{"id":158131,"date":"2026-02-10T07:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/158131\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T07:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:41:17","slug":"mens-cbk-ap-top-25-arizona-holds-houston-jumps-to-no-3-kentucky-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/158131\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s CBK AP Top 25: Arizona Holds, Houston Jumps to No. 3, Kentucky Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona<\/a> remained firmly atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for a ninth consecutive week Monday, while Houston<\/a> jumped back into the top 5 and Kentucky<\/a> returned to the rankings for the first time since December.<\/p>\n

Tommy Lloyd’s Wildcats (23-0) claimed all 59 first-place votes in the latest poll, making them the unanimous choice for a fourth consecutive week. That comes after Arizona \u2014 one of two unbeaten teams left in Division I \u2014 won at rival Arizona State, then returned home to beat Oklahoma State by 37 points.<\/p>\n

Michigan<\/a> remained at No. 2, marking the sixth time in Arizona’s current reign that the Wolverines sat right behind them. Houston (21-2) moved up five spots to No. 3 after wins against UCF<\/a> and at BYU<\/a>, returning Kelvin Sampson’s Cougars inside the top 5 after a November stint that included a week at No. 1.<\/p>\n

[Casey Jacobsen’s Top 25: Purdue, Kansas, UNC Moving Up in Top 25<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Duke, Iowa State, UConn, Nebraska, Illinois, Kansas and Michigan State rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n

Kentucky was the week’s lone addition at No. 25, returning to the poll for the first time since early December in a season that started with a No. 9 preseason ranking. The Wildcats have won eight of nine, with Saturday’s home win against Tennessee<\/a> knocking the Volunteers out of the poll.<\/p>\n

Here is the full top 25:<\/p>\n

25. Kentucky, 17-7, SEC
24. Louisville, 17-6, ACC
23. Miami (OH), 24-0, MAC
22. BYU, 17-6, Big 12
21. Arkansas, 17-6, SEC
20. Clemson, 20-4, ACC
19. Vanderbilt, 19-4, SEC
18. Saint Louis, 23-1, A-10
17. St. John’s, 18-5, Big East
16. Texas Tech, 17-6, Big 12
15. Virginia, 20-3, ACC
14. Florida, 17-6, SEC
13. Purdue, 19-4, Big Ten
12. Gonzaga, 23-2, WCC
11. North Carolina, 19-4, ACC
10. Michigan State, 20-4, Big Ten
9. Kansas, 18-5, Big 12
8. Illinois, 20-4, Big Ten
7. Nebraska, 21-2, Big Ten
6. UConn, 22-2, Big East
5. Iowa State, 21-2, Big 12
4. Duke, 21-2, ACC
3. Houston, 21-2, Big 12
2. Michigan, 22-1, Big Ten
1. Arizona, 23-0, Big 12<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arizona remained firmly atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for a ninth consecutive week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2698,794,2692,56,2742,58,57,538,795,790,9816],"class_list":{"0":"post-158131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-arizona-wildcats","9":"tag-byu-cougars","10":"tag-college-basketball","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-cougars","13":"tag-houston-headlines","14":"tag-houston-news","15":"tag-kentucky-wildcats","16":"tag-michigan-wolverines","17":"tag-tennessee-volunteers","18":"tag-ucf-knights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}