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College basketball: Coaches Poll top 25 revealed after Week 5 of season

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Coaches Poll Top 25
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Although there have been just five weeks of the 2021 college basketball season thus far, there’s already been plenty of upsets across the country – and that has led to multiple shakeups among the USA Today Coaches Poll. For yet another week, there’s a new No. 1 ranked team in the new poll, which was released Monday.

Here’s a look at the new USA Today Coaches Poll top 25 heading into Week 6 of the campaign.

College basketball Coaches Poll top 25 after Week 5

  1. Baylor Bears
  2. Duke Blue Devils
  3. UCLA Bruins
  4. Purdue Boilermakers
  5. Gonzaga Bulldogs
  6. Arizona Wildcats
  7. Kansas Jayhawks
  8. Alabama Crimson Tide
  9. USC Trojans
  10. Villanova Wildcats
  11. Iowa State Cyclones
  12. Michigan State Spartans
  13. Houston Cougars
  14. Auburn Tigers
  15. Ohio State Buckeyes
  16. Seton Hall Pirates
  17. Texas Longhorns
  18. Tennessee Volunteers
  19. Arkansas Razorbacks
  20. LSU Tigers
  21. Kentucky Wildcats
  22. UConn Huskies
  23. Colorado State Rams
  24. Texas Tech Red Raiders
  25. Xavier Musketeers

A new No. 1 team – again

While Purdue was on top of the USA Today Coaches Poll last week, it’s Baylor that has taken the top spot after Week 5 of action. The Bears, who are the reigning national champions, are off to a 9-0 start to the season after beating Villanova 57-36 on Sunday. Scott Drew’s squad moves into No. 1 after Purdue suffered a 70-68 loss to Rutgers on a buzzer-beater 3-pointer from the logo.

As Baylor dominated against Villanova and remained unbeaten and Purdue suffered its first loss of the year, Duke didn’t play a game last week and is still coming off its upset loss at Ohio State on Nov. 30. Among the other top-ranked teams, UCLA recorded a 67-56 win over Marquette and Kansas rolled to a 102-65 blowout against Missouri in the historical “Border War” rivalry.

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A team that’s trending in the right direction and should be a scary opponent for anyone in the country is Alabama, which recorded a tough 83-82 win over Houston on Saturday. Nate Oats’ Crimson Tide squad is now 8-1 on the season with two top-15 wins over Gonzaga and Houston. They play at Memphis on Tuesday with a chance to win a fifth-straight game.

Arizona – which was ranked right above Alabama in last week’s Coaches Poll at No. 8 – defeated Illinois 83-79 on Saturday to improve to 9-0 on the year, and the Wildcats should be 11-0 heading into a Dec. 22 matchup with Tennessee.