Michigan stretched its lead a bit over Arizona in this week’s voting for the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll, and a previously unbeaten team taking its first loss shuffled the top five.
The Wolverines received 20 of 31 first-place votes and are 10 poll points ahead of the Wildcats. Arizona claimed all 11 of the remaining top votes, with a single second-place nod going to No. 3 Iowa State. Connecticut and Purdue each move up a spot to round out the top five as Duke slips from third to sixth following its loss to No. 16 Texas Tech.
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The rest of the top 10 is unchanged as Gonzaga, Houston, Michigan State and Brigham Young stay put in positions 7 through 10. Vanderbilt, the still unbeaten and the highest ranked squad from the SEC, moves up a notch to No. 11 as Louisville slips three places to No. 14.
Georgia makes its first appearance in the rankings this season at No. 24, and Southern California also enters at No. 25. St. John’s and Auburn are the week’s dropouts.
