SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - The Purdue men’s basketball team dropped from No. 1 to No. 2 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll despite having more first-place votes than the new No.1 team.

Houston is the new No. 1 in the poll, swapping spots with the Boilermakers by earning three more points overall. The Cougars received 18 first-place votes from a 61-person media panel and Purdue had 36.

The Boilermakers were ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll for the first time in program history and opened the season with a pair of wins. Purdue had a hard time shaking Oakland in an 87-77 win on Friday and some Top 25 voters dropped the Boilermakers out of the top five on their ballots.

UConn, Duke, and Arizona round out the top five in a chaotic week that saw only four teams hold their positio

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