Kentucky and Syracuse are No. 1 and No. 2 in both the ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll and the Associated Press Top 25 poll for a sixth consecutive week, a distinction each will carry into the postseason. The Wildcats earned all 31 first-place votes cast by the coaches, and all but two of the 65 cast by the AP. Those other two went to Syracuse.
NCAA Basketball Rankings: Kentucky Carries No. 1 Ranking Into Postseason
The Kentucky Wildcats are your near-unanimous No. 1 team in the country for a sixth-straight week.
Kansas, North Carolina and Missouri rounded out the top five in each poll, while Duke dropped to No. 6 following its 18-point loss to the Tar Heels. Ohio State, Michigan State, Marquette and Michigan rounded out the AP’s top 10, while Murray State replaced the Wolverines at No. 10 in the coaches’ poll.
Iowa State earned a nod at the No. 25 in the AP poll, its first national ranking since the opening week of the 2005-06 season. Louisville, which was ranked as high as No. 4 in both polls earlier in the season, fell out of each set of rankings.
Here are your final top 25 polls before the NCAA Tournament begins.
The Associated Press Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
| 1 | Kentucky(63) | 30-1 | 1623 | 1 |
| 2 | Syracuse(2) | 30-1 | 1561 | 2 |
| 3 | Kansas | 26-5 | 1482 | 3 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 27-4 | 1442 | 6 |
| 5 | Missouri | 27-4 | 1343 | 7 |
| 6 | Duke | 26-5 | 1262 | 4 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 25-6 | 1251 | 10 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 24-7 | 1149 | 5 |
| 9 | Marquette | 25-6 | 1087 | 8 |
| 10 | Michigan | 23-8 | 945 | 13 |
| 11 | Murray State | 30-1 | 922 | 12 |
| 12 | Baylor | 25-6 | 909 | 9 |
| 13 | Georgetown | 22-7 | 873 | 11 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 23-8 | 853 | 14 |
| 15 | Indiana | 24-7 | 707 | 18 |
| 16 | Wichita State | 27-5 | 492 | 15 |
| 17 | Florida State | 21-9 | 468 | 22 |
| 18 | San Diego State | 24-6 | 441 | 21 |
| 19 | Creighton | 28-5 | 364 | 25 |
| 20 | UNLV | 25-7 | 360 | 17 |
| 21 | Temple | 24-6 | 343 | 23 |
| 22 | Florida | 22-9 | 305 | 16 |
| 23 | Notre Dame | 21-10 | 256 | 20 |
| 24 | Gonzaga | 25-5 | 170 | 26 |
| 25 | Iowa State | 22-9 | 127 | 27 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Saint Mary's88, Louisville84, Drexel83, New Mexico64, Virginia34, Memphis13, Virginia Commonwealth6, Vanderbilt6, Cincinnati5, Long Beach State3, Kansas State2, Harvard1, Saint Louis1 | ||||
Division I Coaches' Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
| 1 | Kentucky(31) | 30-1 | 775 | 1 |
| 2 | Syracuse | 30-1 | 744 | 2 |
| 3 | Kansas | 26-5 | 703 | 4 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 27-4 | 690 | 6 |
| 5 | Missouri | 27-4 | 620 | 8 |
| 6 | Duke | 26-5 | 604 | 3 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 25-6 | 575 | 11 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 24-7 | 540 | 5 |
| 9 | Marquette | 25-6 | 537 | 7 |
| 10 | Murray State | 30-1 | 526 | 9 |
| 11 | Baylor | 25-6 | 422 | 10 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 23-8 | 417 | 15 |
| 13 | Michigan | 23-8 | 397 | 16 |
| 14 | Georgetown | 22-7 | 369 | 12 |
| 15 | Indiana | 24-7 | 287 | 20 |
| 16 | Wichita State | 27-5 | 241 | 14 |
| 17 | Florida State | 21-9 | 199 | 22 |
| 18 | Saint Mary's | 26-5 | 198 | 21 |
| 19 | Florida | 22-9 | 187 | 13 |
| 20 | UNLV | 25-7 | 181 | 17 |
| 21 | San Diego State | 24-6 | 165 | 23 |
| 22 | Creighton | 28-5 | 164 | 24 |
| 23 | Notre Dame | 21-10 | 134 | 19 |
| 24 | Temple | 24-6 | 112 | 25 |
| 25 | Gonzaga | 25-5 | 80 | 26 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Louisville60, New Mexico26, Iowa State24, Memphis24, Drexel21, Virginia18, Kansas State11, Mississippi State8, Saint Louis6, Nevada3, Virginia Commonwealth3, Harvard2, Middle Tennessee1, Montana1 | ||||
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