Men's college basketball rankings: UCLA moves up to No. 2 in AP Top 25 (3/6/23)

Arizona stays at No. 8

In the latest AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll, UCLA jumped up two spots to No. 2 and Arizona stayed at No. 8.

UCLA went 2-0 last week beating Arizona State and Arizona at home. Arizona went 1-1 beating USC on the road and falling to UCLA. No other Pac-12 teams are ranked this week, but USC did receive five votes.

UCLA, Arizona, USC and Oregon head into this week's Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas as the top four seeds. UCLA finished in first place in the Pac-12 regular season standings with an 18-2 record. 

Here’s the full AP Top 25 poll for Week 18 of the 2022-23 season:

AP TOP 25 POLL

1. Houston 1,522 (58)

2. UCLA 1,452 (3)

3. Kansas 1,368

4. Alabama 1,343

5. Purdue 1,274

6. Marquette 1,218

7. Texas 1,100

8. Arizona 1,042

9. Gonzaga 1,031

10. Baylor 961

11. UConn 847

12. Kansas State 838

13. Virginia 791

14. Miami 761

15. Xavier 641

16. St. Mary's 587

17. Tennessee 573

18. Texas A&M 507

19. Indiana 21-10

20. San Diego State 370

21. Duke 293

22. TCU 193

23. Kentucky 138

24. Creighton 133

25. Missouri 66

Others receiving votes: Oral Roberts 54, Florida Atlantic 53, Utah State 32, Providence 26, Iowa State 23, Northwestern 16, West Virginia 15, Toledo 10, Pittsburgh 10, Charleston 9, Michigan State 9, VCU 8, Boise State 7, Iowa 5, USC 5, Vanderbilt 3, Memphis 3, Maryland 3, Arkansas 2, Drake 1, North Texas 1

Dropped from rankings: Providence 20, Maryland 21, Pittsburgh 25