Arizona leads USA TODAY Sports college basketball Top 25 poll rankings…

Arizona leads USA TODAY Sports college basketball Top 25 poll rankings…

The first USA TODAY Sports males’s college basketball poll for February is out, with the top 4 groups from the end of January holding regular.

Arizona stays at No. 1 with all 31 first-place votes. Michigan stays at No. 2 because of a pair of strong Big Ten wins this week. Connecticut and Duke stay at third and fourth respectively.

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Gonzaga inherits the No. 5 spot, adopted by a surging Illinois vaulting 4 positions to No. 6 after its Sunday defeat of Nebraska. Iowa State jumps ahead of fellow Big 12 contender Houston by just two poll factors for the No. 7 place. Nebraska and Michigan State each fall again a number of spots however keep in the top 10.

TOP 25: Complete USA TODAY Sports males’s basketball poll

There’s a strong Big 12 presence in the next 5 as Kansas is again as much as No. 11 leapfrogging No. 12 Purdue. Texas Tech and Brigham Young maintain the next two positions, and Vanderbilt now leads the SEC contingent at No. 15.

Texas A&M joins the rankings at No. 25. (*25*) to last week’s tie there are literally two dropouts as Alabama and Iowa fall.

This article initially appeared on USA TODAY: College basketball poll rankings maintain Arizona at No. 1; Illinois rises

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