By SAM LANCE
Tommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats are the No. 1 team in the country for the first time since week 13 of the 2013-14 season, per Monday’s AP Poll.
Several top-25 teams were upset over the weekend, leading to some major shakeup in the AP Poll and the Wildcats No. 1 ranking. In total six teams — Purdue, Marquette, UConn, Duke, Kentucky and Villanova — lost. Arizona is now the third team to be ranked No. 1 this season, joining Kansas and Purdue.
Arizona (7-0) is one of 14 teams still undefeated in Division I. The Wildcats are also the only undefeated team in the Pac 12 and one of 10 Power Five teams still undefeated.
Lloyd and the Wildcats have some signature wins already this season, defeating then-No. 2 ranked Duke in Cameron Indoor and then-No. 21 ranked Michigan State on a neutral floor. Duke comes in at No. 22 in the new AP Poll and Michigan State is unranked.
This week, as the No. 1 team, Arizona will play No. 23 Wisconsin at home on Saturday, and the schedule to close the non-conference doesn’t get any easier. After Wisconsin, Arizona plays No. 4 Purdue (Dec. 16), Alabama (Dec. 20) and No. 11 Florida Atlantic (Dec. 23).
Arizona has been led by starters Caleb Love (13.3 ppg), Keshad Johnson (12.9 ppg), Kylan Boswell (12.7 ppg), Oumar Ballo (12.1 ppg) and Pelle Larsson (11.0 ppg) on the young season.
The Week 5 AP Poll in its entirety:
- Arizona
- Kansas
- Houston
- Purdue
- UConn
- Baylor
- Gonzaga
- Marquette
- North Carolina
- Creighton
- Florida Atlantic
- Texas
- Colorado State
- BYU
- Miami
- Kentucky
- Tennessee
- James Madison
- Oklahoma
- Illinois
- Texas A&M
- Duke
- Wisconsin
- Clemson
- San Diego State
