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ESPN updates BPI Top 25 after final Saturday of regular season

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Jonathan Wagner

ESPN BPI Top 25
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This entire college basketball season has been filled with upsets, surprises and more, and the regular season is ending in similar fashion. On the final Saturday before conference tournaments get underway, nine AP-ranked teams lost their regular season finales. As a result, the updated ESPN BPI Top 25 rankings have seen more changes.

Both No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Kansas lost on Saturday, but both came in matchups between two AP-ranked teams. Alabama lost 67-61 to No. 24 Texas A&M, while Kansas fell 75-59 against No. 9 Texas. No. 8 Arizona also lost in a ranked battle, falling 82-73 against No. 4 UCLA. The final matchup between two ranked teams on the day was between No. 16 Miami and No. 25 Pitt, with the Hurricanes capping off their regular season with a 78-76 victory.

Plenty of other ranked teams fell to unranked foes on Saturday, though. No. 7 Baylor lost 73-58 to Iowa State, West Virginia beat No. 11 Kansas State 89-81, Auburn defeated No. 12 Tenenssee 79-70, Seton Hall dismantled No. 20 Providence, 82-58, and Oklahoma won 74-60 over No. 22 TCU.

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With Saturday’s action in the books, the regular season has been wrapped up for the ACC, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC. Those conference tournament fields have officially been set. Meanwhile, the Big Ten has six matchups scheduled for Sunday, and that field will be set officially late on Sunday night.

Updated ESPN BPI Top 25 after final regular season Saturday

  1. Houston (28-2) (–)
  2. Tennessee (22-9) (–)
  3. Alabama (26-5) (–)
  4. UCLA (27-4) (–)
  5. UConn (24-7) (–)
  6. Texas (23-8) (–)
  7. Purdue (25-5) (–)
  8. Gonzaga (26-5) (+2)
  9. Creighton (20-11) (+4)
  10. Kansas (25-6) (-2)
  11. Baylor (22-9) (-2)
  12. Arizona (25-6) (-1)
  13. Kentucky (21-10) (+2)
  14. Arkansas (19-12) (-2)
  15. Saint Mary’s (25-6) (+1)
  16. Marquette (25-6) (+1)
  17. Maryland (20-10) (+1)
  18. Indiana (20-10) (-4)
  19. Texas A&M (23-8) (–)
  20. Xavier (23-8) (+1)
  21. West Virginia (18-13) (+2)
  22. Iowa State (18-12) (+4)
  23. Rutgers (18-12) (-3)
  24. San Diego State (24-6) (-2)
  25. Duke (23-8) (+3)

Iowa State and Duke are new in this week’s BPI Top 25 rankings from ESPN. They replaced TCU (previously No. 24) and Virginia (previously No. 25). Both Virginia and TCU are right on the cusp of ESPN’s top 25, with the Cavaliers sitting at No. 26 and TCU at No. 29. Also just outside of the top 25 are Auburn (No. 27), Kansas State (No. 28) and Iowa (No. 30).