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Men's college basketball Power Rankings: Arizona or Michigan at No. 1?

Related Topics: Rick Scuteri, Duke Blue Devils

We've always prided ourselves on these Power Rankings being heavily based on résumé, able to justify the order or inclusion by pointing to metrics or quality wins rather than making decisions based on which teams we believe would win on a neutral court tomorrow.

But why the reminder?

Because we're moving Arizona back to No. 1.

The Wildcats jumped to the top spot after winning at UConn last month, then relinquished their position following Michigan's romp through Las Vegas in which the Wolverines solidified themselves as the most dominant team in college basketball. And that's probably still the case, as evidenced by their lofty KenPom ranking, which positions them as the third-best team since the 1996-97 season.