C.J. Moore The Athletic (Shawnee, KS) About: C.J. Moore, a staff writer for The Athletic, has been on the college basketball beat since 2011. He has worked at Bleacher Report as the site’s national college basketball writer and also covered the sport for CBSSports.com and Basketball Prospectus. He is the coauthor of "Beyond the Streak," a behind-the-scenes look at Kansas basketball's record-setting Big 12 title run.
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Nov 17, 2025 Week 3 Rankings for C.J. Moore1 Purdue (44) 4-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 44 Voters Lowest: 5 - Owen Siebring 1502
2 Arizona (2) 4-0 Actual: 4Highest: 1 - 2 Voters Lowest: 12 - Randy Heitz 1314
3 UConn (2) 4-0 Actual: 3Highest: 1 - 2 Voters Lowest: 6 - Seth Davis 1389
4 Houston (12) 4-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 12 Voters Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters 1457
5 Louisville 4-0 Actual: 6Highest: 4 - 2 Voters Lowest: 13 - Dave Borges 1161
6 Gonzaga 4-0 Actual: 13Highest: 4 - 2 Voters Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters 772
7 Michigan 3-0 Actual: 7Highest: 3 - Kevin Sjuts Lowest: 21 - Owen Siebring 1103
8 Illinois 4-0 Actual: 8Highest: 5 - 2 Voters Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters 1017
9 Florida 3-1 Actual: 10Highest: 5 - Andy Greder Lowest: 25 - Owen Siebring 949
10 Duke (1) 4-0 Actual: 5Highest: 1 - Toyloy Brown Lowest: 10 - C.J. Moore 1277
11 Kentucky 3-1 Actual: 12Highest: 6 - Randy Heitz Lowest: NR - Jeff Rabjohns 798
12 Alabama 2-1 Actual: 11Highest: 5 - 2 Voters Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters 928
13 St. John's 2-1 Actual: 14Highest: 8 - 2 Voters Lowest: 23 - Brian Holland 732
14 North Carolina 4-0 Actual: 18Highest: 6 - David Jablonski Lowest: 25 - Shane Mettlen 516
15 Texas Tech 3-1 Actual: 15Highest: 7 - Randy Heitz Lowest: 25 - David Jablonski 678
16 BYU 3-1 Actual: 9Highest: 5 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 18 - Kevin McNamara 972
17 Iowa State 3-0 Actual: 16Highest: 5 - Dave Borges Lowest: 23 - Seth Davis 664
18 UCLA 3-1 Actual: 19Highest: 10 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 3 Voters 423
19 Kansas 3-1 Actual: 24Highest: 16 - Seth Davis Lowest: NR - 18 Voters 132
20 Tennessee 3-0 Actual: 20Highest: 11 - Percy Allen Lowest: NR - Dave Borges 416
21 Indiana 4-0 Actual: 27Highest: 18 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 42 Voters 65
22 Michigan State 3-0 Actual: 17Highest: 10 - 2 Voters Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters 585
23 Ohio State 4-0 Actual: 30Highest: 18 - Dave Borges Lowest: NR - 55 Voters 21
24 Vanderbilt 4-0 Actual: 28Highest: 12 - Donna Ditota Lowest: NR - 43 Voters 57
25 Saint Mary's 4-0 Actual: 35Highest: 22 - David Jablonski Lowest: NR - 56 Voters 8
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Arkansas 22-Auburn 23-Wisconsin 25-NC State
