Did The College Basketball Ap Poll Change This Week

AP Higher Basketball Poll 2022: Complete Week 17 Rankings Released

February 28, 2022

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A chaotic Sat led to significant changes in the latest Associated Press men'south college basketball poll.

Gonzaga lost its beginning game since December, simply it was only the tip of the iceberg in a celebrated solar day:

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The results created plenty of question marks for voters, who concluded up leaving Gonzaga at No. 1 in the Week 17 rankings. The decision was no longer unanimous, though, as Knuckles and Baylor also earned starting time-place votes.

Here is the full Top 25 as conference tournaments begin around the country.

AP Poll

1. Gonzaga

2. Arizona

3. Baylor

4. Duke

five. Auburn

6. Kansas

7. Kentucky

8. Purdue

9. Providence

10. Wisconsin

11. Villanova

12. Texas Tech

13. Tennessee

fourteen. Arkansas

fifteen. Houston

sixteen. USC

17. UCLA

18. Connecticut

19. Saint Mary's

20. Illinois

21. Texas

22. Murray State

23. Ohio State

24. Iowa

25. Alabama

It was a week full of courtroom-storming by fans as top teams consistently faltered on the route:

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Gonzaga surprisingly couldn't get anything going offensively against Saint Mary's on Sat with star big men Chet Holmgren and Drew Timme each held to six points. The Gaels earned a 67-57 win and moved upward to No. 19 in the latest poll.

It was a similar story in the Pac-12 every bit Colorado blew out Arizona for a 79-63 upset Saturday.

Despite the results, the peak 2 remained unchanged with the Wildcats No. two backside Gonzaga.

Auburn and Purdue were more than competitive in their conference route games simply all the same couldn't pull out wins.

Tennessee handed Auburn its third loss in the last half dozen games with a 67-62 win. Auburn's Jabari Smith had 27 points, 8 rebounds and two blocks yet didn't become enough assistance to pull out the win.

The Tigers are downwardly to fifth in the AP poll after sitting at No. 1 earlier this calendar month.

Purdue is No. 8 afterwards a 68-65 upset at the hands of Michigan State. The Spartans shot 45 percent from 3-point range in Saturday's win, while the Boilermakers finished just 1-of-9 from beyond the arc.

Baylor was one of the few Acme x teams to survive the week without a loss, with 1 of the victories being over previously fifth-ranked Kansas. James Akinjo shot just 2-of-x simply came through when needed in the lxxx-70 win:

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It helped the Bears leap seven spots to No. iii, while Kansas is sixth.

Arkansas is also a squad no 1 wants to play subsequently a 75-73 win over Kentucky on Sat. The Razorbacks have won 13 of the final 14 games, beating Auburn, Tennessee and LSU.

Despite a crude stretch in the eye of the flavor, Arkansas is No. 14 in the latest ranking.

Knuckles, the highest-ranked team in the latest poll to avoid a loss this week, is No. four afterwards road wins over Virginia and Syracuse.

With March on the horizon, the upsets should just proceed across college basketball in the coming weeks.