College basketball rankings: UConn takes No. 1 spot from Purdue in big shake-up of Coaches Poll

The Huskies jumped over the Boilermakers, who were upset by Nebraska last week

By Cameron Salerno

Jan 15, 2024 at 12:46 pm ET • 1 min read

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There is a new No. 1 team atop the latest Coaches Poll released Monday. Reigning national champion UConn jumped three spots to the top ranking to become the fourth team to earn the No. 1 spot this season.

UConn joins Arizona, Kansas and Purdue as the teams to occupy the top ranking in the 2023-24 season. The Boilermakers held the No. 1 spot for the last four weeks before falling to Nebraska on the road last week. Purdue dropped one spot to No. 2

There was a major shakeup at the top of the poll after eight of the top 10 teams in the rankings lost. UConn and No. 3 North Carolina were the only teams in the top 10 of the rankings to not fall this week. UConn beat Xavier and Georgetown to move to 15-2 and North Carolina won its sixth consecutive game with a blowout victory over Syracuse.

Three new teams entered the top 10: Duke (No. 6), Wisconsin (No. 8) and Baylor (No. 9). Texas Tech, Dayton, TCU and Iowa State all entered the rankings for the first time this season after picking up big wins.

Houston dropped three spots to No. 5 after suffering a pair of losses to Iowa State and TCU. Arizona (No. 13) and Illinois (No. 14) both dropped out of the top-10 after losses to Washington State and Maryland, respectively.