Like Thanksgiving dinner, Feast Week has come and gone, leaving college basketball fans with several leftovers,  including a marquee matchup between UConn and Illinois, with the Huskies coming out on top. Feast Week, which featureds several composed tournaments with some of the top teams in the country, offered 10 total matchups between ranked opponents. Three unranked teams also successfully upset ranked opponents.

On day one, Seton Hall became the first team this season to do so, taking down N.C. State by 11 points. The Wolfpack would again fall to an unranked opponent in Texas, finishing their week with a 1-2 record. Florida, the former national champions, fell to TCU on Thanksgiving Day, making their time with family afterward quite awkward.

With that, here’s how the top 25 looks after an exciting week of action.

Torch Top 25

1. Purdue(7-0) (-) – AP Top 25: 1
2. Arizona(7-0) (+1) – AP Top 25: 2
3. Duke(8-0) (+1) – AP Top 25: 4
4. Michigan(7-0) (+3) – AP Top 25: 3
5. Louisville(7-0) (-) – AP Top 25: 6
6. UConn(6-1) (-) – AP Top 25: 5
7. Houston (7-1) (-5) – AP Top 25: 8
8. BYU(6-1) (-) – AP Top 25: 9
9. Michigan State(7-0) (+5) – AP Top 25: 7
10. Iowa State(7-0) (+2) – AP Top 25: 10
11. Alabama(5-2) (-2)  – AP Top 25: 12
12. Gonzaga(7-1) (+3)  – AP Top 25: 11
13. Illinois(6-2) (-)  – AP Top 25: 14
14. Tennessee(7-1) (+3)  – AP Top 25: 13
15. Texas Tech(6-2) (+1) – AP Top 25: 19
16. Kentucky(5-2) (-)  – AP Top 25: 18
17. Florida(5-2) (-7) – AP Top 25: 15
18. Indiana(7-0) (+3) – AP Top 25: 22
19. Vanderbilt(8-0) (+3) – AP Top 25: 17
20. Auburn(6-2) (-)  – AP Top 25: 20
21. North Carolina(6-1) (-3) – AP Top 25: 16
22. Iowa(7-0) (NR)  – AP Top 25: NR
23. St. John’s(4-3) (-12) – AP Top 25:23
24. Kansas(6-2) (NR)  – AP Top 25: 21
25. UCLA(5-2) (-4) – AP Top 25: NR

Off Last Weeks chart

Wisconsin(5-2)- Last Week: No.25 

N.C. State(5-2)- Last week: No.20 

Highest Riser:

No. 9 Michigan State: +5 Spots

Tom Izzo and his Spartans have ignited the college basketball landscape to start the 2025-26 season. Michigan State has opened with a dominant 7-0 record, even after losing Jase Richardson, Xavier Booker and Tre Holloman.

Izzo is a timeless head coach, no matter the season, his teams always produce in extraordinary ways. They are led by athletic freak Coen Carr and sophomorefreshman standout Jeremy Fears Jr., who led the team in scoring against their ranked opponent in North Carolina, a game the Spartans won by 19 points.

Michigan State is now 3-0 against top-25 teams this season, blowing out Kentucky and scraping by a scrappy Arkansas team. The Spartans begin Big Ten play on Dec. 2 as they face a tough Iowa team that has yet to lose.

Biggest Fall:

No. 23 St. John’s: -12 Spots

Things aren’t looking so hot in Queens right now. Rick Pitino’s plan to face tough teams to start the season has backfired, resulting in a 4-3 record through the first seven games. This slow start has sparked a tough question: Do the Red Storm have the talent to succeed in the ways they were expected?

$10 million.

That’s the estimated NIL budget for St. John’s, one of the top 10 spending universities in the country for men’s basketball. What has that gotten them? A 3-3 record, along with an 0-3 start against ranked teams.

Pitino brought in talent, but is it enough to compete at the expected level? For starters, the team doesn’t have a legitimate point guard,  someone who can play consistent minutes against tough, physical opponents. Ian Jackson has yet to see his skill set fully click in Queens, while Bryce Hopkins and Oziyah Sellers have carried the weight so far.

Without a point guard, Pitino has been forced to play positionless basketball, which is tough to sustain in the current landscape of college hoops. Having players like Dillon Mitchell operate as a point forward has been beneficial, but likely won’t last long-term.

Nonetheless, the amount of money invested has so far been a questionable gamble, leaving St. John’s already in a hole when it comes to their potential seeding in March.