Gonzalez and the Baylor Associated Press headlined the unchanging top topic of the men’s college basketball poll, even though both have been sidelined by recent corona virus issues.
The top five teams finished in the latest 25 places on Monday, with Mark Fuse Bulldogs securing the top spot with 54 votes out of 62 first place. With Gonzalez in each of the four polls of the season2.
The Jacks have not played since falling to West Virginia on December 2 due to COVID-19 protocols, and five straight games have been canceled or postponed, including the December 5 match against Baylor. The Bears announced Saturday that they are well on their way to suspending team action.
Gonzalez had previously said he would suspend the race until Monday, and will face Iowa 3rd next Saturday at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Baylor will arrive in Kansas on the same day.
The first layer
The Hockey received the remaining first place votes to finish ahead of No. 4 Michigan State and 5th Kansas. Houston, Villanova, West Virginia, Crayton and Tennessee took the top 10 spots, with climbers climbing three places and volunteers climbing two.
Rising
No. 18 San Diego State had the biggest tab, climbing six places after winning the no-no then. 23 State of Arizona. The state of Florida, in 15th place, moved up five places, and Texas Tech in 14th place, three places up West Virginia.
In all, 13 teams advanced from last week’s poll
Sliding
Illinois and Duke had two notable slides.
Illini dropped 13 places to exit the top 10 after losing to Missouri, while dropping 11 places to 21st after losing to Illinois at home.
North Carolina dropped to 22nd place after losing their highest-scoring game in Iowa at the ACC / Big Ten Challenge, while Craydon was the only team to fall this week.
STATUS QUO
This week’s poll marked the retention of the top 5 seats. They are the only teams that have lasted in the same positions since last week.
Welcome
Missouri broke the poll in 16th place after the project’s AP ranking fell to Illinois from the middle of the 2013-14 season. No. 24 Clemson and 25th Michigan were the other new additions of the week, although the Wolverines appeared in the pre-season poll for 25th place.
FAREWELL (now)
All three teams, Virginia Tech (No. 15), Richmond (No. 19) and Arizona State (No. 23), dropped out of the rankings.
Conference Watch
The Big Ten features the nationally top seven teams in the top 25, with 12th Wisconsin, 19th Rudders and 20th Ohio State joining Iowa, Michigan State, Illinois and Michigan.
The Atlantic Coastal Conference was next to the rivers, though it was a mounted cluster. The FSU and No. 17 Virginia were the league’s top-ranked teams, joining the 23rd-ranked Louisville Duke, UNC and Clemson in the final five of the poll.
There were five teams in the Big 12, two each in the Big East and Southeast conferences. The West Coast, American Athletics and Mountain West conferences are each one.
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