Poll Du Jour: Preseason AP Top 25 The AP Poll is not what it used to be and does not and should not matter once the playoff poll is released. But it's still got relevance in the preseason.

The Trojans moved up three spots in the AP Top 25 after beating the then-No. 4 Huskies 72-70 on Saturday night in a rematch of last season’s Elite Eight game that UConn won.

It’s early in the post to be quoting Jay-Z, but here we are. One constant in the AP poll is the “team that is ranked in the Top 10 that winds up tanking and being unranked.” Last year ...