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Purdue had cleared each hurdle in its manner, holding the highest spot within the AP High 25 for 4 straight weeks

Rutgers modified that Monday night time with a 65-64 victory that may absolutely knock the Boilermakers from No. 1.

The loss leaves one undefeated crew: No. 21 New Mexico.

The Lobos have been picked to complete fifth within the Mountain West Convention, however have exceeded expectations in Richard Pitino’s second season as coach.

New Mexico (14-0, 2-0 MWC) is off to its greatest begin because the 1967-68 crew opened 17-0 and final week moved into the AP ballot for the primary time in eight years.

“Now we have a refuse to lose mentality,” junior guard Jamal Mashburn Jr. mentioned after the Wyoming sport.

New Mexico will get two extra probabilities to show that this week.

The Lobos first put their undefeated season on the road Wednesday at Fresno State, which is 5-8 and has misplaced three of its previous 5 video games.

Get by way of that and New Mexico hosts UNLV on Saturday in what needs to be a raucous ambiance.

The Lobos performed in entrance of the most important crowd at The Pit in seven years whereas beating Colorado State final Wednesday and having the Runnin’ Rebels on the town will seemingly draw one other 15,000-or-so followers out.

FROG HOOPS

TCU’s soccer crew will play Georgia for a soccer nationwide championship on Monday.

The hoopin’ Horned Frogs (12-1, 1-0 Massive 12) have been on a little bit of a run of their very own, stretching their successful streak to 10 straight video games by rallying from an 11-point halftime deficit to beat Texas Tech 67-61 final week.

TCU rose to No. 17 on this week’s AP High 25, however has a troublesome week forward.

The Frogs kick off their week Wednesday at No. 19 Baylor, which dropped seven spots on this week’s ballot after dropping to No. 25 Iowa State. The Cyclones head to Fort Price on Sunday after enjoying at Oklahoma on Wednesday.

ARKANSAS’ TESTS

TCU is not the one crew with two video games towards ranked groups this week.

No. 13 Arkansas is seeking to get again on monitor after struggling offensively in a 60-57 street loss to LSU final week. The Razorbacks scored 20 factors under their season scoring common and shot 4 of 25 from 3 within the loss.

Arkansas subsequent will face shocking Missouri.

Picked to complete eleventh within the Southeastern Convention, the No. 20 Tigers (12-1) are off to their greatest begin since 2013-14 after blowing out Kentucky final week.

After that, the Razorbacks play at No. 22 Auburn on Saturday. The Tigers had a stretch of two losses in three video games earlier than knocking off Washington and Florida their previous two video games.

CONFERENCE WATCH

The ACC season has began and two groups picked to complete center of the pack are close to the highest.

No. 12 Miami (13-1, 4-0 ACC) has been the category of the league to this point, coming into Wednesday’s sport towards Georgia Tech on a nine-game successful streak.

The Hurricanes have a half-game lead over Clemson (11-3, 3-0), which off to its greatest league begin since 2017-18 heading into video games towards Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh this week.

The Panthers (10-4, 3-0) have gained 9 of 10 video games since opening 1-3, together with a 76-74 win over North Carolina final Friday. Pittsburgh will get one other large check towards No. 13 Virginia on Tuesday.

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AP faculty basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

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