College basketball AP Top 25 prediction: UNC moves up in rankings

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PA voters received an early holiday gift from the college basketball gods with a chalky, sleepy results week in which every team ranked in the top 11 either didn’t play or lose. In total, only five ranked teams in last week’s poll suffered a loss.

Voters can’t send in their ballots without some effort, but the top 10 could very well remain the same as last week. And that’s what I expect when the poll is released on Monday.

The big changes will be in the teens this week with No. 12 Alabama, No. 13 Illinois, No. 16 Texas Tech and No. 18 Florida all suffering losses. No. 23 Nebraska’s win over No. 13 Illinois and No. 25 UCLA’s loss to No. 8 Gonzaga should also be a factor in the final brackets.

The biggest riser should be Nebraska, which only appeared last week in the AP poll for the first time this season at No. 23. Their victory over a No. 13 Illinois team virtually guarantees they’ll end up in the teens — ahead of Illinois. Nebraska is one of seven undefeated teams still standing.

So how might the rankings change by Monday?

My projection for how voters will vote is below – with Arizona and Michigan hanging on to the top two spots after another perfect week.

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