Overview
- Arizona received 32 of 61 first-place votes and 1,494 points to Michigan’s 29 votes and 1,493, a one-point gap that ranks among the closest No. 1 races in AP poll history and narrowly avoided the first tie since 1981.
- Michigan’s case strengthened with a 13-0 start that includes the first run in AP poll history of three straight 30-point wins over ranked opponents.
- The top six in the AP poll remained unchanged: Arizona, Michigan, Iowa State, UConn, Purdue and Duke.
- Nebraska climbed to No. 10 after a 58-56 win over then-No. 9 Michigan State, extending the nation-best win streak to 18 and marking the Cornhuskers’ first top-10 ranking since 1966.
- UCF re-entered at No. 25 after beating Kansas, which fell five spots to No. 22, while North Carolina dropped to No. 17 and Kentucky was listed among the week’s biggest fallers.