Michigan rises to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll for the first time since January 2013

Michigan is No. 1 in the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 13 years, ending Arizona’s nine-week reign.

The Wolverines (24-1) earned 60 of 61 first-place votes in Monday’s poll, climbing one spot and supplanting the Wildcats, who were undefeated entering last week before falling at Kansas and at home to Texas Tech.

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“Not much,” coach Dusty May said when the AP, after Saturday’s rout of UCLA, asked him what potentially leading the poll meant. “It means we haven’t drunk our Kool-Aid. We’ve put ourselves in a position to play the kind of games we want in mid-February, but we have to continue to improve.”

Michigan has been ranked No. 2 behind Arizona for six of Arizona’s nine weeks at the top, but last week it was No. 1 in analytical rankings from KenPom, Evan Miyakawa and Bart Torvik.

Now the Wolverines have their first AP No. 1 in the rankings since January 2013.

Houston and Duke each moved up one spot to sit behind Michigan, with the second-place Cougars claiming the remaining first-place vote. The Wolverines and Blue Devils will meet this weekend in a nonconference matchup in the nation’s capital.

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Arizona fell three spots to No. 4. UConn was next at No. 5, followed by Iowa State, Purdue, Kansas, Nebraska and Illinois to round out the top 10.

Wisconsin went from no votes in last week’s poll to No. 24 after back-to-back wins against top-10 opponents Illinois and Michigan State last week. Alabama was the other new addition at No. 25.

Clemson (No. 20) and Kentucky (No. 25) dropped out of last week’s poll.

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