AP Men's Basketball Poll, Feb. 20: UCLA holds, Arizona climbs in latest Top 25
The AP Men’s Basketball Poll saw another change to the No. 1 spot after Alabama lost last week, but very little changed from the Pac-12’s perspective.
UCLA (23-4, 14-2 Pac-12) remained No. 4 in the latest AP Top 25. Despite picking up its fifth and sixth consecutive wins last week — the latest of which came by 35 points — Kansas jumped the Bruins to move up to No. 3 and take the spot of Purdue.
Arizona (24-4, 13-4 Pac-12) moved up one spot to No. 7 after routing Utah last Thursday and then topping Colorado on Saturday. The Wildcats have won nine of their last 10.
The Bruins make their trek through the mountains this week, battling Utah in Salt Lake City on Thursday (7:30 p.m. PT, FS1) and then Colorado in Boulder on Sunday (1 p.m. PT, CBS). Arizona has just a single game this upcoming week; it’ll host Arizona State on Saturday at 11 a.m. PT on CBS.
Once again, no other Pac-12 team received votes in the latest poll. You can see the full Top 25 below:
- Houston (48 first-place votes)
- Alabama (7)
- Kansas (7)
- UCLA
- Purdue
- Virginia
- Arizona
- Texas
- Baylor
- Marquette
- Tennessee
- Gonzaga
- Miami (FL)
- Kansas State
- Saint Mary’s
- Xavier
- Indiana
- UConn
- Creighton
- Providence
- Northwestern
- San Diego State
- Iowa State
- TCU
- Texas A&M
Also receiving votes: NC State 54, Pittsburgh 34, Maryland 14, Oral Roberts 14, Kentucky 12, Boise State 12, Arkansas 6, Florida Atlantic 6, Charleston 4, Missouri 3, Duke 3, Illinois 2, Kent State 2, Nevada 1, Oklahoma State 1