Purdue fell seven spots to No. 20 after losses to Michigan State and Indiana, however the Boilermakers held onto a spot within the High 25 for the fifty fifth consecutive week. That’s now the third-longest energetic streak behind Houston and Tennessee (76 weeks).
Kansas is not the one staff ranked extremely within the preseason ballot to drop out altogether this season.
Two-time defending nationwide champion UConn was No. 3 with 11 first-place votes in October however didn’t seem on any ballots this week. Gonzaga was sixth, Baylor eighth and North Carolina ninth within the preseason ballot — and all are unranked.
In all, greater than half of the groups within the preseason ballot — 13 of them — did not crack this week’s High 25.
The SEC continued its dominance with three of the highest 5 and eight whole within the High 25 this week. The Big 12 had three within the high 10 and 5 ranked groups, whereas the Big Ten additionally had 5 groups within the ballot. The ACC had three, the Big East had two and the American Athletic Conference and West Coast Conference had one staff apiece.
Here is the complete AP High 25:
1. Auburn
2. Duke
3. Florida
4. Houston
5. Tennessee
6. Alabama
7. St. John’s
8. Michigan State
9. Iowa State
10. Texas Tech
11. Wisconsin
12. Texas A&M
13. Clemson
14. Missouri
15. Michigan
16. Maryland
17. Kentucky
18. Memphis
19. Louisville
20. Purdue
21. Marquette
22. Arizona
23. Saint Mary’s
24. Mississippi State
25. BYU
Reporting by The Related Press.
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