Auburn‘s run at No. 1 continues to be intact regardless of a loss to No. 3 Florida. UConn‘s newest loss dropped the two-time defending nationwide champions out of the ballot for the primary time in two years.
The Tigers held the highest spot within the ballot for the fifth straight week Monday, receiving 34 first-place votes from a 61-person media panel. No. 2 Alabama moved up a spot and had 23 first-place votes, simply 9 factors behind Auburn, whereas Florida earned three high votes and No. 5 Tennessee received one.
Duke was tied with Florida at No. 3, with No. 9 St. John’s shifting into the highest 10 for the primary time since ending the 1999-2000 season at No. 9.
UConn dropped out of the ballot from No. 19 after a 68-62 residence loss to St. John’s on Friday, ending the nation’s fourth-longest energetic streak of being ranked (53 weeks).
Florida has its highest rating since reaching No. 1 in 2013-14 after beating Auburn, 90-81, for the primary true street win over a top-ranked crew in program historical past. It was the Gators’ second win over a top-ranked crew this season after beating then-No. 1 Tennessee at residence on Jan. 7.
Auburn had received 14 straight and was unanimous No. 1 the previous three weeks.
The Tigers weren’t the one high crew to lose.
Duke dropped two locations to No. 4 after a 77-71 loss to No. 23 Clemson ended its 16-game profitable streak. No. 10 Iowa State additionally dropped two locations after shedding 69-52 to No. 17 Kansas. The Cyclones reached their highest rating ever at No. 2 final month, however misplaced three in a row earlier than blowing out TCU on Saturday.
Sinking Huskies
UConn began the season at No. 3 and climbed to No. 2 in its bid to turn out to be the primary crew since John Wood’s UCLA Bruins to win three straight nationwide championships within the early Sixties.
UConn (16-7, 8-4 Big East) has misplaced three of 5 and is all the way down to fourth within the Huge East, 3.5 video games behind St. John’s.
“I’m very optimistic,” UConn coach Dan Hurley mentioned. “I believe proper now’s a very good time to play us. I believe we’ve received an opportunity in February to type of get this factor rolling and be wanting lots completely different in March.”
Rising and falling
No. 13 Arizona had the week’s largest bounce, climbing seven locations after beating BYU and No. 12 Texas Tech final week. No. 19 Ole Miss moved up six locations after taking down No. 15 Kentucky and beating LSU, 72-70, on Dre Davis‘ last-second shot.
No. 18 Marquette and No. 25 Maryland had the largest drops of groups nonetheless within the ballot, every shedding seven locations. No. 21 Missouri fell six spots after shedding to No. 5 Tennessee and to No. 8 Texas A&M on a last-second 3-pointer.
Out and in
No. 24 Creighton returned to the ballot for the primary time since Nov. 25 after wins over Providence and Marquette. No. 23 Clemson is again in after taking down Duke. Illinois joined UConn in dropping out of the ballot following an 82-73 loss to Rutgers.
Convention watch
The SEC had not less than 9 groups within the ballot for the seventh straight week, together with the highest three and 5 of the highest 10. No different league has had greater than six ranked groups in any week this season.
The Big Ten has six ranked groups, adopted by the Big 12 with 5 and the Big East with three. The ACC and American Athletic Conference every had one.
This is the complete AP Prime 25:
1. Auburn
2. Alabama
T-3. Florida
T-3. Duke
5. Tennessee
6. Houston
7. Purdue
8. Texas A&M
9. St. John’s
10. Iowa State
11. Michigan State
12. Texas Tech
13. Arizona
14. Memphis
15. Kentucky
16. Wisconsin
17. Kansas
18. Marquette
19. Ole Miss
20. Michigan
21. Missouri
22. Mississippi State
23. Clemson
24. Creighton
25. Maryland
Reporting by The Related Press.
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