Checking in on the AP Top 25 Basketball Poll

College basketball season is now fully underway. Both North Carolina Tar Heels teams made their debuts with two games last week, and we’re starting to see some marquee early-season non-conference matchups go down. Therefore, it’s about time for us starting to track what’s going on around the country in basketball. While UNC football has a winning record and seems to be improving, they’re also not going to crack the Top 25 this season, so we can move our focus on that front fully to the court.

As we get another week of games underway, here’s a look at where the AP Top 25 rankings stand after the first week of action.

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Men’s Basketball

AP Top 25

Florida (53 first place votes)

Where is UNC?

The Tar Heels started the year 2-0, putting in one so-so performance against Western Carolina and one pretty good one against Wofford. While those wins weren’t enough to vault UNC into the rankings, the gap between them and #25 has shrunk from where it was in the preseason tally.

Biggest Winners

UCLA has one of the most impressive wins of the young season so far, as they downed then-#5 Arizona in a former Pac-12 showdown. The Bruins started the season ranked, but that victory shot them up into the top ten, all the way to #9 from #22.

Biggest Losers

Meanwhile, Arizona fell seven places as a result of that loss, although they had some company as Arkansas also dropped seven spots after getting crushed by Virginia. However, Iowa State beat them both, going from #18 to unranked after getting upset by Memphis.

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Conference BreakdownMarquee Games This Week

#5 Michigan State (2-0) vs. #2 Duke (2-0) in Chicago – Tonight at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN

#3 Illinois (2-0) at #16 Texas Tech (2-0) – Tonight at 8:00 PM ET on Peacock

#15 Kansas (2-0) vs. #24 Kentucky (2-0) in Chicago – Tonight at 9:30 PM ET on ESPN

Upset Watch?

#12 Arizona (1-1) at Auburn (1-0) – Friday at 9:00 PM ET on ESPN2

#10 Louisville (2-0) at Memphis (2-0) – Sunday at 1:00 PM ET on ESPN

Baylor (2-0) vs. #7 Texas (2-0) in San…

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