College Basketball Rankings

Alabama is the new No. 1, rising to the top spot in the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 20 years.  Purdue’s loss to Northwestern last week caused a jumble at the top of the AP Top 25 and that helped the Crimson Tide.  Alabama received 38 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday, moving up two spots to leapfrog No. 2 Houston. The Cougars had 22 first-place votes to remain at No. 2 and Purdue, down to No. 3, still had two first-place votes.  UCLA and Kansas rounded out the top five.  The South Carolina Lady Gamecocks remain at #1 this week in AP Women’s College Basketball Top 25.