Arizona Wildcats increase lead atop AP Top 25 poll after beating up on Alabama

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. 

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).  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.

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 — Arizona

2 — Michigan

3 — Duke

4 — Iowa State

5 — UConn

6 — Vanderbilt

7 — Purdue

8 — Gonzaga

9 — Michigan State

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10 — BYU

11 — Houston

12 — Louisville

13 — Nebraska

14 — North Carolina

15 — Arkansas

16 — Alabama

17 — Kansas

18 — Illijnois

19 — Texas Tech

20 — LSU

21 — USC

22 — Florida

23 — Virginia

24 — Tennessee

25 — Iowa