The No. 1 Gonzaga Bulldogs and No. 2 Virginia Cavaliers keep winning, holding their spots atop the latest AP Poll as a result.
NCAA Basketball rankings: Gonzaga, Virginia stay in top two, UNC climbing
The Tar Heels are up to No. 3 this week.
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Gonzaga (42 votes), Virginia (21 votes), and Duke (one vote) were the only teams to get first-place votes this week. North Carolina moved up to No. 3 after picking up a home win over Syracuse and a road win at Clemson this week.
Things in the SEC are still spicy as Tennessee returned the favor with a blowout win over Kentucky, moving the Vols up to No. 5 as the Wildcats drop to No. 6 this week. The now-No. 10 LSU Tigers are tied with Tennessee for first in the SEC standings, with UK just one game behind with two games to play.
Zion Williamson is still day-to-day for the Duke Blue Devils, who fell to No. 4 after dropping a road game at Virginia Tech this week.
Iowa and Washington fell out of the polls as the former got blown out by Ohio State and Rutgers, and the latter after losing to winless-in-Pac-12-play Cal. Villanova rejoined the rankings at No. 23, and UCF crept in at No. 25.
The ACC and Big Ten led this week with five teams in the polls, followed by the SEC, AAC, and Big 12 all with three. Three of the ACC’s five teams are in the top-5, while all three of the SEC’s teams are in the top-10.
Here’s the full poll:
AP Poll - Week 18
Rank | Team | Conference | Record | Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzaga | West Coast | 29-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Virginia | ACC | 26-2 | 2 |
| 3 | North Carolina | ACC | 24-5 | 5 |
| 4 | Duke | ACC | 25-4 | 3 |
| 5 | Tennessee | SEC | 26-3 | 7 |
| 6 | Kentucky | SEC | 24-5 | 4 |
| 7 | Michigan | Big Ten | 26-4 | 9 |
| 8 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 24-5 | 11 |
| 9 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 23-6 | 6 |
| 10 | LSU | SEC | 24-5 | 13 |
| 11 | Purdue | Big Ten | 22-7 | 14 |
| 12 | Houston | AAC | 27-2 | 8 |
| 13 | Kansas | Big 12 | 22-7 | 15 |
| 14 | Florida State | ACC | 23-6 | 18 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 22-6 | 20 |
| 16 | Marquette | Big East | 23-6 | 10 |
| 17 | Nevada | Mountain West | 26-3 | 12 |
| 18 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 22-7 | 16 |
| 19 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 26-3 | 21 |
| 20 | Cincinnati | AAC | 25-4 | 23 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 20-9 | 19 |
| 22 | Wofford | Southern | 26-4 | 24 |
| 23 | Villanova | Big East | 22-8 | NR |
| 24 | Maryland | Big Ten | 21-9 | 17 |
| 25 | UCF | AAC | 22-6 | NR |
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