Overview
- AP men’s Top 25: Arizona rose to No. 1 with 33 of 60 first-place votes, followed by No. 2 Michigan (19 first-place votes), No. 3 Duke, No. 4 Iowa State (one first-place vote) and No. 5 UConn, with Purdue dropping to No. 6.
- Coaches/USA TODAY men’s poll: Michigan moved to No. 1 with 17 of 31 first-place votes, ahead of No. 2 Arizona (11), No. 3 Duke (2) and No. 4 Iowa State (1), as Purdue slid to No. 6 and Nebraska entered at No. 22.
- Iowa State’s 81-58 road rout of then-No. 1 Purdue tied the largest home loss by a top-ranked team and vaulted the Cyclones into the top five across major polls.
- AP women’s Top 25: UConn stayed No. 1 with 23 first-place votes and Texas remained No. 2 with nine, the top 10 was unchanged, and the Big Ten matched the AP record with nine ranked teams as 9-0 Nebraska debuted at No. 24.
- UConn underscored its No. 1 status with a 102-35 win over DePaul during Sue Bird’s jersey retirement, and notable games ahead include UConn at USC on Saturday and Iowa State vs. Iowa on Wednesday.