Men’s basketball AP poll: Michigan finally slips away as Arizona regains hold on No. 1

Michigan had its chance to overtake Arizona. Now, at least for the moment, that door seems closed.

Here’s everything you missed in the 10th week of the regular season, and the latest Associated Press poll.

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Michigan goes down, finally

Just seven days ago, Michigan was a single point away from matching Arizona atop the college basketball world. Now, the Wildcats are once again the clear No. 1 team in the country.

Arizona improved to a perfect 16-0 this past week and remained ahead of the rest of the sport in the national poll while the Wolverines finally fell off after a historically dominant start. Michigan fell for the first time this season on Saturday when Wisconsin stunned the Wolverines 91-88 in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines blew a 14-point lead in the first half, and gave up 54 points in the second period, to drop their first game of the season. The loss also came days after Penn State just barely missed a potential buzzer-beater that would have pulled off an even bigger upset over the Wolverines.

As a result, Michigan fell two spots in this week’s poll to No. 4. That paved the way for Iowa State to jump to No. 2, which is the highest ranking in school history. The Cyclones matched Arizona at 16-0, and are one of just five undefeated teams left in the sport. Nebraska, Vanderbilt and Miami (Ohio) — which is still sitting just outside of the national rankings — are the others.

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UConn survived a scare at Providence and escaped with an overtime win on Wednesday, and then picked up its 12th straight win over DePaul on Saturday. That moved the Huskies up to No. 3. Purdue, which won its seventh straight on Saturday when it beat Penn State, then rounded out the top five behind Michigan.

Michigan has already proven itself as a dominant force in the Big Ten, if not the country this season. But the past week was not a good one for the Wolverines.

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Author : Ryan Young

Publish date : 2026-01-12 18:06:00

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