It’s official: The Louisville Cardinals are the new No. 1 team in college basketball.
U of L received 48 of the possible 64 first-place votes to become the fourth team to grace the top of the AP poll already this season. The team that received the most first-place votes besides Louisville is the next one the Cardinals will face.
Michigan, which pays a visit to the KFC Yum Center on Tuesday, received nine first-place votes after knocking off Iowa State, North Carolina and Gonzaga to win the Battle 4 Atlantis last week. The 7-0 Wolverines went from unranked all the way up to No.