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College Basketball Rankings: Kentucky Remains No. 1 In Coaches Poll; UNLV Moves To No. 11

The top 10 of the Coaches Top 25 Poll fluctuated quite a bit this week after big losses for several teams.

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There were plenty of changes in this week's Top 25 Coaches Poll, but there were no changes in the top two spots. The Kentucky Wildcats and the Syracuse Orange each hold a 25-1 record while occupying the No. 1 and No. 2 slots, respectively. Syracuse has a contest against No. 18 Louisville on Monday night while Kentucky won't play until Saturday.

After those two teams the rest of the top 10 was jumbled. Missouri, Duke and Kansas round out the top five, the latter two teams each moving up five spots. Ohio State fell to No. 6 following its loss to now No. 8 Michigan State. North Carolina, which lost to Duke at the buzzer last Wednesday, is No. 7. Georgetown and Baylor complete the top 10.

The Mountain West saw the UNLV Rebels move u to No. 11 from No. 16 while the San Diego St. Aztecs moved from No. 14 to No. 15.

Rank
Team (first-place votes)
Record
Points
Last week
1.
Kentucky (31)
25-1
775
1
2.
Syracuse
25-1
744
2
3.
Missouri
23-2
713
4
4.
Duke
21-4
649
9
5.
Kansas
20-5
628
10
6.
Ohio State
21-4
618
3
7.
North Carolina
21-4
592
5
8.
Michigan State
20-5
588
12
9.
Georgetown
19-5
476
11
10.
Baylor
21-4
464
6
11.
UNLV
22-4
455
16
12.
Florida
19-6
388
7 (tie)
13.
Marquette
21-5
386
19
14.
Murray State
24-1
359
7 (tie)
15.
San Diego State
20-4
284
14
16.
Saint Mary's
23-3
274
13
17.
Wisconsin
19-6
255
22
18.
Louisville
20-5
236
23 (tie)
19.
Michigan
19-7
190
25
20.
Indiana
19-6
188
23 (tie)
21.
Florida State
17-7
145
17
22.
Virginia
19-5
134
20
23.
Mississippi State
19-6
95
18
24.
Gonzaga
20-4
84
NR
25.
Notre Dame
17-8
76
NR

Dropped out
No. 15 Creighton, No. 21 Harvard.

Others receiving votes
Wichita State (22-4) 63; Temple (19-5) 48; Creighton (21-5) 30; Harvard (21-3) 22; Nevada (21-4) 21; Long Beach State (19-6) 17; New Mexico (20-4) 17; California (20-6) 15; Southern Mississippi (21-4) 12; Drexel (21-5) 11; Middle Tennessee (23-4) 8; Iowa State (18-7) 7; Saint Louis (20-5) 4; Virginia Commonwealth (22-5) 3; Texas-Arlington (19-5) 1.

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