Rarely does the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 poll lose its spot atop the rankings despite not losing, but that could happen for a second consecutive week entering Week 3 of the young season.
In fact, I’m predicting exactly that come Monday.
In the latest Tomorrow’s Top 25 today, wherein I predict how AP voters will cast their ballots for the upcoming rankings release, my projection is Purdue reclaims the No. 1 spot from Houston after a statement road win over top-10 Alabama this week. The shakeup would be the third change at No. 1 in as many rankings updates including the preseason, giving the preseason No. 1 Boilermakers a bump back up one spot.
Houston won’t fall far this week, though, just like Purdue didn’t fall far last week. My projection below of the full top 25 has the Cougars dropping to No. 2 and the trio of UConn, Duke and Arizona — in that order — rounding out the new top five.
Below is how I expect the AP Top 25 poll to shake out Monday.
