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Thanks to Kansas’ back-to-back losses, there’s a new No. 1 team in men’s basketball.

The Jayhawks lost by double digits 76-63 to Creighton last Wednesday and then were toppled by Missouri on Sunday. This opened the door for Tennessee to move to the top of the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

Auburn would have been the beneficiary of Kansas’ upset as the second-ranked team in last week’s poll. However, the Tigers were unable to defeat Cooper Flagg and Duke. Flagg had 22 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks in an 84-78 win.

The Blue Devils lost to Kentucky and Kansas by a total of eight points this year. The home game against Auburn was instrumental in solidifying their reputation as a top team and it pushed them to No. 4 in the AP poll.

In general, this wasn’t a good week to be an AP voter due to the number of upsets and top 25 matches.

Kentucky, Wisconsin and Cincinnati all fell to unranked opponents last Tuesday. Here’s what happened on Wednesday evening:

• Creighton 76, No. 1 Kansas 63
• #9 Duke 84, #2 Auburn 78
• No. 6 Iowa State 81, No. 5 Marquette 70
• No. 10 Alabama 94, No. 20 North Carolina 79
• #25 UConn 76, #15 Baylor 72
• Mississippi State 90, No. 18 Pittsburgh 57

Conference losses followed for Purdue and Illinois, while Kentucky and Marquette both rebounded against top-25 opponents.

The biggest shock ended week 5.

Fans who expected a quick response from Kansas after the Creighton game were sorely disappointed. Missouri jumped on the Jayhawks early and led by 14 at halftime. Trailing by as many as 24 points, Kansas made it a two-point game in the second half but couldn’t dig itself out of the hole it had dug itself into .

However, the Tigers’ 8-1 start still wasn’t enough to catch the attention of voters as they failed to crack the rankings.

Two-time reigning national champion UConn stabilized after going winless at the Maui Invitational. The three straight losses resulted in the Huskies nearly moving from second place to completely unranked, as they barely held on to 25th place.

The win against Baylor gave UConn a positive boost, and head coach Dan Hurley suggested he may have identified one of the team’s problems.

“I think part of the problem is mine,” he said. “I coached these guys in frustration, and I coached them in frustration for too long. This is a team that is a work in progress and a team that will continue to get better. And we rely on that. “A lot of young players and new players.”

The Huskies play Gonzaga at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, which is another opportunity to prove Maui was a mistake.