Gonzaga remains the No. 1 team in the country in the latest AP Poll after defeating San Francisco and Pacific last week to move to 28-0. The Zags have just two games remaining in the regular season before potentially entering the postseason with an unblemished record.
NCAA basketball rankings 2017: Gonzaga remains No. 1, Wichita State makes debut at No. 25
The latest AP Poll has the Zags on top once again.
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Baylor drops from No. 4 to No. 9 in the new poll after losing to Texas Tech last Monday and then suffering a two-point home loss to Kansas on Saturday. The Bears face Oklahoma and Iowa State this week looking to stop the short losing streak.
The game of the week will feature two top-five teams in the Pac-12 when No. 4 Arizona hosts No. 5 UCLA. The Bruins have won five straight, while Arizona has reeled off four straight wins following a blowout loss to Oregon on Feb. 4.
Duke is also back in the top 10 after beating No. 18 Virginia last week. The Blue Devils have reeled off seven straight wins and are starting to look like the team that was named the preseason No. 1 in November.
Wichita State also made its season debut in the polls this week at No. 25. The Shockers are 25-4 on the season without Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet.
Here is the complete AP Poll this week, with the number of first place votes in parenthesis:
- Gonzaga (59)
- Villanova (5)
- Kansas (1)
- Arizona
- UCLA
- Oregon
- Louisville
- North Carolina
- Baylor
- Duke
- Kentucky
- West Virginia
- Florida
- Purdue
- Cincinnati
- Wisconsin
- SMU
- Virginia
- Florida State
- Saint Mary’s
- Notre Dame
- Butler
- Creighton
- Maryland
- Wichita State
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