Texas has replaced Notre Dame as the No. 1 team in the latest AP Top 25 poll. This is the first time the Longhorns are at the top of the rankings since 2004. Vic Schaefer's team has won four consecutive games against ranked opponents, including three against top-10 teams.

Given how much I respect my colleague Sabreena Merchant’s knowledge of women’s basketball, even I had to take a step back this weekend and wonder if it were truly happenstance that she handed off the power rankings to me (a person who has acknowledged that my respect for the ACC was potentially not strong enough early on this season,

Down goes No. 1. For the second week in a row, the No. 1 team in the country lost after No. 1 Notre Dame fell in double overtime to NC State on Sunday, leading