Bearcats\u2019 first ever win over a top-two team<\/a> at home since 1967. The hot start for the Cyclones simply came crashing down, hard.<\/p>\nAs a result, that dropped Iowa State seven spots to No. 9 in this week\u2019s poll. Arizona held strong at No. 1 and actually received all 61 votes to retain the spot unanimously. The Wildcats have now held the spot for six straight weeks. This, though, was their closest week in a while. They pulled away from Arizona State late on Wednesday, thanks to 24 points and 10 rebounds from Koa Peat, and then they did the same on the road at UCF on Saturday night to get to 18-0.<\/p>\n
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UConn replaced Iowa State at No. 2, while Michigan, Purdue and Duke rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n
There are now only two other undefeated teams left in the country. Nebraska is still perfect, and came in at No. 7 in the national polls this week. That\u2019s now the highest ranking in school history, which is remarkable for a program that has still never even won an NCAA tournament game.<\/p>\n
Miami (Ohio) is the other, but the RedHawks just barely made it past Buffalo on Saturday night. They needed a buzzer-beater in regulation to even force the extra period and then a huge 3-pointer from Peter Suder to win the game in the final seconds of overtime.<\/p>\n
The RedHawks finally entered the poll at No. 25 for the first time this week.<\/p>\n
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Things will get tough for Nebraska in the near future. After Washington and Minnesota this week, the Cornhuskers will travel to No. 3 Michigan and then host No. 11 Illinois next week. They\u2019ve played just two ranked opponents up until this point, winning by a combined five points.<\/p>\n
As for Arizona, the Big 12 truly seems like theirs to lose, especially now that the Cyclones have fallen back.<\/p>\n
Games to watch this week<\/p>\n
All times ET | * denotes neutral site<\/p>\n
Tuesday, Jan. 20
No. 15 Vanderbilt at No. 20 Arkansas | 9 p.m. | ESPN<\/p>\n
Saturday, Jan. 24
No. 22 North Carolina at No. 14 Virginia | 2 p.m. | ESPN
No. 11 Illinois at No. 4 Purdue | 3 p.m. | Fox
No. 6 Houston at No. 12 Texas Tech | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN
Tennessee at No. 17 Alabama | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN<\/p>\n
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AP Top 25<\/p>\n
The full Associated Press men\u2019s basketball poll from January 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
1. Arizona (18-0)
2. UConn (18-1)
3. Michigan (16-1)
4. Purdue (17-1)
5. Duke (17-1)
6. Houston (17-1)
7. Nebraska (18-0)
8. Gonzaga (19-1)
9. Iowa State (16-2)
10. Michigan State (16-2)
11. Illinois (15-3)
12. Texas Tech (14-4)
13. BYU (16-2)
14. Virginia (16-2)
15. Vanderbilt (16-2)
16. Florida (13-5)
17. Alabama (13-5)
18. Clemson (16-3)
19. Kansas (13-5)
20. Arkansas (13-5)
21. Georgia (15-3)
22. North Carolina (14-4)
23. Louisville (13-5)
24. Saint Louis (17-1)
25. Miami (Ohio) (19-0)<\/p>\n
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 64, St. John’s 64, Iowa 30, Kentucky 27, Tennessee 20, Utah State 15, UCF 14, Miami 10, George Mason 10, Saint Mary’s 5, SMU 3, Villanova 3, Texas A&M 2, NC State 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re suddenly down to just three perfect teams left in the country, one of which is firmly holding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[1046,382,1388,593,7,217,8895,420,2048,8577,2469,234,27218,1975,1739,1995,231,772,1544,3422,1773,16,2467,689,8715,661,12586,922,75270,6936,1980],"class_list":["post-548265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-alabama","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-state","tag-arkansas","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-cornhuskers","tag-florida","tag-illinois","tag-iowa-state","tag-kansas","tag-kentucky","tag-koa-peat","tag-louisville","tag-michigan","tag-michigan-state","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-nebraska","tag-north-carolina","tag-ohio","tag-purdue","tag-tennessee","tag-texas-am","tag-texas-tech","tag-ucf","tag-uconn","tag-undefeated-teams","tag-virginia","tag-wisconsin"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115925798347718118","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}