Arizona Holds Top Spot in AP Top 25 Men's Basketball Poll

Oklahoma and Clemson make significant jumps, Northwestern debuts in Top 25

Arizona strengthens its place atop The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll, setting up a showdown this weekend against Purdue, the former No. 1 team.
Oklahoma made one of the biggest jumps, climbing eight spots to No. 11 after wins over Providence and Arkansas.
Undefeated Clemson moved up to No. 13 after beating South Carolina and TCU, remaining one of the seven teams with perfect records left in Division I basketball.
Northwestern made its Top 25 season debut, ranked for the second straight season but only the seventh time since the 1968-69 season.
Virginia returned to the poll at No. 22 after being ranked for a week last month.