(AP)\u00a0 Louisville is the latest No. 1 following an unexpected loss by Duke. Michigan has matched a record by debuting at No. 4.<\/p>\n
A season of parity is taking a toll in the AP Top 25.<\/p>\n
Louisville became the fourth team in five weeks to claim the top spot, receiving 48 of 65 first-place votes from a media panel in The Associated Press men\u2019s basketball poll<\/a> released Monday.<\/p>\n No. 2 Kansas, coming off the Maui Invitational title, had three first-place votes and No. 5 Virginia received five. Maryland rose to No. 3 in a week when every spot in the poll changed from last week.<\/p>\n Michigan (7-0) knocked off Iowa State<\/a>, No. 7 North Carolina<\/a> and No. 9 Gonzaga to win the Battle 4 Atlantis title<\/a> in the Bahamas. The Wolverines were rewarded with nine first-place votes and matched Kansas in 1989 for the biggest jump from being unranked in the history of the poll that dates to 1949.<\/p>\n Not a bad first season under former Michigan star Juwan Howard.<\/p>\n \u201cI’m sure we’re on the map now,\u201d Howard said. \u201cA lot of teams are looking and seeing Michigan as a name that’s out there. When you beat teams like Creighton and Iowa State as well as North Carolina and Gonzaga, you’re no longer under the radar.\u201d<\/p>\n Louisville wasn\u2019t exactly under the radar after opening the preseason poll at No. 5. The Cardinals (7-0) made a steady climb to No. 2 and moved to the top spot when previous No. 1 Duke lost at home<\/a> to Stephen F. Austin. Duke dropped to No. 10 after its 150-game home winning streak against nonconference opponents ended in Durham.<\/p>\n Louisville has its first No. 1 ranking in six years after beating Akron<\/a> and Western Kentucky<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no team that\u2019s arrived. No team\u2019s arrived,\u201d Cardinals coach Chris Mack said. \u201cA lot of people are saying that we haven\u2019t played anybody. A lot of people are saying we\u2019re not there. Maybe we aren\u2019t deserving. I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n The record for most teams at No. 1 is seven, set in 1983, so this season is already more than halfway there. Another jumble could come next Monday because of a slate of huge games this week, including Michigan at Louisville on Tuesday.<\/p>\n JAYHAWKS RISE<\/p>\n Kansas was No. 3 in the preseason poll and dropped to fifth after a season-opening loss to Duke. The Jayhawks (6-1) have been on a roll since them, culminating last week with their third Maui Invitational title.<\/p>\n Kansas used its size up front to beat up on Chaminade, Brigham Young and Dayton<\/a> to add to the Maui titles it won in 1996 and 2015.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not sure the win will have a ton to do with what we do going forward,\u201d Jayhawks coach Bill Self said. \u201cIt\u2019s still November and I would like to think that that automatically puts us in a very good or favorable position, but if you don\u2019t play well against Colorado, a top-20 team, next Saturday then this probably didn\u2019t mean as much.\u201d<\/p>\n RISING<\/p>\n Michigan had the biggest jump after receiving 12 overall votes last week. No. 6 Ohio State and No. 14 Auburn were next, each moving up four spots.<\/p>\n FALLING<\/p>\n No. 25 Utah State had the biggest drop, falling 10 places after losing to Saint Mary\u2019s<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n No. 11 Michigan State tumbled eight spots after going 2-1<\/a> in the Maui Invitational.<\/p>\n No. 21 Tennessee dropped four places after losing to Florida State<\/a> and beating Virginia Commonwealth<\/a> at the Emerald Coast Classic.<\/p>\n MOVING IN<\/p>\n No. 17 Florida State is ranked for the first time this season after beating Tennessee<\/a> and Purdue to win the Emerald Coast Classic<\/a>.<\/p>\n No. 19 Dayton moved into the Top 25 for the first time since 2015-16 following a strong performance at the Maui Invitational. The Flyers (5-1) knocked off Georgia and Virginia Tech before taking Kansas to overtime in the title game<\/a>.<\/p>\n No. 24 Butler moved into the AP poll for the first time since hitting as high as No. 11 in 2016-17 after winning the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City. The Bulldogs (7-0) beat Missouri<\/a>, then took down Stanford 68-67 on Kamar Baldwin\u2019s 18-foot jumper<\/a>.<\/p>\n MOVING OUT<\/p>\n Florida dropped out from No. 24 despite winning the Charleston Classic<\/a> last Sunday and knocking off Marshall<\/a>.<\/p>\n Xavier was out from No. 25 following the loss to the Gators in the title game.<\/p>\n Texas Tech took a massive fall after losing to Iowa<\/a> and Creighton<\/a> at the Las Vegas Invitational, dropping out of the poll from No. 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (AP)\u00a0 Louisville is the latest No. 1 following an unexpected loss by Duke. Michigan has matched a record by debuting at No. 4. 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