Six of last week’s Associated Press top-10 teams lost, but of the remaining four, the Tennessee Volunteers — last week’s No. 3 squad in the nation — vaulted up to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll released on Jan. 21. It’s Tennessee’s first top ranking since the 2007-08 season. Among the six teams […]
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The Duke Blue Devils led an unchanged top 10 — in order for the rest: Michigan, Tennessee, Virginia, Gonzaga, Michigan State, Kansas, Texas Tech, Virginia Tech and Nevada — in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll (released in the afternoon of Jan. 14) and spent their sixth week on top this season. However, Duke’s […]
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The top four in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll (released on Jan. 7) remained unchanged for the third straight week — No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Tennessee and No. 4 Virginia. The rest of the poll, however, underwent major changes after three top-10 teams lost. No. 5 Gonzaga and No. […]
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The Duke Blue Devils sat atop an unchanged top 12 in the latest Associated Press poll released on Dec. 31. Kentucky was the week’s highest-ranked climber, rising three spots to No. 13 after a win at rival Louisville. Kentucky has won three straight games against power-conference teams, including a win against Utah and a ranked […]
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Kansas, Duke and Tennessee were 1-2-3 for the second straight week atop the Associated Press Top 25 poll. At No. 3, Tennessee is at its highest spot since reaching No. 1 in February 2008. Michigan (at No. 4, its highest ranking since February 2013) and Virginia rounds out the top five. The rest of the […]
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Kansas returns atop the Associated Press Top 25 poll (released on Dec. 10). Duke moved up a spot to No. 2. The No. 3 spot belongs to Tennessee after earning its biggest win in four years under coach Rick Barnes by defeating now-No. 4 Gonzaga 76-73 in Phoenix at the Colangelo Classic on Dec. 9. […]
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Forty-one college football games are slated to take place from Dec. 15 thru Jan. 7 for the 2018-19 bowl season, culminating in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 7 from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. On Dec. 29, the late-afternoon College Football Playoff Semifinal game will feature ACC champion Clemson Tigers versus […]
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The top four on this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll (released on Dec. 3) — No. 1 Gonzaga, No. 2 Kansas, No. 3 Duke and No. 4 Virginia — remained unchanged from last week. The Michigan Wolverines (8-0, 1-0 Big Ten) have made a rapid rise to reach No. 5 after their latest impressive […]
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Two of the nation’s best, Alabama and Georgia, duel in the SEC championship game (Dec. 1 at 4:00 p.m. ET on CBS). This is a rematch of last season’s CFP National Championship, a 26-23 overtime win for the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Georgia Bulldogs seek their first win over the Tide since 2007. Ohio State […]