There is always a lot of movement from the Associated Press Top-25 college basketball preseason poll and the one that comes out after the first week of games. It's no different this year, and it starts at the top.
Preseason No. 1 Purdue dropped a spot to No. 2, with Houston moving up to No. 1. Purdue had more first-place votes — 36 to Houston's 18 — but the Cougars had more points, 1,462 to 1,459. Four other teams — Connecticut (3), Duke (2), Michigan (1) and Alabama (1) also received first-place votes.
Only four of the 25 spots went unchanged.
Purdue won both games last week, but struggled for much of its game against Oakland before winning 87-77 on Friday night. Houston went 2-0 as well, beating Lehigh by 18 and Towson by 17.
Connecticut moved up one spot to No. 1, Duke jumped two spots to No. 4 and Arizona made the biggest jump of the week, moving from No. 12 to No. 5 after beating defending champion Florida.
Here's the Week 2 top-25:
1. Houston Cougars (2-0), 1,462 points
2. Purdue Boilermakers (2-0), 1,459 points
3. Connecticut Huskies (2-0), 1,361 points
4. Duke Blue Devils (2-0) 1,223 points
5. Arizona Wildcats (2-0), 1,204 points
6. Michigan Wolverines (1-0), 1,121 points
7. BYU Cougars (2-0), 1,111 points
8. Alabama Crimson Tide (2-0), 1,087 points
9. Kentucky Wildcats (2-0), 1,072 points
10. Florida Gators (1-1), 990 points
11. Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-0), 969 points
12. Louisville Cardinals (2-0), 856 points
13. St. John's Red Storm (1-1), 812 points
14. Illinois Fighting Illini (2-0), 610 points
15. UCLA Bruins (2-0), 609 points
16. Iowa State Cyclones (2-0), 605 points
17. Michigan State Spartans (2-0), 557 points
18. North Carolina Tar Heels (2-0), 494 points
19. Gonzaga Bulldogs (2-0), 466 points
20. Tennessee Volunteers (2-0), 456 points
21. Arkansas Razorbacks (1-1), 324 points
22. Auburn Tigers (2-0), 207 points
23. Creighton Blue Jays (1-0), 153 points
24. Wisconsin Badgers (2-0), 140 points
25. Kansas Jayhawks (1-1), 130 points
Also receiving votes: NC State 87, San Diego State 67, Indiana 45, Oregon 43, Vanderbilt 37, Ohio State 17, Baylor 14, USC 12, Kansas State 5, Ole Miss 4, Missouri 4, Mississippi State 3, Georgia 2, Iowa 1, Utah State 1, Virginia Tech 1, Texas 1, Oklahoma State 1, Georgetown 1, Stanford 1