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VILLANOVA, PA - DECEMBER 03: Josh Hart #3 and Eric Paschall #4 of the Villanova Wildcats play against the Saint Joseph's Hawks at The Pavilion on December 3, 2016 in Villanova, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
VILLANOVA, PA - DECEMBER 03: Josh Hart #3 and Eric Paschall #4 of the Villanova Wildcats play against the Saint Joseph's Hawks at The Pavilion on December 3, 2016 in Villanova, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)Mitchell Leff/Getty Images

AP College Basketball Poll 2016: Complete Week 5 Rankings Released

Tyler ConwayDec 5, 2016

College basketball once again has a new No. 1 team.

Defending champion Villanova ascended back to the sport's pinnacle in the latest Associated Press poll after a week of hoops that saw a number of ranked teams go down. The Wildcats are followed by UCLA, Kansas, Baylor and Duke to round out the Top Five.

Here is a look at how the entire poll played out:

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1Villanova
2UCLA
3Kansas
4Baylor
5Duke
6Kentucky
7North Carolina
8Gonzaga
9Indiana
10Creighton
11Louisville
12Saint Mary's (Calif.)
13Xavier
14Virginia
15West Virginia
16Butler
17Wisconsin
18Purdue
19South Carolina
20Arizona
21Florida
22Cincinnati
23Notre Dame
24Oregon
25Iowa State

UCLA is the most notable riser of the week, moving up nine spots after going to Lexington and taking down top-ranked Kentucky. All five Bruins starters scored in double figures—T.J. Leaf posted a 17-point, 13-rebound, five-assist virtuoso performance—as Steve Alford's team held on in a barnburner.

Malik Monk scored 24 points and De'Aaron Fox added 20, but the Wildcats fell apart on the defensive end. UCLA shot 53 percent from the field and could have won by more if it weren't for its 18 turnovers.

It was UCLA's first-ever win at Rupp Arena and snapped a 42-game winning streak for Kentucky on its home floor.

"This is a lesson for us," Wildcats coach John Calipari told reporters. "We didn't have the energy. I had to call a timeout a minute into the game. I mean, just wasn't the same team. There are great lessons out of this. I wish we would have come back and won. ... But sometimes you need to get hit on the chin, especially at home."

Kentucky was far from the only elite team to take a tumble over the last seven days. Third-ranked North Carolina took its first loss of the season on a trip to Indiana that saw the Hoosiers unseat a Top Three team for the second time this season. Notwithstanding their strange loss to Fort Wayne, the Hoosiers have proved they can play with any team in the country.

All five Indiana starters were in double figures, and they held North Carolina to just 39.3 percent shooting. Joel Berry II was limited to eight points and hit one of his six three-pointers on a night in which the Tar Heels hit on just six of 21 from deep.

"One team really played right from the get-go and the other team did not, and that was us," UNC coach Roy Williams told reporters. "We weren't ready for the intensity, the enthusiasm, anything that you want to talk about in the first half."

Virginia and Xavier also lost in matchups against ranked opponents. West Virginia snapped the Cavaliers' 24-game home winning streak in a 66-57 win. The Mountaineers moved up 10 spots to No. 15 as a result of the win.

Xavier, meanwhile, became the latest victim of Baylor's hot start.

Sitting at 8-0, Baylor has defeated four ranked teams—three of which were Top 10 outfits at the time. The Bears have won all but one of those games convincingly and could make a case they deserve to be the nation's top-ranked team. Their strength of schedule ranks the best among any team in Ken Pomeroy's Top 25.

"We just go out and play hard every day," forward Johnathan Motley told reporters. "Whatever rankings say, that's what they say. I guarantee you every day, every game, we're going to come out with the same intensity. Play together as a family. We're all in, and it results in W's."

The list of major upsets this week were few. Cincinnati went on the road and upset Iowa State in what can only be described as an ugly slugfest. The Bearcats won the 55-54 overtime matchup despite shooting 35.5 percent from the floor and making three of 21 shots from long range.

Rhode Island's time in the Top 25 ended after taking back-to-back losses to Valparaiso and Providence.

No. 22 Cincinnati and No. 23 Notre Dame move into the rankings, replacing Rhode Island and Syracuse.

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