For the first time in the 2014-15 season, Kentucky has received all 64 first-place votes in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Wildcats, who have been No. 1 since before the start of the season, had claimed all but three of the nods for the top spot the past two weeks.
NCAA basketball rankings 2014: Kentucky becomes unanimous No. 1 in new AP poll
For the first time this season, college basketball has a unanimous No. 1.
Those other three No. 1 votes had been cast in the direction of Wisconsin, but the Badgers’ 80-70 home loss to Duke last week knocked them from No. 2 down to No. 5. The Blue Devils used the big victory to leapfrog Arizona and claim the No. 2 spot. Louisville rounds out this week’s top five by moving up one spot to No. 4.
The biggest mover in this week’s poll is Utah, which used its overtime victory over Wichita State to jump from No. 23 all the way up to No. 13. Washington (17), Northern Iowa (23), St. John’s (24), and Notre Dame (25) all made their top 25 debuts.
Following a week where Michigan was stunned at home by NJIT and where Michigan State lost on the road to Notre Dame, the Wolverines and Spartans find themselves unranked during the same week for the first time since the 2011-12 preseason poll.
AP Poll:
1. Kentucky (64) 9-0 1,600 1
2. Duke 8-0 1,518 4
3. Arizona 8-0 1,486 3
4. Louisville 7-0 1,319 5
5. Wisconsin 8-1 1,316 2
6. Virginia 9-0 1,285 7
7. Villanova 8-0 1,173 10
8. Texas 7-1 1,155 6
9. Gonzaga 7-1 1,145 9
10. Kansas 6-1 1,083 11
11. Wichita St. 5-1 929 8
12. Ohio St. 6-1 808 14
13. Utah 6-1 717 25
14. Iowa St. 5-1 668 20
15. Butler 7-1 593 23
16. Oklahoma 5-2 557 22
17. Washington 7-0 428 _
18. San Diego St. 6-2 390 13
19. Maryland 8-1 370 21
20. Miami 8-1 359 15
21. North Carolina 6-2 350 12
22. West Virginia 8-1 313 16
23. Northern Iowa 8-0 232 _
24. St. John’s 6-1 211 _
25. Notre Dame 8-1 200 _
Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 120, Illinois 91, Georgetown 62, Iowa 60, Seton Hall 57, Baylor 49, TCU 45, Colorado St. 28, Arkansas 22, California 19, Michigan 14, Creighton 7, VCU 6, LSU 5, Indiana 3, NC State 3, Old Dominion 2, Dayton 1, Yale 1.
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