in New York (Jimmy V Classic), 6:30 p.m., ESPN
What’s next: Saturday vs. Arizona in Birmingham, Ala., 9:30 p.m., ESPN
What’s next: Tuesday @ Ohio State, 7:30 p.m., Peacock
What’s next: Saturday vs. South Carolina Upstate, 2 p.m., The CW Network
What’s next: Saturday vs. Central Arkansas, 6:30 p.m., SEC Network
What’s next: Saturday vs. Arkansas in Dallas, 12 p.m., ESPN2
What’s next: Saturday vs. Arkansas in Dallas, 12 p.m., ESPN2
What’s next: Tuesday vs. UConn in New York (Jimmy V Classic), 9 p.m., ESPN
What’s next: Saturday vs. Chattanooga in Atlanta, 4:30 p.m., SEC Network
What’s next: Tuesday vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, 7 p.m., ACC Extra
What’s next: Saturday vs. Gonzaga in Seattle, 11:30 p.m., ESPN