No. 3 Michigan and No. 7 Michigan State both moved up four places in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll released Monday.
The Wolverines (7-0) received 15 first-place votes from a nationwide media panel after routing then-No. 21 Auburn and then-No. 12 Gonzaga last week at the Players Era championship in Las Vegas.
No. 1 Purdue (7-0) held onto the top spot and received 40 votes, with the other six going to No. 2 Arizona (7-0). Duke (8-0) and UConn (6-1) round out the top five.
Louisville (7-0) stays steady at No. 6 and is followed by the Spartans (7-0), who soared into the top 10 after a 74-58 win against then-No. 16 North Carolina at the Fort Myers Tip-Off in Florida.
Houston (7-1) slipped five places to No. 8 after losing to Notre Dame. BYU (6-1) remained at No. 9 and while Iowa State (7-0) jumped five spots to No. 10 after the Cyclones won three games at the Players Era event.
No. 21 Kansas (6-2) returned to the poll and Southern California (7-0) is ranked for the first time this season at No. 24. Dropping out were UCLA and NC State.
The rest of the Top 25:
11. Gonzaga (7-1)
12. Alabama (5-2)
13. Tennessee (7-1)
14. Illinois (6-2)
15. Florida (5-2)
16. North Carolina (6-1)
17. Vanderbilt (8-0)
18. Kentucky (5-2)
19. Texas Tech (6-2)
20. Auburn (6-2)
21. Kansas (6-2)
22. Indiana (7-0)
23. St. John’s (4-3)
24. Southern California (7-0)
25. Arkansas (5-2)
