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We have a new team No. 1 team in college basketball for the second week in a row and they reside in West Lafayette, IN.
The Purdue Boilermakers laid claim to the top spot in the new AP poll on Monday, getting rewarded for a strong week where they demolished Florida State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge before downing Iowa 77-70 to open conference play on Friday. They were the direct beneficiaries of previous No. 1 Duke suffering its first setback of the season, a 71-66 road loss at Ohio State. The Blue Devils moved back a few spots to No. 3.
The rest of the Top 5 includes No. 2 Baylor, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Gonzaga, who suffered its second loss in three outings in a 91-82 setback to Alabama in Seattle on Friday. As a result, the Crimson Tide were the biggest riser in the poll this week, moving up seven spots to No. 9. The biggest faller was BYU, who was punished for an overtime loss to Utah Valley by dropping from No. 12 to No. 24 in the Week 5 poll.
Here is the complete AP college basketball poll on December 6th.
AP College Basketball Poll Week 5, Dec. 6th
| Ranking | Team | Last Week | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking | Team | Last Week | Votes |
| 1 | Purdue (8-0) | 2 | 1,525 (61) |
| 2 | Baylor (8-0) | 4 | 1,421 |
| 3 | Duke (7-1) | 1 | 1,390 |
| 4 | UCLA (8-1) | 5 | 1,293 |
| 5 | Gonzaga (7-2) | 3 | 1,240 |
| 6 | Villanova (6-2) | 6 | 1,175 |
| 7 | Texas (6-1) | 7 | 1,101 |
| 8 | Kansas (6-1) | 8 | 1,068 |
| 9 | Alabama (7-1) | 16 | 1,029 |
| 10 | Kentucky (6-1) | 9 | 972 |
| 11 | Arizona (7-0) | 11 | 919 |
| 12 | Arkansas (8-0) | 10 | 905 |
| 13 | Tennessee (6-1) | 13 | 762 |
| 14 | Houston (7-1) | 15 | 686 |
| 15 | Connecticut (8-1) | 17 | 527 |
| 16 | USC (8-0) | 20 | 510 |
| 17 | Iowa State (8-0) | 19 | 499 |
| 18 | Auburn (7-1) | 21 | 419 |
| 19 | Michigan State (7-2) | 22 | 405 |
| 20 | Florida (6-1) | 14 | 386 |
| 21 | Ohio State (6-2) | NR | 370 |
| 22 | Wisconsin (7-1) | 23 | 338 |
| 23 | Seton Hall (7-1) | 25 | 177 |
| 24 | BYU (7-1) | 12 | 157 |
| 25 | LSU (8-0) | NR | 135 |