Nate Oats and the Alabama basketball team suffered its first loss of the season Friday night at Mackey Arena to the Purdue Boilermakers, 87-78, in a matchup of two teams that made the Final Four a season ago.
As a result, the Crimson Tide (3-1) fell five spots to No. 7 in the new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, released Monday.
Purdue (4-0) moved past Alabama in the top 10 to No. 6. The Crimson Tide are ranked one spot ahead of Rick Barnes’ No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers (4-0).
Alabama’s next game is Wednesday in the C.M. Newton Classic at Birmingham’s Legacy Arena. Mark Sears, Grant Nelson and the Crimson Tide will face No. 20 Illinois (3-0) at 8 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on SEC Network.
Bill Self’s Kansas Jayhawks (4-0) stayed atop the poll with two-time defending national champion UConn moving up to No. 2.
Full USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas | 4-0 | 665 (21) |
| 2 | UConn | 3-0 | 632 (3) |
| 3 | Auburn | 3-0 | 608 (2) |
| 4 | Gonzaga | 3-0 | 599 (1) |
| 5 | Iowa State | 2-0 | 516 |
| 6 | Purdue | 4-0 | 513 |
| 7 | Houston | 2-1 | 470 |
| 7 | Alabama | 3-1 | 470 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 4-0 | 462 |
| 10 | Duke | 3-1 | 421 |
| 11 | Kentucky | 3-0 | 381 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 2-1 | 377 |
| 13 | Creighton | 4-0 | 348 |
| 14 | Marquette | 4-0 | 319 |
| 15 | Baylor | 3-1 | 313 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 3-0 | 229 |
| 17 | Arizona | 2-1 | 228 |
| 18 | Indiana | 3-0 | 208 |
| 19 | Florida | 4-0 | 168 |
| 20 | Illinois | 3-0 | 133 |
| 21 | St. John’s | 4-0 | 119 |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 3-0 | 95 |
| 23 | Texas A&M | 3-1 | 94 |
| 24 | Arkansas | 2-1 | 82 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 4-0 | 75 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 22 Ohio State; No. 24 Rutgers;
Others Receiving Votes
Rutgers 56; Xavier 43; Ole Miss 39; BYU 28; Saint Mary’s 18; Pittsburgh 18; Texas 14; Michigan State 9; Mississippi State 5; Oregon 4; Nevada 4; Ohio State 3; Dayton 3; Wake Forest 2; VCU 2; UCF 2;
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