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The Florida Atlantic Owls are 11-1 on the season and have won their last 10 games. They are off to their best start in program history.
Ranked 41st in KenPom, FAU has wins over Florida, Bryant, Florida Gulf Coast and FIU on its resume. Its lone loss came at Ole Miss by 13.
With Florida Atlantic’s most recent victory, a 67-52 triumph over Northern Kentucky, Dusty May became FAU’s winningest coach.
Alijah Martin paces the team with 14.0 points per game. He has scored in double figures in all but two of the nine games he has played. The sophomore guard is shooting 40% from 3-point land and has pulled down 5.2 rebounds per contest.
Slated to finish fifth in Conference USA, the Owls have the best scoring margin in the league at 18.5 points per game. They are averaging 80.9 points per game and yield 62.4 points per contest.
They head into conference play with just the one blemish on their resume. They have tough matchups in their next two games: at North Texas this Thursday and at home against UAB next Thursday.
Sam Houston State made its first appearance of the season in the Other Top 25. The Bearkats, who are No. 16 this week, are 10-2 this season. They have won games at Oklahoma and at Utah.
Qua Grant leads the team with 12.7 points per contest. He is also dishing out 4.5 assists per game. Donte Powers is the other Kat in double figures with 10.9 points.
Santa Clara, Marshall and UCF also joined the ranking.
Houston remained the unanimous No. 1 team, followed by Gonzaga, San Diego State and undefeated New Mexico.
Saint Louis, UC Santa Barbara, Louisiana and Western Kentucky were dropped from the ranking.
The Other Top 25: Dec. 26, 2022
| Rank | Team (First-Place Votes) | Points | Record | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team (First-Place Votes) | Points | Record | Previous |
| 1 | Houston (3) | 75 | 12-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Gonzaga | 72 | 10-3 | 2 |
| 3 | San Diego State | 65 | 9-3 | 3 |
| 4 | New Mexico | 64 | 12-0 | 4 |
| T-5 | Memphis | 60 | 10-3 | 5 |
| T-5 | Saint Mary's | 60 | 10-4 | 6 |
| 7 | UNLV | 48 | 11-1 | T-7 |
| 8 | UAB | 46 | 10-2 | 10 |
| 9 | Charleston | 45 | 12-1 | T-7 |
| 10 | North Texas | 43 | 10-2 | T-12 |
| 11 | Kent State | 43 | 10-3 | 15 |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | 40 | 11-1 | T-12 |
| 13 | Boise State | 39 | 10-3 | 11 |
| 14 | Utah State | 37 | 11-2 | 9 |
| 15 | San Francisco | 30 | 11-4 | 14 |
| 16 | Sam Houston State | 23 | 10-2 | NR |
| 17 | Toledo | 19 | 8-4 | 16 |
| 18 | Dayton | 18 | 8-5 | 22 |
| 19 | Drake | 17 | 10-3 | 21 |
| 20 | Iona | 15 | 9-4 | 18 |
| 21 | Santa Clara | 13 | 12-3 | NR |
| 22 | Marshall | 12 | 11-2 | NR |
| T-23 | Davidson | 11 | 7-5 | 17 |
| T-23 | UCF | 11 | 9-3 | NR |
| 25 | Richmond | 10 | 6-6 | T-24 |
Others Receiving Votes:
BYU 9; Saint Louis 9; UC Santa Barbara 8; Towson 5; Yale 5; UMass 4; Hawaii 4; Fordham 4; James Madison 4; Loyola Marymount 3; Grand Canyon 2; UNC Wilmington 2; Oral Roberts 1
Dropped from Ranking:
Saint Louis; UC Santa Barbara; Louisiana; Western Kentucky
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