Tomorrow’s Prime 25 At present: UConn falls out of prime 25, Tennessee, Kentucky transfer into prime 5

The next groups misplaced over the past week in faculty basketball, organising what’s more likely to be the largest shakeup of the season for the AP Prime 25 ballot on Monday: No. 2 UConn (x3), No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 5 Iowa State, No. 6 Houston (x2), No. 9 Alabama, No. 11 Duke, No. 12 North Carolina (x2), No. 14 Indiana (x2), No. 19 Arkansas, No. 20 Texas A&M, No. 21 Creighton (x2), No. 22 Xavier, No. 23 Ole Miss, No. 24 Arizona (x2) and No. 25 Mississippi State. 

Grand complete there: 15 groups took at the very least one loss and ranked groups took a complete of two losses between them, led by two-time defending champion UConn’s three-loss stinker on the Maui Invitational.

So let’s attempt to untangle the mess that was within the house under.

This will probably be a weekly protected space for us to guess how we expect AP voters will react to the outcomes of the week, making it after all totally different from Gary Parrish’s day by day Prime 25 And 1 rankings and totally different than my weekly Energy Rankings. That is all about taking into consideration your entire season’s physique of labor, factoring within the final week since the latest AP Prime 25 ballot, after which making an attempt to interrupt into the mind of voters to guess how we expect the upcoming ballot Monday will look.

Our greatest guess is under — with a well-recognized title remaining at No. 1.

1. Kansas (Final week — 1): All Kansas has executed is win this season. The preseason No. 1 Jayhawks are actually 7-0 with a giant win over Duke final week to pad top-of-the-line resumes in basketball. 

2. Auburn (Final week — 4): Auburn’s enjoying like the perfect workforce within the sport proper now after a 3-0 week in Maui during which it took down one top-five workforce (Iowa State), one top-12 workforce (North Carolina) and one actually good workforce that can probably be ranked Monday (Memphis). 

3. Tennessee (Final week — 7): Losses by groups ranked forward of Tennessee mixed with Tennessee’s dominant 7-0 run to start out this season ought to get the Vols into the highest 5 for a fourth consecutive season. Their 26.9-point scoring margin is sixth amongst groups in faculty basketball.

4. Kentucky (Final week — 8): Mark Pope’s Wildcats are 7-0 in what has been a reasonably tender nonconference schedule apart from the Duke win. However they’ve received every of their video games save for the Blue Devils win by double figures and hardly damaged a sweat. 

5. Marquette (Final week — 10): Marquette had a run in November the place it beat Maryland, Purdue and Georgia within the span of eight days. It now enters December with an 8-0 report for the primary time since 2011-12 with a visit to Iowa State on faucet this week. 

6. Iowa State (Final week — 5): The one loss for Iowa State on the season is to an Auburn workforce that torched the sector in Maui this previous week. The Cyclones could slip a bit however ought to stay within the prime 10.

7. Gonzaga (Final week — 3): An time beyond regulation loss to West Virginia this week probably docks the Zags, who in any other case might have been positioned to maneuver into the highest two. Bounce-back wins over Indiana and Davidson within the Bahamas salvaged the week. 

8. Purdue (Final week — 13): Purdue knocked off Ole Miss with a final-second tip-in from Myles Colvin on Friday to shine off its good week and enhance to 7-1. The Boilermakers ought to transfer again the place they belong this week into the highest 10. 

9. Wisconsin (Final week — 9): Greg Gard has the Badgers rocking as convention play begins this week. Wisconsin is 8-0 and has wins over Pitt, UCF and Arizona. 

10. Duke (Final week — 11): A loss this week to No. 1 Kansas by three factors should not be have an effect on voters a lot on this week’s AP ballot. Duke’s solely two losses now are to KU and UK — each of which ought to be within the prime 5 on Monday. 

11. Cincinnati (Final week — 16): The schedule has been tender for Cincinnati however a 6-0 report is a 6-0 report. That ought to be sufficient to maneuver the Bearcats up a number of spots this week. They beat Alabama State at residence of their lone outing final week. 

