Gonzaga Becomes 6th New No. 1 Team to Top AP Poll This Season in Latest Update
The dance continues at the top of the NCAA Basketball rankings, with a new No. 1 team in the country...again. On Monday morning, the latest AP Top 25 was dropped, and to no one's surprise, the Gonzaga Bulldogs hold the highest honor.
With the program from Spokane at No. 1, they become the sixth new top team in the land already this season. Talk about movement.
POLL ALERT: Gonzaga becomes 6th team this season to reach No. 1 in AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll.
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) December 23, 2019
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What Mark Few has been able to do in the Pacific Northwest truly is remarkable, with this latest highlight only adding to his impressive resume. Gonzaga is 13-1 on the year, led by Filip Petrusev's 16.7 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.
Petrusev is one of six Bulldogs who scores in double figures each night, which speaks to the balance this team has offensively.
Elsewhere in the poll, Ohio State jumped up to No. 2 in the country, while Kansas, the former No. 1 team, dropped to No. 5 after a heartbreaking 56-55 loss to Villanova over the weekend.
AP Top 25:
— CollegeBB News (@CollegeBBNCAA) December 23, 2019
1 Gonzaga
2 Ohio St
3 Louisville
4 Duke
5 Kansas
6 Oregon
7 Baylor
8 Auburn
9 Memphis
10 NOVA
11 MICH
12 Butler
13 Maryland
14 Michigan St
15 San Diego St
16 Virginia
17 Florida St
18 Dayton
19 UK
20 Penn St
21 WASH
22 West Virginia
23 Texas Tech
24 Arizona
25 Iowa
Louisville continued its great start to the year, which has them at No. 3, while Duke is No. 4. Perhaps even sweeter for the Blue Devils is the fact that North Carolina remains unranked.