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- With two of last week’s top six teams losing to unranked opponents over the weekend, the top of the AP Top 25 Poll had a bit of a shakeup in Week 14.
- The ACC and Big 10 lead all conferences with six teams apiece in the rankings, followed by the Big 12 and SEC with with three each. The Pac-12, meanwhile, has no representation in the AP Top 25 Poll for the sixth consecutive week.
- Here are the five biggest winners and losers of Week 14 of the college basketball season.
Winners
▲ No. 8 North Carolina Tar Heels — Up 1 spot in the AP Top 25 Poll
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North Carolina rebounded from a surprise loss to the then-unranked Lousiville Cardinals January 12 with five big conference wins. This week, the Tar Heels took down ACC bottom-dwellers Georgia Tech by 23 before exacting revenge against the now-No. 16 Cardinals on the road Saturday. North Carolina will host two unranked opponents this week before welcoming the No. 3 Virginia Cavaliers to the Dean Smith Center for a colossal top-10 matchup.
▲ No. 19 Wisconsin Badgers — Up 5 spots in the AP Top 25 Poll
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The No. 19 Wisconsin Badgers notched two big conference wins against the Nebraska Cornhuskers and No. 21 Maryland Terrapins this week, good enough to rise five spots in the AP Top 25 Poll. The Badgers will take to the road to face the unranked Minnesota Golden Gophers Wednesday before traveling to Ann Arbor to take on the No. 7 Michigan Wolverines Saturday afternoon. If Wisconsin can take advantage of the downtrodden Wolverines and walk away with a win, expect the Badgers to catapult up the rankings come next week.
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Source: Business Insider