Purdue reclaimed the No. 1 spot from Houston in the Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll released on Monday.
The Boilermakers (4-0) received 44 of 61 first-place ballots on the strength of an 87-80 road win over then-No. 8 Alabama (2-1), who dropped to the No. 11 spot.
The Cougars didn't fall far, dropping just to No. 2 with 12 first-place ballots after topping Oakland by 33 points and squeaking past No. 22 Auburn (3-1) by just one point.
Other first-place votes went to UConn (4-0, two first-place votes), who stayed at No. 3, while Arizona (4-0, two first-place votes) moved up a spot to bump Duke (4-0) back to No. 5 with one first-place vote.
Louisville (4-0) and Illinois (4-0) broke into the top ten by jumping six spots each. The Cardinals landed at No. 6 after beatin

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