College basketball rankings: Gonzaga holds on to the top spot

There’s no change at the top of the new AP Poll as Gonzaga, Duke, and Kansas stayed No. 1-No. 3 respectively. The Zags got a scare from Pepperdine, needing a late push and a miss from the Waves to secure a 5-point win at home. Duke has cruised over the last week, notching big wins over Boston College and Miami by an average of 36 points. Kansas, meanwhile, has rattled off back-to-back wins over Stanford and West Virginia.

Baylor climbed two spots to No. 4, with undefeated Auburn rounding out the top five. The only other undefeated team — San Diego State — comes in at No. 7 this week.

The Mountaineers dropped one spot to No. 17 after their 7-point loss to the Jayhawks.

Iowa fell out of the rankings after losing to Penn State, leaving room for Colorado to rejoin the party after upsetting Oregon (and losing to Oregon State, because basketball 2020).

The Big Ten retained their hold on the poll with five ranked teams. The ACC and Big 12 each have four.

Here are the full rankings:

AP Poll – Week 10

Rank	Team	Conference	Previous Rank
Rank	Team	Conference	Previous Rank
1	Gonzaga	WCC	1
2	Duke	ACC	2
3	Kansas	Big 12	3
4	Baylor	Big 12	6
5	Auburn	SEC	8
6	Butler	Big East	11
7	San Diego State	Mountain West	13
8	Michigan State	Big Ten	14
9	Oregon	Pac-12	4
10	Florida State	ACC	18
11	Ohio State	Big Ten	5
12	Maryland	Big Ten	15
13	Louisville	ACC	7
14	Kentucky	SEC	17
15	Dayton	A-10	20
16	Villanova	Big East	10
17	West Virginia	Big 12	16
18	Virginia	ACC	19
19	Michigan	Big Ten	12
20	Penn State	Big Ten	21
21	Memphis	AAC	9
22	Texas Tech	Big 12	22
23	Wichita State	American Athletic	24
24	Arizona	Pac-12	25
25	Colorado	Pac-12	NR

Others receiving votes: Iowa 63, Seton Hall 48, Arkansas 38, Marquette 25, Xavier 18, Wisconsin 17, Houston 8, Creighton 6, Washington 6, Virginia Commonwealth 5, Saint Mary’s 3, Northern Iowa 2, Liberty 2, Purdue 1, Stephen F. Austin 1, BYU 1

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