Kentucky remained atop both men’s college basketball polls this week after soundly beating No. 7 Florida at home and taking care of Vanderbilt on the road. The Wildcats garnered 63 of 65 first-place votes in the Associated Press Poll and all 31 of the first-place votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll.
NCAA Basketball Rankings: Kansas, Duke Shoot Up Polls After Big Wins
Kentucky remains the nearly unanimous No. 1 team in both polls.
The big movers over the week were Kansas and Duke. Kansas throttled No. 6 Baylor for the second time three weeks and now sits at No. 5 in the coaches’ poll and No. 4 in the AP. A week ago they were ranked 10th and 7th, respectively. Duke’s big win of the week was at then No. 5 North Carolina. The Blue Devils are now No. 5 in the AP and No. 4 in the coaches’ poll. Gonzaga and Notre Dame both re-entered the Top 25 rankings.
Ohio State fell to No. 6 in both polls after their loss to Michigan State. Murray State was the other big faller, as they went from No. 7 in coaches’ poll and No. 9 in the AP to 14th and 16th, respectively, after their loss to Tennessee State.
AP Rankings
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Kentucky (63) | 25-1 | 1,623 |
| 2 | Syracuse (2) | 25-1 | 1,559 |
| 3 | Missouri | 23-2 | 1,498 |
| 4 | Kansas | 20-5 | 1,356 |
| 5 | Duke | 21-4 | 1,336 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 21-4 | 1,284 |
| 7 | Michigan State | 20-5 | 1,283 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 21-4 | 1,227 |
| 9 | Baylor | 21-4 | 1,064 |
| 10 | Georgetown | 19-5 | 983 |
| 11 | UNLV | 22-4 | 976 |
| 12 | Marquette | 21-5 | 810 |
| 13 | San Diego State | 20-4 | 688 |
| 14 | Florida | 19-6 | 675 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 19-6 | 635 |
| 16 | Murray State | 24-1 | 600 |
| 17 | Michigan | 19-7 | 562 |
| 18 | Indiana | 19-6 | 430 |
| 19 | Louisville | 20-5 | 421 |
| 20 | Florida State | 17-7 | 406 |
| 21 | Saint Mary's | 23-3 | 377 |
| 22 | Virginia | 19-5 | 337 |
| 23 | Notre Dame | 17-8 | 231 |
| 24 | Gonzaga | 20-4 | 221 |
| 24 | Wichita State | 22-4 | 221 |
Others receiving votes: Temple 122, Mississippi State 108, Creighton 20, Brigham Young 12, New Mexico 12, Long Beach State 12, Iowa State 10, Southern Miss 7, Harvard 6, Saint Louis 5, California 3, Vanderbilt 2, Virginia Commonwealth 2, Memphis 1. Dropped from rankings: Creighton 17, Mississippi State 20, Harvard 25
ESPN/USA Today Rankings
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Kentucky (31) | 25-1 | 775 |
| 2 | Syracuse | 25-1 | 744 |
| 3 | Missouri | 23-2 | 713 |
| 4 | Duke | 21-4 | 649 |
| 5 | Kansas | 20-5 | 628 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 21-4 | 618 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 21-4 | 592 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 20-5 | 588 |
| 9 | Georgetown | 19-5 | 476 |
| 10 | Baylor | 21-4 | 464 |
| 11 | UNLV | 22-4 | 455 |
| 12 | Florida | 19-6 | 388 |
| 13 | Marquette | 21-5 | 386 |
| 14 | Murray State | 24-1 | 359 |
| 15 | San Diego State | 20-4 | 284 |
| 16 | Saint Mary's | 23-3 | 274 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 19-6 | 255 |
| 18 | Louisville | 20-5 | 236 |
| 19 | Michigan | 19-7 | 190 |
| 20 | Indiana | 19-6 | 188 |
| 21 | Florida State | 17-7 | 145 |
| 22 | Virginia | 19-5 | 134 |
| 23 | Mississippi State | 19-6 | 95 |
| 24 | Gonzaga | 20-4 | 84 |
| 25 | Notre Dame | 17-8 | 76 |
Others receiving votes: Wichita State 63, Temple 48, Creighton 30, Harvard 22, Nevada 21, New Mexico 17, Long Beach State 17, California 15, Southern Miss 12, Drexel 11, Middle Tennessee 8, Iowa State 7, Saint Louis 4, Virginia Commonwealth 3, Texas-Arlington 1. Dropped from rankings: Creighton 15, Harvard 21
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