Men's Power Rankings: UConn is No. 1, UNC and Wisconsin rise, Houston and Arizona fall - ESPN

We've talked about carnage at the top of the men's college basketball rankings before. But we've never seen a week like the one we just finished.

Four of the top five teams in the Power Rankings (and in the AP poll) lost to unranked opponents. By the time Sunday ended, eight top-10 teams had lost to unranked opponents, and top-10 teams finished 9-10 on the week — with nine of the losses coming to unranked opponents. Top-10 teams finished 3-9 in road games.

When the dust finally settled, how did the top of the pecking order shake out?

To start, we moved UConn from No. 4 to No. 1. The Huskies have been in the top tier for much of the season, and winning at Xavier on Wednesday when seemingly every other high-ranked team couldn't figure out how to win on the road was a big plus. Predictive and résumé-based metrics like the Huskies, and they're 7-2 against Quadrant 1 and 2 opponents.

Purdue didn't drop too far, moving down to No. 2. The Boilermakers still fare well across the board in the metrics, and they have the most Quad 1 wins in the country with six. Moving forward, are people going to be wary of putting them at No. 1, given their string of upset losses in the top spot? Perhaps, but that seems ill-advised and ignores their ironclad résumé.

The big mover was North Carolina, which is all the way up to No. 3. The Tar Heels are playing as well as anyone in the country right now, particularly their defense, which we'll talk about in a second. With RJ Davis looking like the best guard in America, Carolina is the ACC favorite and a potential Final Four contender.

On to this week's awards and rankings ...

TCU comes away with the win after Emanuel Miller drains the game-winning bucket with six seconds remaining.

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