The latest USA Today/ESPN Coaches Top 25 Poll is out and the New Mexico Lobos are in this week's rankings after defeating the San Diego St. Aztecs and the UNLV Rebels, the latter by 20 points, last week. The Lobos now hold a two-game lead over the Aztecs and the Rebels with four games to go before the Mountain West tournament.
The Rebels dropped from No. 11 to No. 20 with losses to New Mexico and to TCU. San Diego State dropped 10 spots from No. 15 to No. 25 with losses to New Mexico and Air Force.
The Kentucky Wildcats, the Syracuse Orange, the Missouri Tigers, the Duke Blue Devils and the Kansas Jayhawks all remain in the top five spots, respectively.
No Pac-12 team is in the top 25, but the Cal Bears did receive 21 points.
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Rank
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Team (first-place votes) |
Record
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Points
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Last week
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1.
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Kentucky (31) |
26-1
|
775
|
1
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2.
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Syracuse |
27-1
|
744
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2
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3.
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Missouri |
25-2
|
713
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3
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4.
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Duke |
23-4
|
662
|
4
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5.
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Kansas |
22-5
|
644
|
5
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6.
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Michigan State |
22-5
|
613
|
8
|
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7.
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North Carolina |
23-4
|
592
|
7
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8.
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Georgetown |
20-5
|
539
|
9
|
|
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9.
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Ohio State |
22-5
|
504
|
6
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10.
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Marquette |
22-5
|
485
|
13
|
|
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11.
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Florida |
21-6
|
454
|
12
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12.
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Murray State |
26-1
|
416
|
14
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13.
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Michigan |
20-7
|
377
|
19
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|
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14.
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Baylor |
22-5
|
374
|
10
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15.
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Wisconsin |
20-7
|
292
|
17
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16.
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Florida State |
19-7
|
290
|
21
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|
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17.
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Louisville |
21-6
|
277
|
18
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18.
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Notre Dame |
19-8
|
223
|
25
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|
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19.
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Wichita State |
24-4
|
183
|
NR
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20.
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UNLV |
22-6
|
174
|
11
|
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21.
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New Mexico |
22-4
|
142
|
NR
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22.
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Temple |
21-5
|
114
|
NR
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23.
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Saint Mary's |
23-5
|
101
|
16
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24.
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Indiana |
20-7
|
81
|
20
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|
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25.
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San Diego State |
20-6
|
76
|
15
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| Dropped out | |||||
| No. 22 Virginia, No. 23 Mississippi State, No. 24 Gonzaga. | |||||
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| Others receiving votes | |||||
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Virginia (20-6) 73; Creighton (23-5) 51; California (22-6) 21; Gonzaga (21-5) 13; Saint Louis (22-5) 11; Harvard (23-3) 10; Mississippi State (19-8) 10; Drexel (23-5) 9; Vanderbilt (19-8) 9; Kansas State (18-8) 8; Middle Tennessee (24-4) 6; Long Beach State (19-7) 3; Virginia Commonwealth (23-6) 2; Weber State (22-4) 2; Iowa State (19-8) 1; Nevada (22-5) 1. |
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