Arizona men’s basketball out of AP Top 25 for first time in more than 3 years, ASU receives votes

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Arizona men’s basketball fell out of the AP Poll for the first time in more than three years after losing twice in the past week and four of its past five games overall.

At 3-4, the Wildcats find themselves at the bottom of the Big 12 standings and the only team under .500. It is the first time the Wildcats have been under .500 since 2010.

This week’s poll snaps a streak of 61 straight appearances in the AP Poll for the Wildcats, the then fourth-longest streak in the country.

It is the first time since the beginning of Tommy Lloyd’s tenure during the 2021-22 season that the Wildcats have not been ranked.

The last time the Wildcats dropped out of the Top 25 during the middle of the season was February 2020.

Arizona began the season ranked No. 10 in the AP Preseason Top 25, climbed to No. 9 the following week, but dropped to No. 17 after losing at Wisconsin on Nov. 15. The Wildcats further fell to No. 24 after a loss at home to Duke on Nov. 22.

This week after beating Davidson, the Wildcats lost to Oklahoma and West Virginia in the Bahamas in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.

At 7-1 on the season, the Sun Devils had the fifth-most receiving votes.

Next up for ASU is San Diego (3-4) at home on Tuesday at 7 p.m. before No. 13 Florida (8-0) on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Atlanta.

The Big 12 has five ranked teams with No. 1 Kansas, No. 6 Iowa State, No. 14 Cincinnati, No. 15 Baylor and No. 17 Houston. Only the SEC has more ranked teams as a conference with eight.

RANKING	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Kansas (35)	7-0	1499	1
2	Auburn (26)	7-0	1490	4
3	Tennessee	7-0	1351	7
4	Kentucky	7-0	1267	8
5	Marquette	8-0	1246	10
6	Iowa State	5-1	1225	5
7	Gonzaga	7-1	1181	3
8	Purdue	7-1	1058	13
9	Duke	5-2	941	11
10	Alabama	6-2	939	9
11	Wisconsin	8-0	903	15
12	Oregon	8-0	806	NR
13	Florida	8-0	782	18
14	Cincinnati	6-0	774	16
15	Baylor	5-2	567	17
16	Memphis	6-1	500	NR
17	Houston	4-3	402	6
18	Pittsburgh	7-1	374	NR
19	Illinois	6-1	351	NR
20	North Carolina	4-3	292	12
21	Oklahoma	7-0	266	NR
22	Texas A&M	6-2	207	20
23	Ole Miss	6-1	156	23
24	San Diego State	4-2	143	NR
25	UConn	5-3	123	2

Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 108, Arkansas 104, Texas 97, Michigan 95, Arizona St 89, Indiana 72, Drake 58, Xavier 33, Utah St. 28, Louisville 27, West Virginia 26, Clemson 25, BYU 24, Dayton 24, Texas Tech 22, Nebraska 22, Mississippi St. 20, Ohio St. 19, Maryland 13, UCLA 13, Creighton 12, Saint Mary’s 11, Georgia 10, St. John’s 7, Loyola Chicago 4, Florida St. 3, DePaul 3, UC Irvine 2, Columbia 2.

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