For the sixth time in eight weeks, college basketball has a new No. 1 team.
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After Kansas’ loss to Villanova over the weekend, it’s Gonzaga’s turn to grace the top spot. The Bulldogs, who are coming off of wins over Arizona and North Carolina over the last couple of weeks received 54 of the possible 65 first-place votes.
Louisville stayed at No. 3 for the second consecutive week. The Cardinals were jumped by Ohio State, which moved from No. 5 to No. 2 after taking down Kentucky in the CBS Sports Classic in Las Vegas. The Wildcats, who will take on U of L this Saturday, fell all the way to No. 19 after dropping games to the Buckeyes and Utah in Vegas.
Here’s the full poll for this week:
| Rank | Team | Conference | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzaga | WCC | 2 |
| 2 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 5 |
| 3 | Louisville | ACC | 3 |
| 4 | Duke | ACC | 4 |
| 5 | Kansas | Big 12 | 1 |
| 6 | Oregon | Pac-12 | 8 |
| 7 | Baylor | Big 12 | 10 |
| 8 | Auburn | SEC | 12 |
| 9 | Memphis | AAC | 11 |
| 10 | Villanova | Big East | 18 |
| 11 | Michigan | Big Ten | 14 |
| 12 | Butler | Big East | 17 |
| 13 | Maryland | Big Ten | 7 |
| 14 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 15 |
| 15 | San Diego State | Mountain West | 20 |
| 16 | Virginia | ACC | 9 |
| 17 | Florida State | ACC | 19 |
| 18 | Dayton | A-10 | 13 |
| 19 | Kentucky | SEC | 6 |
| 20 | Penn State | Big Ten | 23 |
| 21 | Washington | Pac-12 | 22 |
| 22 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 25 |
| 23 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 24 |
| 24 | Arizona | Pac-12 | 16 |
| 25 | Iowa | Big Ten | NR |
