Connecticut has followed last year's run to the NCAA championship with its first No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll in nearly 15 years, while Gonzaga has fallen out of the AP Top 25 for the first time in eight years.
The Huskies moved to the top of Monday's latest poll after a tumultuous and upset-filled week across the sport, which included five new teams jumping into the poll.
UConn claimed 39 of 63 first-place votes to climb three spots and replace Purdue at the top after the Boilermakers' loss at Nebraska dropped them to No.
2. First-place votes in parenthesis: This marks the first time UConn has hit No. 1 in the AP Top 25 since spending four weeks there in the second half of the 2008-09 season, which ended with the Huskies reaching the Final Four. «Some people don't want the target,» coach Dan Hurley said last week about the potential of reaching No.