Kansas strengthened its grip on No. 1 in the The Associated Press men’s college basketball Top 25 poll.

The rest of the top 10 turned into a jumble of teams swapping places.

The Jayhawks (4-0) picked up five first-place votes in the poll released on Monday, receiving 49 from a 61-person media panel. No. 2 UConn had seven first-place votes, No. 3 Gonzaga earned two and No. 4 Auburn three. Iowa State climbed two spots to round out the top five.

The shuffling started with No. 8 Alabama’s 87-78 loss to No. 6 Purdue, a game that dropped the Crimson Tide six spots and bumped the Boilermakers up seven. Losses by Duke and Arizona shook up the top 10 further.

The No. 12 Blue Devils dropped six spots from last week after their 77-72 loss to No. 9 Kentucky. The Wildcats climbed 10 spots for their first top-10 ranking this season. Arizona lost 103-88 at No. 19 Wisconsin and fell eight spots to No. 17. The Badgers are ranked for the first time this season.

Kansas backed up its win over North Carolina in the season’s opening week by beating Michigan State and Oakland last week.

UConn continued to roll in its bid for a third straight national championship, blowing out Le Moyne 90-49. Gonzaga crushed UMass Lowell, Auburn rolled over Kent State and Iowa State beat Kansas City by 26.

No. 7 Houston moved up a spot bouncing back from a 74-69 loss to Auburn by blowing out Louisiana-Lafayette.

No. 19 TCU entered The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll with its best ranking in 16 years Monday while the first 12 teams, led by No. 1 South Carolina, were unchanged.

The Horned Frogs joined the rankings after topping then-No. 13 N.C. State on Sunday. It was the team’s first ranked win since 2021 and victory over a top 15 opponent in six seasons. TCU has its best spot in the poll since the school was also 19th in 2008.

“It means a lot as we build this program,” TCU coach Mark Campbell said of getting ranked. “We’ve come a long way. I inherited a program that was 1-17 (in the conference) and at rock bottom. Last year’s group laid an incredible foundation to springboard into this season.”

The Gamecocks remained the unanimous No. 1 team, receiving all 31 first-place votes from a national media panel. They routed their two opponents last week by an average of 36.5 points. South Carolina visits No. 5 UCLA on Sunday.

No. 2 UConn, No. 3 USC and No. 4 Texas followed South Carolina. No. 6 Notre Dame heads west to play the Trojans in a top-10 clash on Saturday. LSU, Iowa State, Oklahoma and Kansas State round out the first 10.

Stanford fell out of the rankings after losing at Indiana on Sunday.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

The dynamic U.S. women’s national team trio of Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith and Mallory Swanson need time to heal from nagging injuries and won’t travel for upcoming matches in Europe.

U.S. coach Emma Hayes announced her roster for friendly matches against England and the Netherlands. She left the three forwards, who were nicknamed “Triple Espresso” at the Paris Olympics, off the 24-player squad.

All three players were on teams that made the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs. Rodman plays for the Washington Spirit, who will play in the league championship match on Saturday against the Orlando Pride.

Hayes emphasized that player welfare is her top priority.

“I want to make sure these players are prepared for a long time to come,” Hayes said. “When you’re in the back end of a season, and you played a lot, and your body is tired, your mind’s tired. That’s where, you know, sometimes it can become risky.”

Without the three players who helped the U.S. win the gold medal at the Olympics, Hayes will field a younger squad with an eye on developing for the future.

The team will face England at Wembley Stadium on Nov. 30 before visiting The Hague to play the Netherlands on Dec. 3.

The roster includes 15 players from the Olympic team and two players who have never appeared in a U.S. match: Manchester United goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce and Utah Royals forward Ally Sentnor.

The roster also includes 17-year-old Lily Yohannes, who recently announced.

college football

Florida Atlantic fired coach Tom Herman on with two games left in his second season at the school.

The Owls were 4-8 last season and are 2-8 this season. Special teams coordinator Chad Lunsford will lead the Owls in their final two games.

This will be the fourth consecutive losing season for the Owls, who won 27 games in a three-year span under Lane Kiffin from 2017 through 2019 — and went 21-34 under Willie Taggart and Herman since Kiffin left for Mississippi.

Massachusetts coach Don Brown has been fired and offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery will serve as interim coach starting this week when the Minutemen play at Georgia.

The Minutemen are 2-8, with their only wins against non-Football Bowl Subdivision opponents, and 6-28 in three seasons under Brown.

This was Brown’s third stint at UMass. He was defensive coordinator in 1998-99. As head coach from 2004-08, the Minutemen were 43-19 and reached the Football Championship Subdivision championship game in 2006.

UMass is playing its final season as an independent and will join the Mid-American Conference in July.

Charlotte coach Biff Poggi was fired after going 6-16 in two seasons.

Charlotte lost 59-24 to South Florida on Saturday, its fourth loss by 30 or more points this season. The 49ers (3-7) have lost four straight games since beating East Carolina 55-24 on Oct. 6.

Associate head coach Tim Brewster will serve as interim coach for the remaining two games.

gambling

Jake Paul’s unanimous victory over former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on Friday night might have been disappointing from a competitive standpoint, but it drew record betting.

BetMGM said the fight between the YouTube star and the 58-year-old Tyson, who showed his age by being a sitting target, was its most-bet boxing or mixed-martial arts fight. The sportsbook took three times the number of bets and four times the money of any combat sport in BetMGM’s history.

Craig Mucklow, vice president of trading at Caesars Sportsbook, said the fight was on par with an NFL Monday night game.

“We knew there would be tremendous interest in the fight, as the betting suggested it was a generational matchup in customer demographics,” Mucklow said. “Those old enough to remember a prime Mike Tyson got to live the nostalgia one last time, while those not old enough to know Iron Mike were firmly on the Jake Paul side of the counter.”

The amount of betting can’t necessarily be used to draw a direct comparison with betting on big fights in the past since so many major bouts, including Tyson’s biggest fights, occurred before sports betting was legalized beyond Nevada in 2018. It’s still not legal in 38 states. But the fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, still drew an enormous handle.

Most of the wagers at BetMGM Sportsbook were on proposition bets, with the most popular being on Tyson to prevail either by knockout, decision or a first-round KO.

Though Paul was a -175 favorite, 67% of the tickets and 53% of the money at BetMGM was on Tyson.

“Paul winning was a good outcome for the sportsbook,” BetMGM senior trader Alex Rella said.