North Florida Ospreys vs. UCLA Bruins: Game Highlights (1:24)
Associated Press Nov 9, 2026, 01:07 PM ET
UCLA climbed into the top 10 in the first regular-season AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll of the season Monday while Florida remained No. 1, and the top four were unchanged. The Gators, who began the season with wins over then-No. 14 Miami and Jacksonville, earned six more first-place votes and had 53 of the 60 from a national media panel. Duke earned the other seven first-place votes, Illinois held down No. 3 in the poll, and UConn was fourth after winning an NCAA championship game rematch with then-No. 16 Michigan on Friday night.
Michigan State rounded out the top five Monday, taking the place of Arizona, which lost its opener to the Bruins a week ago. The former Pac-12 rivals met in Las Vegas, where the Bruins' Trent Perry scored 21 points to help them overcome a career-best 38 from the Wildcats' Ivan Kharchenkov. Arizona got within a point with 3:11 left before the Bruins held on for the 84-75 win. It sent UCLA from No. 22 in the preseason poll to No. 9, its highest ranking since the final poll of the 2022-23 season.
Virginia moved up three spots to sixth after a trio of wins last week, including a victory over then-No. 12 Arkansas. Texas and Houston were next, then UCLA and Louisville, which moved up one spot to round out the top 10. Tennessee fell three spots to No. 11 after beating Wofford in its only game last week. Arizona dropped seven spots to No. 12.
The rest of the Top 25 saw St. John's, Gonzaga and Kansas rounded out the first 15. Texas Tech, Miami and Alabama were next, while Arkansas dropped seven spots to No. 18 after its loss to Virginia, and Michigan fell four spots to No. 20 after its loss to UConn. USC, Vanderbilt, BYU, Kentucky and Nebraska finished out the Top 25. The Wildcats, who play the Jayhawks on Tuesday night, are one week shy of becoming the first school in the nearly 78-year history of the AP poll to be ranked for 1,000 weeks. The Huskers, who opened their season with wins over Le Moyne and Providence, jumped into the poll thanks in part to Iowa State's loss to Memphis. Conference watch shows the SEC leading with seven of the Top 25, the Big Ten with three in the top 10 and six in the poll, the Big 12 with five ranked teams, the ACC with four, and the Big East with two.
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