No. 1 Purdue (15-2, 4-2 in Large Ten) kicked the upset-heavy week off with an 88-72 loss to Nebraska (13-4, 3-3 in Large Ten) on Tuesday. The Boilermakers had been joined by No. 2 Houston (14-1, 1-1 in Large 12), which misplaced 57-53 to Iowa State (12-3, 1-1 in Large 12) that very same night.
On Wednesday, No. 3 Kansas (14-2, 2-1 in Large 12) misplaced 65-60 to UCF (10-4, 1-1 in Large 12) whereas No. 5 Tennessee (12-4, 2-1 in SEC) fell in Starkville in opposition to Mississippi State (12-3, 1-1 in SEC), 77-72.
The one workforce ranked within the prime six to keep away from dropping this week was No. 4 UConn (14-2, 4-1 in Large East), which narrowly obtained previous Xavier (8-8, 2-3 in Large East) in an 80-75 win.
Seeing how the upsets influence this coming week’s rankings will probably be attention-grabbing. With so most of the prime groups falling, these losses might be offset, resulting in minimal motion.
The Huskies, which may’t look previous Georgetown (8-8, 1-4 in Large East) on Sunday, and No. 7 North Carolina (13-3, 5-0 in ACC) might transfer up, however voters will most likely forgive the groups round them for experiencing mid-season hiccups.
Purdue, Kansas and Tennessee adopted their losses earlier this week with wins on Saturday. The Boilermakers received 95-78 in opposition to Penn State (8-9, 2-4 in Large Ten), the Vols topped Georgia (12-4, 2-1 in SEC) 85-79 and Kansas scored a powerful 78-66 top-10 win in opposition to No. 9 Oklahoma (13-3, 1-2 in Large 12). Houston performs TCU (12-3, 1-1 in Large 12) at 6 p.m. ET on Saturday.