Kentucky men’s basketball moves back into top 10 after win over Louisville
Kentucky improved two slots in the latest men’s college basketball poll by the Associated Press while Michigan State, Kansas and Oklahoma remained the top three teams.
The Spartans have been No. 1 in the poll for four weeks. They were again a runaway choice, receiving all but one first-place vote Monday from the 65-member national media panel.
Kansas drew the other No. 1 vote. Following Oklahoma are Maryland, Virginia, Xavier, North Carolina, Arizona, Butler and Kentucky. The top nine teams remained the same from last week. Kentucky beat Louisville on Saturday and replaced Providence, which dropped to 12th.
No. 25 UCLA is the lone newcomer. The Bruins had been ranked for one week earlier this season. They replaced George Washington, which dropped out from No. 20 following a loss to DePaul.
The 10-0 Kentucky women’s basketball team remained ranked at No. 7 in the latest poll results released Monday. Like the men, the top nine slots in the women’s poll were unchanged from last week with UConn No. 1 and South Carolina No. 2.
The top 25 men’s basketball teams with their win-loss records, points in this week’s poll and previous week’s ranking.
1. Michigan St. (64) | 13-0 | 1,623 | 1 |
2. Kansas (1) | 10-1 | 1,534 | 2 |
3. Oklahoma | 11-0 | 1,498 | 3 |
4. Maryland | 11-1 | 1,428 | 4 |
5. Virginia | 10-1 | 1,351 | 5 |
6. Xavier | 12-0 | 1,296 | 6 |
7. North Carolina | 10-2 | 1,219 | 7 |
8. Arizona | 12-1 | 1,081 | 8 |
9. Butler | 10-1 | 984 | 9 |
10. Kentucky | 10-2 | 963 | 12 |
11. Iowa St. | 10-1 | 938 | 11 |
12. Providence | 12-1 | 923 | 10 |
13. Miami | 10-1 | 867 | 13 |
14. Purdue | 12-1 | 818 | 14 |
15. Duke | 9-2 | 781 | 15 |
16. Villanova | 9-2 | 643 | 17 |
17. SMU | 11-0 | 636 | 18 |
18. Louisville | 11-2 | 516 | 16 |
19. West Virginia | 10-1 | 500 | 19 |
20. Texas A&M | 9-2 | 371 | 21 |
21. Utah | 10-2 | 224 | 24 |
22. Cincinnati | 10-3 | 199 | 22 |
23. Baylor | 9-2 | 195 | 23 |
24. South Carolina | 11-0 | 175 | 25 |
25. UCLA | 9-4 | 51 | — |
This story was originally published December 28, 2015 at 2:48 PM with the headline "Kentucky men’s basketball moves back into top 10 after win over Louisville."