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The Gonzaga Bulldogs fell to No. 8 in the latest AP poll after their latest defeat to the North Carolina Tar Heels. Two weeks ago, the Zags were the No. 1 team in the nation. In two weeks, they’ve also lost two games.
AP Poll
| rank | team | points | previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| rank | team | points | previous |
| 1 | Kansas (56) | 1,586 | 1 |
| 2 | Duke (5) | 1,488 | 2 |
| 3 | Tennessee (2) | 1,464 | 3 |
| 4 | Michigan (1) | 1,442 | 5 |
| 5 | Virginia (1) | 1,400 | 6 |
| 6 | Nevada | 1,319 | 7 |
| 7 | Auburn | 1,156 | 8 |
| 8 | Gonzaga | 1,147 | 4 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 1,126 | 12 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 1,070 | 9 |
| 11 | Florida State | 949 | 10 |
| 12 | Texas Tech | 912 | 11 |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | 838 | 13 |
| 14 | Buffalo | 684 | 14 |
| 15 | Ohio State | 647 | 15 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 619 | 16 |
| 17 | Mississippi State | 529 | 18 |
| 18 | Arizona State | 415 | 20 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 377 | 19 |
| 20 | Marquette | 350 | 21 |
| 21 | Houston | 266 | 24 |
| 22 | Indiana | 226 | 25 |
| 23 | Iowa | 224 | 22 |
| 24 | Furman | 208 | 23 |
| 25 | Nebraska | 156 | NR |
Five teams total are still receiving first-place votes, although the Kansas Jayhawks got a lion’s share of them. The rest of the top 10 stayed relatively stable, except for Gonzaga’s fall and North Carolina’s rise. Interestingly enough, the Tar Heels are the new No. 9 team, a sort of funny place to exist considering the win over Gonzaga.
The polls, as we all know, are borderline meaningless. For now, the Zags are a top 10 team. On Saturday afternoon, they sure did not look like a top 10 team. Until a possible loss in the WCC happens, the Zags should ride the pin outside the top 5 for much of the season, with a chance of slinking in depending on how it fares during conference play.