#1- AUBURN 22-1: Tigers survived a close call at Georgia. THIS WEEK: at Arkansas, Texas A&M
#2- GONZAGA 19-2: The Zags continue to roll against questionable competition. THIS WEEK: Pacific, St.Mary’s
#3- PURDUE 20-3: Boilermakers keep winning. THIS WEEK: Illinois, at Michigan, Maryland
#4- KENTUCKY 19-4: The Wildcats are on a roll THIS WEEK: at South Carolina, Florida
#5- DUKE 19-3: The Dookies win 2 tough road games. THIS WEEK: Virginia, at Clemson, at Boston College
#6- ARIZONA 19-2: Two great wins over the week for the Wildcats. THIS WEEK: at Arizona State, at Washington State, at Washington
#7- HOUSTON 20-2: No one wants to play these guys. THIS WEEK: at SMU, Memphis
#8- KANSAS 19-3: Two wins against ranked opponents. THIS WEEK: at Texas, Oklahoma
#9- PROVIDENCE 20-2: They deserve to be in the Top-10. THIS WEEK: DePaul, at Kansas
#10- TEXAS TECH 18-5: The Red Raiders are an impressive team. THIS WEEK: at Oklahoma, TCU
#11- UCLA 16-4: The Bruins take a tumble after two losses in Arizona. THIS WEEK: at Stanford, at USC
#12- BAYLOR 19-4: The Bears need to get healthy. THIS WEEK: at Kansas State, Texas
#13- ILLINOIS 17-5: The Illini have won 4 in a row. THIS WEEK: at Purdue, Northwestern
#14- WISCONSIN 18-4: Badgers went 1-1 last week but weren’t very impressive. THIS WEEK: at Michigan State, Rutgers
#15- VILLANOVA 17-6: The Wildcats trying to get more consistent. THIS WEEK: at St. John’s, Seton Hall
#16- TENNESSEE 16-6: Volunteers bounced back with two good wins. THIS WEEK: at Mississippi State, Vanderbilt
#17- USC 19-4: The Trojans went 1-1 on a tough trip to Arizona. THIS WEEK: Pacific, UCLA
#18- OHIO STATE 14-5: Buckeyes have a lot of games left. THIS WEEK: Rutgers, at Michigan #19- ARKANSAS 18-5: Razorbacks have won 8 straight. THIS WEEK: Auburn, at Alabama
#20- MICHIGAN STATE 17-5: Spartans were horrible at Rutgers. THIS WEEK: Wisconsin, Indiana
#21- MARQUETTE 16-7: Hanging tough in the Top-25. THIS WEEK: at UConn, at Butler
#22- TEXAS 17-6: Longhorns put a beatdown on Iowa State. THIS WEEK: Kansas, at Baylor
#23- DAVIDSON 19-3: Wildcats keep winning. THIS WEEK: St.Joseph’s, at Rhode Island
#24- UCONN 15-6: Two tough losses last week. THIS WEEK: Marquette, at Xavier, at St.John’s
#25- WAKE FOREST 19-5: Deacons have earned their way into the Top-25. THIS WEEK: at NC State, Miami
TOP 5 WINNERS OF THE WEEK:
#1 ARIZONA: The Wildcats proved their mettle by beating UCLA and USC who were both ranked teams.
#2 PROVIDENCE: The Friars win a couple of big ones in the excellent Big East and enter this week at 20-2.
#3 KANSAS : The Jayhawks bounced back from the ugly loss to Kentucky with wins over ranked Iowa State and Baylor.
#4 TEXAS TECH: Two big wins for the Red Raiders. Are they the 2nd best team in the ultra-tough Big 12?
#5 ILLINOIS: The Illini just keep winning and staying at the top of the Big-10.
TOP 5 LOSERS OF THE WEEK:
#1 UCLA: The Bruins started the week at #3 and lost at #7 Arizona (nothing wrong about that) and to a 6-win Arizona State.
#2 LSU: The Tigers were once 15-1 and on a roll. Since then, they have lost 6 out of 7 and are on a freefall.
#3 IOWA STATE: The Cyclones won their first 12 games, but after losing 2 last week, they are 4-7 in their last 11 games.
#4 UCONN: The Huskies took a tumble losing to Creighton at Home and at Villanova on Saturday.
#5 MIAMI : They started the week at 16-5 and looked like a lock for the Big Dance. But a home loss to Notre Dame and a poor showing at Virginia leaves them some work left to do.
