The 2025-26 college basketball season is underway, and the top programs around the country are starting to separate themselves from […]

Arizona has taken the top spot in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll. This comes after a perfect start to the season.

Arizona jumped to No. 1 in the latest poll and received 33 first-place votes. Michigan (19), Duke (seven) and Iowa State (one) also received first-place votes in the poll. The Wildcats own wins over UCLA, UConn, Auburn and Florida.

On the other end of the poll, Kentucky’s lackluster start to the season resulted in it falling out of the Top 25 on Monday. The Wildcats (5-4) lost at home to No. 14 North Carolina and then fell by 35 against No. 8 Gonzaga in Nashville, Tenn. USC and Indiana also dropped out after losses.

Here's an updated look at the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 after Week 4 of the men's college basketball season:

Plainfield, for instance, no longer can rely upon 6-10 rim ruler Najai Hines to dominate the post as he did last season on his way to earning First Team All-State honors, since he is now turning heads with his defensive prowess as a freshman at Seton Hall University.

The girls basketball season is already heating up the courts around the Lehigh Valley. Scroll down for the area’s top returning players, including standouts who received lehighvalleylive.com All-Area recognition or were among last season’s scoring leaders.

Paw Paw’s Stella Shaefer (23) dribbles the ball between her legs as Kalamazoo Christian’s Elli VanDusen (2) plays defense during a basketball game at Paw Paw High School on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)