The USA Today Coaches Top 25 poll is out and there are no Colorado schools ranked, as expected, but the Colorado St. Rams did deliver a blow to the last week's No. 12 team, the San Diego St. Aztecs. On Saturday, the Rams pulled off the 77-60 upset victory. The Rams improved to 14-6 while the Aztecs moved to 18-3 and fell five spots to No. 17.
The UNLV Rebels moved up from No. 15 to No. 13, but they had to go to overtime against the Air Force Falcons on Saturday to avoid the upset. The Rebels will host Colorado State on Wednesday. Can the Rams pull off a second upset this season?
The Kentucky Wildcats remain the No. 1 team in the nation while the Syracuse Orange move up to No. 2, one week after falling from the top spot to No. 4.
As expected, there are no Pac-12 teams in the top 25.
|
Rank
|
Team (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
|
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1.
|
Kentucky (31) |
21-1
|
775
|
1
|
|
|
2.
|
Syracuse |
22-1
|
730
|
4
|
|
|
3.
|
Ohio State |
19-3
|
726
|
3
|
|
|
4.
|
Missouri |
19-2
|
635
|
2
|
|
|
5.
|
Duke |
18-3
|
631
|
6
|
|
|
6. (tie)
|
Baylor |
19-2
|
622
|
7
|
|
|
6. (tie)
|
North Carolina |
18-3
|
622
|
8
|
|
|
8.
|
Kansas |
17-4
|
548
|
5
|
|
|
9.
|
Murray State |
21-0
|
511
|
9
|
|
|
10.
|
Michigan State |
17-4
|
456
|
11
|
|
|
11.
|
Florida |
17-4
|
445
|
13
|
|
|
12.
|
Creighton |
20-2
|
426
|
14
|
|
|
13.
|
UNLV |
20-3
|
399
|
15
|
|
|
14.
|
Georgetown |
16-4
|
355
|
10
|
|
|
15.
|
Marquette |
18-4
|
323
|
18
|
|
|
16.
|
Saint Mary's |
21-2
|
284
|
20
|
|
|
17.
|
San Diego State |
18-3
|
264
|
12
|
|
|
18.
|
Virginia |
17-3
|
253
|
21
|
|
|
19.
|
Mississippi State |
17-5
|
193
|
16
|
|
|
20. (tie)
|
Indiana |
17-5
|
142
|
17
|
|
|
20. (tie)
|
Wisconsin |
17-5
|
142
|
25 (tie)
|
|
|
22.
|
Michigan |
16-6
|
120
|
22
|
|
|
23.
|
Harvard |
18-2
|
116
|
23
|
|
|
24.
|
Florida State |
14-6
|
85
|
NR
|
|
|
25.
|
Louisville |
17-5
|
68
|
25 (tie)
|
|
|
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| Dropped out | |||||
| No. 19 Connecticut, No. 24 Kansas State. | |||||
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| Others receiving votes | |||||
| Gonzaga (17-3) 65; Vanderbilt (16-5) 36; Connecticut (14-6) 21; Nevada (18-3) 18; Kansas State (15-5) 15; Iowa State (15-6) 9; Middle Tennessee (20-3) 9; Wichita State (18-4) 7; New Mexico (17-4) 6; West Virginia (15-7) 6; Southern Mississippi (19-3) 4; Long Beach State (16-6) 3; California (17-5) 2; Temple (15-5) 2; Notre Dame (14-8) 1. | |||||
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