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- Wolverines
- Published: Jan. 05, 2026, 1:11 p.m.
Michigan could not beryllium immoderate person to its first No. 1 ranking successful 13 years.
The Wolverines remained No. 2 successful Monday’s AP Top 25 Poll, a azygous constituent down top-ranked Arizona. The Wildcats received 32 first-place votes and 1,494 full points; Michigan grabbed nan different 29 first-place votes and ended up pinch 1,493 points.
If immoderate 1 elector had placed Michigan 1 spot higher aliases Arizona 1 spot lower, nan Wolverines would astatine slightest beryllium tied for No. 1.
Michigan coach Dusty May said Monday morning, earlier nan caller canvass came out, that immoderate of his players had recovered information successful nan truth that Michigan wasn’t No. 1.
Michigan (13-0) visits Penn State connected Tuesday (7:01 p.m., FS1) and hosts Wisconsin connected Saturday.
The rankings are typically updated weekly, but owed to nan vacation break, this was nan first canvass since Dec. 22. Since then, Michigan hit McNeese (112-71) and USC (96-66) astatine home.
Arizona (14-0) hit Bethune Cookman connected nan time of nan erstwhile canvass and South Dakota State a week later. Arizona visited Utah connected Saturday and won 97-78. The Wildcats person awesome wins complete Florida, UCLA, UConn, Auburn, Alabama and San Diego State — Michigan besides hit Auburn and San Diego State. Arizona hosts Kansas State connected Wednesday and visits TCU, different squad Michigan beat, connected Saturday.
Michigan is still connected apical of nan NET rankings and Coaches Poll, 1 spot up of Arizona successful both. They’re among nan six undefeated teams, on pinch Iowa State (No. 3 successful nan AP Poll), Nebraska (10), Vanderbilt (11) and Miami Ohio.
Michigan was past No. 1 successful nan Jan. 28, 2013 poll.
On nan women’s side, for nan first clip since early November, Michigan’s spot successful nan rankings changed. The Wolverines fell successful Monday’s canvass from No. 6 to 9.
The Wolverines (11-2) mislaid past clip out, Thursday astatine Washington 64-52. They big Minnesota connected Monday (6:30 p.m. ET, BTN).
Michigan’s only different nonaccomplishment came to No. 1 UConn connected Nov. 21. The Wolverines are 2-1 successful nan Big Ten. They person 3 games earlier nan adjacent poll: Minnesota, astatine Penn State connected Thursday and location Sunday against Wisconsin.
In Monday’s poll, Oklahoma (now classed fifth), Kentucky (sixth) and Vanderbilt (seventh) passed Michigan. Maryland dropped 1 spot to No. 8, while LSU fell from 5 to 12. The apical 4 remained unchanged: UConn, Texas, South Carolina and UCLA.
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Andrew Kahn covers University of Michigan athletics for MLive. His superior thumps are Michigan football, men's hoops and women's basketball. He joined MLive successful 2017 aft antecedently freelancing for The Wall...
