College basketball power rankings: Miami (OH) surges into top three amid undefeated run

In this house, we reward perfection in college basketball. As such, the three remaining undefeated teams – Arizona (19-0), Nebraska (19-0) and Miami (OH) (20-0) – are ranked No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, in this week’s Power Rankings. Nearly three months of lossless results can only be treated with the utmost respect. This is my way of saying a virtual greeting. 🫡

While Arizona and Nebraska were also No. 1 and No. 2 last week, Miami’s rise from No. 14 to No. 3 is a significant change — and one that has cascading effects throughout this week’s rankings.

Change also doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Vanderbilt went from 16-0 to 16-3 in the span of a week to fall out of the top 10; Iowa State slipped from 16-0 to now 17-2 to do the same; and top-10 mainstay Purdue suffered a road loss to middle-of-the-pack UCLA.

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That means a wind of change is blowing through this week’s rankings with several new entries in the top 10 and a notable new order among the sport’s elites.

Let’s come to the ranking.

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