Purdue is back atop The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll, right where it spent so much of last season.
15 after getting walloped by Colorado State in the Hall of Fame Classic championship game.
IN AND OUTVillanova, BYU and Colorado State not only entered the poll but jumped right into the top 20.
ON THE DOORSTEPMemphis, San Diego State, Colorado, Ohio State and TCU received the most votes among those outside the poll.
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