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Houston returned to No. 1 in the AP men’s college basketball poll for the third time this season while Northwestern and Texas A&M barged into the rankings after each had a pair of impressive wins last week.

Alabama is the new No. 1, in The AP men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 20 years. Purdue’s loss to Northwestern last week caused a jumble at the top of the AP Top 25 .

The Big Ten athletic directors support removing the conference’s six-game minimum requirement for teams to be eligible to play for the league championship.

Dawn Staley helped guide South Carolina to the No. 1 ranking this season. She has now earned coach of the year honors from The Associated Press for the first time.

South Carolina still sits atop The AP women's college basketball poll with Baylor in second place. UConn moved up to third. Northwestern entered the poll at No. 22.

Stanford quarterback K.J. Costello will miss the 23rd-ranked Cardinal's Pac-12 opener against Southern California with an injury.

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Oregon receiver Jalen Brown is transferring to Northwestern. Brown caught 26 passes for 407 yards and four touchdowns in two seasons at Oregon after redshirting in 2014. He had 19 catches for 318 yards and three TDs as a sophomore last year...

(AP) — It hasn't been a very good day for ranked teams in Wednesday's bowl action. No. 14 West Virginia's offense stalled against Miami, and 22nd-ranked Pittsburgh fell to a team that had won just one bowl game since Harry Truman was re-elected...

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — After missing all of last season following shoulder surgery, Vic Law has returned like someone looking to make up for lost time. Law scored a career-high 26 points — his second straight game establishing a new mark — to lead Northwestern to an 86-72 victory over Eastern Washington Monday night in a Legends Classic opening-round game...

NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame, coming off an Elite 8 season, will play Colorado and Texas will meet Northwestern in the semifinals of the 10th annual Legends Classic at Barclays Center. The semifinals will be November 21st, with the championship and consolation games the next night...