Syracuse, N.Y. - This was to be an interesting week in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball polling.

Michigan barreled through the Players Era Festival field last week. Would that be enough to raise the Wolverines to No. 1?

I thought so.

Not enough voters agreed.

Here’s this week’s poll, followed by the ballot I turned in Sunday night:

(rank, team, record, total points, number of No. 1 votes in parentheses)

1) Purdue 7-0 1494 (40)

2) Arizona 7-0 1442 (6)

3) Michigan 7-0 1417 (15)

4) Duke 8-0 1355 (0)

5) UConn 6-1 1244 (0)

6) Louisville 7-0 1177 (0)

7) Michigan State 7-0 1095 (0)

8) Houston 7-1 1070 (0)

9) BYU 6-1 1037 (0)

10) Iowa State 7-0 975 (0)

11) Gonzaga 7-1 934 (0)

12) Alabama 5-2 869 (0)

13) Tennessee 7-1 771 (0)

14) Illinois 6-2 657 (0)

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