College basketball rankings: Duke takes a tumble in new AP Top 25 poll, Gonzaga moves up top No. 2

Mon, Jan 10, 2022
NCAAB News (AP)

College basketball rankings: Duke takes a tumble in new AP Top 25 poll, Gonzaga moves up top No. 2

Duke took its first loss of the calendar year over the weekend in a stunning 76-74 defeat to Miami, making it one of the most high-profile fallers in Monday's updated AP Top 25 poll. The Blue Devils came in at No. 8 on the heels of the loss, its first at home since February of last season. It's the first time since Dec. 13 Duke is not ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll.

The shakeup at the top was exacerbated by Purdue, which had been ranked No. 3 for a month, also taking a loss last week in 74-69 fashion to Wisconsin. The Boilermakers fell only four spots to No. 7.

At the top of the poll Baylor clung to its No. 1 unanimous ranking by receiving all 61 first-place votes, but the top-five got a complete makeover with Gonzaga moving up two spots to No. 2, UCLA moving up two spots to No. 3, Auburn climbing five spots to No. 4 and USC moving from No. 7 to No. 5.

AP Top 25

1. Baylor (61)
2. Gonzaga
3. UCLA
4. Auburn
5. USC
6. Arizona
7. Purdue
8. Duke
9. Kansas
10. Michigan State
11. Houston
12. LSU
13. Wisconsin
14. Villanova
15. Iowa State
16. Ohio State
17. Xavier
18. Kentucky
19. Texas Tech
20. Seton Hall
21. Texas
22. Tennessee
23. Providence
24. Alabama
25. Illinois
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 122, Loyola Chicago 96, Miami 65, West Virginia 20, UConn 17, Indiana 12, Colorado St. 10, San Diego State 9, Davidson 5, San Francisco 2, Iowa 2, BYU 2.

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