After their decisive win over Alabama in Birmingham on Saturday, the Arizona Wildcats picked up nine more first-place votes in the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Monday.Β
The top-rated Wildcats this week received 42 of the 61 first-place votes among media across the country, while No. 2 Michigan received 15, down four from last week. Duke also lost four first-place votes to the Wildcats, dropping from seven to three.
One voter who did not vote last week put Arizona in the No. 1 spot this week.
Overall, Arizona (9-0) and Michigan (10-1) stayed on top of No. 3 Duke (10-0), No. 4 Iowa State (11-0) and No. 5 UConn (10-1). Β Alabama (7-3) dropped from No. 12 to No. 16 after losing to the Wildcats.
Among other Arizona opponents this season, Houston (10-1) dropped from No. 7 to No. 8, BYU (9-10) stayed in the No. 10 spot, Kansas (8-3) moved from 19 to No. 17, Texas Tech (7-3) dropped three spots to No. 19, Auburn (8-3) stayed at No. 21 and Florida (6-4) dropped five spots to No. 23.
Arizonaβs Anthony Dell'Orso (3) celebrates with Jaden Bradley (0) after a break away dunk against Auburn during a game at McKale Center, Dec. 6.
FWIW, I moved Arizona ahead of Michigan on my AP ballot after jumping the Wolverines above the Wildcats two weeks ago, and also moved UConn ahead of Vanderbilt, after comparing the teams' updated resumes on Sunday night.
The AP's site does not yet appear updated with individual voters, but this was the order I had:
1 β Arizona
2 βΒ Michigan
3 βΒ Duke
4 βΒ Iowa State
5 βΒ UConn
6 βΒ Vanderbilt
7 βΒ Purdue
8 βΒ Gonzaga
9 βΒ Michigan State
10 βΒ BYU
11 βΒ Houston
12 βΒ Louisville
13 βΒ Nebraska
14 βΒ North Carolina
15 βΒ Arkansas
16 βΒ Alabama
17 βΒ Kansas
18 βΒ Illijnois
19 βΒ Texas Tech
20 βΒ LSU
21 βΒ USC
22 βΒ Florida
23 βΒ Virginia
24 βΒ Tennessee
25 βΒ Iowa
