How far did Kentucky slide in the latest poll? And see who still has Cats as a No. 1 seed.
After a blowout loss at Tennessee on Saturday, it seemed inevitable that Kentucky would suffer in the rankings, but the Cats are still a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, according to one analyst.
Kentucky is the No. 6 team in the country according to the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday.
Despite the UT loss, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi kept the Cats on his No. 1 seed line in his “Bracketology” released Sunday. Lunardi has the Cats as the one seed in the Midwest opposite No. 2 North Carolina. The news isn’t so good from Monday’s update by CBSSports.com bracketologist Jerry Palm, who projects the Cats as a No. 2 seed in the South opposite Duke as No. 1, but at least that regional goes through Louisville.
Gonzaga and Virginia remained Nos. 1 and 2 in the AP poll. The Bulldogs received 42 of 64 first-place votes after finishing an undefeated run through the West Coast Conference. The Cavaliers had 21 first-place votes and No. 4 Duke, which fell a spot, had the remaining one.
North Carolina and Tennessee both moved up two spots, to Nos. 3 and 5.
Gonzaga and Virginia were the only teams to hold their spots from last week. The Zags moved to No. 1 last week and beat Pacific and Saint Mary’s to extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 20 games.
No. 25 Central Florida is ranked for the first time since 2010-11.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
The AP Top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
| | Record | Pts | Pvs |
1. Gonzaga (42) | 29-2 | 1,578 | 1 |
2. Virginia (21) | 26-2 | 1,553 | 2 |
3. North Carolina | 24-5 | 1,428 | 5 |
4. Duke (1) | 25-4 | 1,399 | 3 |
5. Tennessee | 26-3 | 1,366 | 7 |
6. Kentucky | 24-5 | 1,274 | 4 |
7. Michigan | 26-4 | 1,216 | 9 |
8. Texas Tech | 24-5 | 1,100 | 11 |
9. Michigan St. | 23-6 | 1,039 | 6 |
10. LSU | 24-5 | 1,005 | 13 |
11. Purdue | 22-7 | 999 | 14 |
12. Houston | 27-2 | 895 | 8 |
13. Kansas | 22-7 | 798 | 15 |
14. Florida St. | 23-6 | 702 | 18 |
15. Virginia Tech | 22-6 | 668 | 20 |
16. Marquette | 23-6 | 626 | 10 |
17. Nevada | 26-3 | 579 | 12 |
18. Kansas St | 22-7 | 499 | 16 |
19. Buffalo | 26-3 | 437 | 21 |
20. Cincinnati | 25-4 | 408 | 23 |
21. Wisconsin | 20-9 | 322 | 19 |
22. Wofford | 26-4 | 269 | 24 |
23. Villanova | 22-8 | 214 | - |
24. Maryland | 21-9 | 207 | 17 |
25. UCF | 22-6 | 48 | - |
Others receiving votes: Auburn 43, Mississippi St. 25, Iowa St. 21, Utah St. 17, Washington 14, VCU 14, Louisville 12, New Mexico St. 8, Baylor 7, Belmont 7, Old Dominion 3.
