The first regular-season version of the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll is out following the opening week of the campaign.
Florida remains No. 1, receiving 23 of 32 top votes this week. Duke stays at No. 2 with nine first-place nods. The remaining first goes to No. 3 Illinois. No. 4 Connecticut, which avenged last season’s loss to Michigan in the title game, and No. 5 Michigan State each move up a spot. Arizona, which lost to UCLA, falls seven places to No. 11.
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Virginia vaults four positions to No. 6 as Texas, Houston and Tennessee retain the next three spots. Louisville climbs a notch to round out the top 10.
TOP 25: Complete USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball poll
UCLA, unranked in the preseason, enters the poll at No. 15 on the heels of their aforementioned defeat of its former Pac-12 rivals. Nebraska also moves in at No. 24. Brigham Young holds on to the No. 25 spot, just a single poll point ahead of Kentucky.
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The Wildcats get nosed out of the top 25 along with Purdue, which lost twice last week, including a double overtime defeat to Valparaiso.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College basketball rankings: Florida edges Duke for No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
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