12. Oregon (Final week — NR): Unranked to prime 10 is a sensible path the Geese might waddle into after an enormous week with wins over Texas A&M, San Diego State and Alabama — all on impartial courts. It is the primary time since 2013-14 Oregon’s began a season 8-0 and the second time ever underneath Dana Altman.

13. Alabama (Final week — 9): Alabama went 2-1 on the week with five-point wins over Houston and Rutgers and a two-point loss to Oregon. It will be out of the highest 10 this week however should not fall too far. 

14. Memphis (Final week — NR): Penny Hardaway fired 4 staffers simply earlier than the season however has his Memphis Tigers at 6-1 after a profitable week on the Maui Invitational with wins over UConn and Michigan State and a aggressive loss to Auburn. Memphis presently has the perfect three-point capturing workforce by share in faculty basketball at 46.9%.

15. Baylor (Final week — 17): Two wins vs. ranked groups and two losses vs. ranked groups ought to maintain Baylor in the identical neighborhood it was in final week. The Bears are 5-2 after a 1-0 week with a 31-point win over New Orleans. They head to UConn this week. 

16. Illinois (Final week — NR): An announcement was despatched on Thanksgiving from Illinois as it downed Arkansas 90-77 contained in the T-Cellular Heart. Kasparas Jakucionis is approaching sturdy for the Illini after posting back-to-back season-high scoring efforts this week of 21 and 23 factors vs. Little Rock and Arkansas, respectively. 

17. Michigan State (Final week — NR): Regardless of a loss to an unranked Memphis workforce, Michigan State put collectively a giant week on the Maui Invitational with wins over each Colorado and North Carolina. Its first Massive Ten sport of the common season is on deck Wednesday with a highway journey to Minnesota. 

18. Pitt (Final week — NR): Zack Austin hit a buzzer-beater in time beyond regulation Friday to knock off Ohio State and stop the Panthers from falling right into a dropping streak. Pitt has a star in Jaland Lowe, who had 28 factors within the win. 

19. Florida (Final week — 18): There are three SEC groups inside the highest 10 at KenPom. The primary three you’d guess — Auburn, Tennessee and Alabama — and a shock in Florida. It should not be, although. The Gators moved 8-0 this week after wins over Wake Forest and Wichita State by 17 and 27 factors, respectively. 

20. Texas (Final week — NR): Rodney Terry and Texas have ridden one of the crucial skilled groups in faculty basketball to a 6-1 begin that options six consecutive wins after a season-opening loss to Ohio State. Solely a kind of wins was in opposition to a top-100 KenPom workforce, although a lot chaos within the sport final week might get the Longhorns again into the polls. 

21. Michigan (Final week — NR): A 25-point win over Xavier on Wednesday registered as a “whoa” second that deserves giving Michigan its flowers. It has wins over TCU, Virginia Tech and Xavier, amongst others, and may have an opportunity to show itself this week with Wisconsin and Iowa on deck.

22. North Carolina (Final week — 12): How a lot voters punish UNC after a 1-2 week with a loss to Auburn and a detailed time beyond regulation loss to Michigan State will probably be fascinating. I would drop it from the highest 25 however suspect the Tar Heels stick round on the again finish of the rankings. 

23. San Diego State (Final week — NR): San Diego State went 2-1 this week with wins over Creighton and Houston and a loss to Oregon. 

24. Arkansas (Final week — 19): A 13-point loss to Illinois on a impartial courtroom on Thanksgiving day places the Razorbacks’ spot within the rankings in peril this week. They’ve misplaced each video games in opposition to top-100 KenPom competitors this season. 

25. Drake (Final week — NR): Voters have had Drake on their radar for awhile, and the Bulldogs obtained votes for the primary time this season final week. A variety of groups falling out of the rankings might get them into the combination this week. Ben McCollum has Drake 7-0 with wins over Vanderbilt and Miami among the many seven on their resume. 

Projected to drop out: No. 2 UConn, No. 6 Houston, No. 14 Indiana, No. 20 Texas A&M, No. 21 Creighton, No. 22 Xavier, No. 23 Ole Miss, No. 24 Arizona, No. 25 Mississippi State