For the first time in over a month, the Gonzaga men's basketball team is trending upward in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Bulldogs (12-4, 3-0 WCC) check

SPOKANE, Wash — The Associated Press released its week 10 men's college basketball rankings on January 6. The top five remained the same but after that it was a whole lot of teams moving up and down. The movement saw Gonzaga move up one spot to No. 18.

Gonzaga moved up in the latest AP college basketball poll, ending five straight weeks of dropping in the rankings. The Zags (12-4) climbed one spot to No. 18 after opening West Coast Conference play with wins over Pepperdine (89-82), Portland (81-50) and Loyola Marymount (96-68). GU had dropped from No. 3 to No. 19 in the previous five polls.