The fine people at The Associated Press didn’t all have the day off Monday, and, like clockwork, the weekly AP Top 25 poll for men’s college basketball was rolled out at its usual time.
Down toward the bottom at No. 24, 15 spots lower than when Big 12 play opened, was TCU. That’s the same TCU that has lost four of its past five games and owns a 1-4 mark in conference play.
Creighton, the first team in the “also receiving votes” grouping, is 4-2 in the Big East and 14-4 overall. Rhode Island is 5-0 in the Atlantic 10, 13-3 overall, and the winners of eight straight games.