Nothing changed in the top five this week, as Duke, Michigan, Tennessee, Virginia and Gonzaga all won the games that they were supposed to win, some in more impressive fashion that others.

Where things changed began with Kansas at No. 6 and Nevada at No. 7.

Let’s start with the Jayhawks: I only dropped them from fifth to sixth despite the fact that A) they lost by 17 points to Iowa State, and B) they lost Udoka Azubuike for the season. That’s because the Jayhawks lost Azubuike the day before a game where they had to go into Hilton Coliseum and take on an Iowa State team that is both very good and matched up perfectly with the short-handed Jayhawks. And yes, Kansas will be different without their star 7-footer, but they also have a coach in Bill Self who knows how to tweak lineups and has spent the last two seasons coaching up a team that had to play four guards. I’m still in wait and see mode here.

And then there is Iowa State, who is right there with Texas Tech as the second-best team in the Big 12. I bumped them all the way up to No. 10 this week, and my reasoning as to why can be found here.

There were some other tweaks as well — Michigan State seems to be really flying under the radar right now, as does Virginia Tech — but the other major change was dropping Nevada from No. 7 to No. 14. I’m still in on the Wolf Pack as a threat to make a run in March, but as their schedule starts to look less and less impressive (they’ve only beaten one KenPom top 50 team, and that was No. 47 Utah State at home) and they continue to play like the regular season doesn’t matter all that much to them, it’s hard to rank them any higher than this.

I still think they can beat just about anyone on any given night given their talent and the way they like to play, but they proven with a 27 point loss to New Mexico that their floor is lower than anyone realized.

Anyway, here is the full top 25:

1. Duke (12-1, Last Week: 1)

2. Michigan (15-0, 2)

3. Tennessee (12-1, 3)

4. Virginia (13-0, 4)

5. Gonzaga (14-2, 5)

6. Michigan State (13-2, 10)

7. Kansas (12-2, 6)

8. Texas Tech (13-1, 8)

9. Virginia Tech (13-1, 11)

10. Iowa State (12-2, 25)

11. Kentucky (10-3, 12)

12. North Carolina (11-3, 13)

13. Florida State (12-2, 9)

14. Nevada (14-1, 7)

15. N.C. State (13-1, 14)

16. Auburn (12-2, 15)

17. Mississippi State (12-1, 19)

18. Ohio State (12-2, 16)

19. Marquette (12-3, 17)

20. Buffalo (13-1, 20)

21. Houston (14-0, NR)

22. St. John’s (14-1, NR)

23. Wisconsin (11-4, 18)

24. Indiana (12-3, 23)

25. Oklahoma (12-2, 24)

New Additions: 21. Houston, 22. St. John’s

Dropped Out: 21. Nebraska, 22. Iowa