NCAA Men’s Basketball Top 25 Fared-Week

By The Associated Press
January 5, 2026 | 2:12 AM

No. 1 Arizona (14-0) beat South Dakota State 99-71; beat Utah 97-78.

No. 2 Michigan (13-0) beat McNeese 112-71; beat No. 24 USC 96-66.

No. 3 Iowa State (14-0) beat Houston Christian 89-61; beat West Virginia 80-59.

No. 4 UConn (14-1) beat Xavier 90-67; beat Marquette 73-57.

No. 5 Purdue (13-1) beat Kent State 101-60; beat Wisconsin 89-73.

No. 6 Duke (13-1) beat Georgia Tech 85-79; beat Florida State 91-87.

No. 7 Gonzaga (16-1) beat San Diego 99-93; beat Seattle 80-72, OT; beat Loyola Marymount 82-47.

No. 8 Houston (13-1) beat Middle Tennessee 69-60; beat Cincinnati 67-60.

No. 9 Michigan State (12-2) beat Cornell 114-97; lost to No. 13 Nebraska 58-56.

No. 10 BYU (13-1) beat Kansas State 83-73.

No. 11 Vanderbilt (14-0) beat New Haven 96-53; beat South Carolina 83-71.

No. 12 North Carolina (13-2) beat Florida State 79-66; lost to SMU 97-83.

No. 13 Nebraska (14-0) beat New Hampshire 86-55; beat No. 9 Michigan State 58-56.

No. 14 Alabama (11-3) beat Yale 102-78; beat Kentucky 89-74.

No. 15 Texas Tech (11-3) beat Oklahoma State 102-80.

No. 16 Louisville (11-3) beat California 90-70; lost to Stanford 80-76.

No. 17 Kansas (10-4) lost to UCF 81-75.

No. 18 Arkansas (11-3) beat James Madison 103-74; beat No. 19 Tennessee 86-75.

No. 19 Tennessee (10-4) beat South Carolina State 105-54; lost to No. 18 Arkansas 86-75.

No. 20 Illinois (11-3) beat Southern University 90-55; beat Penn State 73-65.

No. 21 Virginia (12-2) lost to Virginia Tech 95-85, 3OT; beat North Carolina State 76-61.

No. 22 Florida (9-5) beat Dartmouth 94-72; lost to Missouri 76-74.

No. 23 Georgia (13-1) beat LIU 89-74; beat Auburn 104-100, OT.

No. 24 USC (12-2) lost to No. 2 Michigan 96-66.

No. 25 Iowa (12-2) beat UMass Lowell 90-62; beat UCLA 74-61.

NYPD says dozens rescued from human trafficking during World Cup

By WTOP Staff
July 23, 2026 | 2:09 PM

▶ Watch Video: Inside look at security preparations for World Cup Forty-three people, including seven minors, were rescued from human traffickers during the World Cup matches in the New York City area, according to the New York City Police Department's Special Victims Unit.The rescue operations were carried out between June 11 and July 19 by specialized NYPD detectives who arrested 89 individuals."The surprise was really the outpouring of support behind the mission and the collaboration with all our partners," said Inspector Gary Marcus, commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit.Those rescued, largely the victims of sex trafficking, are now being supported with an array of social services for the victims, including food, housing and counseling.The 87 operations carried out during the World Cup have generated new leads, officials said, and law enforcement agencies are building more cases based on the investigations already underway."We have ongoing investigations now as a result of these operations," an NYPD official told CBS News.Major sporting events are known to law enforcement as hotbeds of human trafficking.Years in advance, the NYPD devoted significant resources to preparing for the World Cup. Eight matches were played at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, including the final on Sunday."When we talk about the outreach and the prep we do, a large part of that involved visiting the known sex offenders, particularly the known human traffickers, in our registry," Marcus said. "Whether they're on parole or probation for human trafficking, we visited them to make sure they're compliant with the terms of their release, and secondly, to let them know that the NYPD is watching."The matches were held in multiple cities around the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Preparations to secure those games and prepare for crimes like human trafficking were coordinated between local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.Police departments in many locations that hosted World Cup matches have made arrests and rescues connected to human trafficking, including in Georgia, New England and Missouri. Nationally, there were more than 673 arrests on human-trafficking charges made during the World Cup, and 61 adults and 13 minors rescued, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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