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The Wolverines also dropped out of the AP Top 25 poll for the first time this season, as they are now 1-2 against Power Four conference opponents with a record above .500. Sherrone Moore is also just 11-7 in his 18 games as Michigan's coach.
The Cream and Crimson received one vote from the St. Paul Pioneer Press’ Andy Greder, who slotted Indiana at No. 25 in his ballot. No other voter placed the Hoosiers in the top 25.
Indiana tied a program-record by receiving three first-place votes in the AP Poll, matching the record the program twice set during the 1945 season. The Hoosiers also received a first-place vote in the coaches poll for the first time in program history. The program has only been ranked in the top 10 three times since the poll's inception in 1992.
Purdue is No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time. The Boilermakers earned 35 of 61 first-place votes to top the poll to begin the 2025-26 season. That put Matt Painter’s squad ahead of the two teams that played in last year’s NCAA title game,
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