The Virginia Cavaliers may have finished the regular season a full game ahead of Duke in the final ACC standings, and they may be the top seed in this week’s ACC Tournament, but Tony Bennett’s team is staring up at the Blue Devils in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll.
NCAA basketball rankings 2015: Duke jumps Virginia for No. 2 spot
Kentucky has officially gone from preseason No. 1 to regular season No. 1 to postseason No. 1, but the fight for the spot just behind the Wildcats got a little bit more interesting this week.
Duke was able to leapfrog Virginia after the Cavaliers were dealt their second loss of the season at Louisville on Saturday. UVA’s only other loss this year came at the hands of the Blue Devils back on Jan. 31.
Kentucky was, as expected, the unanimous No. 1 team for yet another week. The Wildcats are now looking to become the first wire-to-wire No. 1 team since Duke achieved the feat in 1991-92.
Here’s the rest of the final AP poll heading into the postseason:
AP Top 25
| Rank | School | Record | Points | Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky Wildcats (65) | 31-0 | 1,625 | 1 |
| 2 | Duke Blue Devils | 28-3 | 1,544 | 3 |
| 3 | Virginia Cavaliers | 28-2 | 1,454 | 2 |
| 4 | Villanova Wildcats | 29-2 | 1,444 | 4 |
| 5 | Arizona Wildcats | 28-3 | 1,360 | 5 |
| 6 | Wisconsin Badgers | 28-3 | 1,344 | 6 |
| 7 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 30-2 | 1,229 | 7 |
| 8 | Maryland Terrapins | 26-5 | 1,103 | 10 |
| 9 | Kansas Jayhawks | 24-7 | 1,040 | 9 |
| 10 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 30-3 | 1,037 | 11 |
| 11 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 26-5 | 1,026 | 12 |
| 12 | Wichita State Shockers | 28-4 | 797 | 8 |
| 13 | Iowa State Cyclones | 22-8 | 786 | 17 |
| 14 | Louisville Cardinals | 24-7 | 780 | 16 |
| 15 | Oklahoma Sooners | 21-9 | 772 | 15 |
| 16 | Baylor Bears | 23-8 | 701 | 14 |
| 17 | Utah Utes | 23-7 | 587 | 13 |
| 18 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 23-8 | 525 | 20 |
| 19 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 21-10 | 406 | 19 |
| 20 | SMU Mustangs | 24-6 | 339 | 22 |
| 21 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 24-7 | 300 | 18 |
| 22 | Butler Bulldogs | 22-9 | 287 | 21 |
| 23 | Georgetown Hoyas | 20-9 | 223 | 33 |
| 24 | Davidson Wildcats | 23-6 | 99 | 32 |
| 25 | Boise State Broncos | 24-7 | 82 | 27 |
| Others receiving votes: Oregon 69, Providence 63, Ohio State 40, BYU 18, Michigan St 15, LSU 8, Iowa 7, St. John's 6, San Diego St 3, Stephen F. Austin 2, Valparaiso 1, Dayton 1, North Florida 1, Purdue 1 | ||||
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