The UConn men’s basketball team slid to No. 5 in the Week Three AP Top 25 poll after suffering its first loss of the season to Arizona, which moved up to No. 2.

The Illini dropped five spots after falling by four points on a neutral floor to then-No. 11 Alabama – but was it deserved?

The AP Poll marks the first time Indiana has made the ranking under first-year head coach Darian DeVries. It’s also Indiana’s first time in the poll since Nov. 25, 2024. Last season, the Hoosiers were No. 14 in the country that week before dropping out after going 1-2 in the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.

Last season UConn was ranked in the top 5 for the first four weeks of the AP poll before dropping all the way to No. 25 in the fifth week after a disastrous Maui Invitational tournament in which they lost three games to unranked opponents.

Michigan State women's basketball is off to a stellar start to the 2025-26 season, jumping out to a 6-0 start, with six straight blowouts. The performance has the Spartans moving up in the AP poll. After sitting at No.