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No. 1 Purdue made a unanimous sweep of both polls Monday as the Boilermakers stayed atop the Coaches Poll with all 32 voters tabbing them as college basketball's top team. Last week, the Boilermakers received 24 first-place votes while Alabama received eight. But the Crimson Tide dropped three spots to No. 5 this week following their 93-69 loss at Oklahoma on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Purdue continued to demonstrate that it is the class of the Big Ten as it won at Michigan and beat Michigan State at home to improve to 21-1 (10-1 Big Ten). Rising to No. 2 was Tennessee, which improved to 18-3 with an 82-71 win over Texas on Saturday. Also benefitting from Alabama's fall was Virginia, which climbed two spots to No. 4 while extending its winning streak to six games.

Among the biggest risers was No. 11 Baylor, which vaulted six spots because of a huge week that included wins over Kansas and Arkansas. Elsewhere, it was a good week for the Big Ten in the Coaches Poll as No. 22 Indiana and No. 25 Illinois returned to the poll to give the Boilermakers some company in the top 25.Charleston and Duke each dropped out while No. 23 Auburn narrowly held on in the poll, dropping seven spots after losses to Texas A&M and West Virginia.

Coaches Poll

The top 25 teams in the USA Today college basketball Coaches Poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:

Rank Team Record Points Prev.
1 Purdue 21-1 800 1
2 Tennessee 18-3 731 4
3 Houston 20-2 708 3
4 Virginia 16-3 662 6
5 Alabama 18-3 659 2
6 Kansas State 18-3 649 5
7 Arizona 19-3 605 8
8 Kansas 17-4 557 9
9 UCLA 17-4 508 7
9 Texas 17-4 508 10
11 Baylor 16-5 428 17
12 Marquette 17-5 411 15
13 Iowa State 15-5 410 13
14 Gonzaga 18-4 393 14
15 Xavier 17-5 364 12
16 TCU 16-5 349 11
17 Providence 17-5 279 21
18 Saint Mary's 19-4 269 22
19 Clemson 18-4 212 23
20 FAU 21-1 162 24
21 Miami 16-5 97 19
22 Indiana 15-6 93 NR
23 UConn 16-6 81 20
23 Auburn 16-5 81 16
25 Illinois 15-6 67 NR
25 Iowa State 10-2 62 NR

Others receiving votesSan Diego St 51; Charleston 45; Duke 38; NC State 33; Creighton 26; Rutgers 24; Texas A&M 21; North Carolina 16; Missouri 16; New Mexico 12; USC 11; Northwestern 9; Boise St 6; Michigan St 3; Saint Louis 2; Pittsburgh 2; UC Santa Barbara 1; Temple 1.

Dropped outNo. 18 Charleston; No. 25 Duke.