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It's week 3 of the RCT Top 25 like, and the chaos of college basketball has wreaked havoc on the rankings. If you would have told me after the Champions Classic that Kansas would be the only team in the Top 10 and Kentucky wouldn't even be ranked, I would have said our panel was drinking some extra strength Kool-Aid.
Oh yeah, Kentucky isn't ranked this week by the way. Without further ado, I leave you to marvel at the weird nuggets of information you can find in our poll. What's the strangest ranking you see?
Rock Chalk Talk Top 25
| Rank | Team | Points | LW | Change |
| 1 | North Carolina(5) | 189 | 5 | 4 |
| 1 | Villanova(1) | 189 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Oklahoma(1) | 186 | 1 | -2 |
| 4 | Iowa | 153 | 12 | 8 |
| 5 | Kansas | 150 | 3 | -2 |
| 6 | Southern Methodist | 149 | 9 | 3 |
| 7 | Maryland | 147 | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 138 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 134 | 7 | -2 |
| 10 | Xavier | 131 | 6 | -4 |
| 11 | Louisville(1) | 118 | 15 | 4 |
| 12 | Purdue | 113 | 14 | 2 |
| 13 | Virginia | 109 | 10 | -3 |
| 14 | Michigan State | 95 | 2 | -12 |
| 15 | Miami | 77 | 11 | -4 |
| 16 | Iowa State | 73 | 20 | 4 |
| 17 | Arizona | 72 | 19 | 2 |
| 18 | Baylor | 68 | 22 | 4 |
| 19 | Providence | 53 | 17 | -2 |
| 20 | Indiana | 41 | NR | 6 |
| 21 | Duke | 34 | 13 | -8 |
| 22 | Southern California | 33 | 25 | 3 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 31 | 24 | 1 |
| 24 | Butler | 30 | 23 | -1 |
| 25 | Saint Mary's | 23 | NR | 1 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Kentucky 18, Pittsburgh 15, Vanderbilt 12, Wichita State 7, Michigan 4, Valparaiso 4, St Mary's 2, Dayton 1, Florida 1 | ||||
| New this week: Indiana, Saint Mary's | ||||
| Dropping out: Kentucky(18) , Pittsburgh(21) | ||||
| Biggest Movers (still receiving votes): | ||||
| Michigan State -12, Duke -8, Kentucky -8 | ||||
| Iowa +8, Texas A&M +8, Indiana +6 | ||||
| Rank | misterbrain | Hammen | LAHawk | (David) | mikeville | sax solo | brendandzwierzynski | FLJhawk |
| 1 | North Carolina | North Carolina | North Carolina | Louisville | Oklahoma | Villanova | North Carolina | North Carolina |
| 2 | Villanova | Villanova | Oklahoma | Villanova | North Carolina | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
| 3 | Maryland | Oklahoma | Villanova | Kansas | Villanova | North Carolina | Villanova | Villanova |
| 4 | Oklahoma | Kansas | Maryland | Purdue | Iowa | Louisville | Maryland | Maryland |
| 5 | Southern Methodist | Xavier | Kansas | West Virginia | Maryland | Iowa | Southern Methodist | Kansas |
| 6 | Texas A&M | Southern Methodist | Xavier | Oklahoma | Southern Methodist | West Virginia | Iowa | Southern Methodist |
| 7 | Purdue | Purdue | Southern Methodist | Iowa | Texas A&M | Texas A&M | Kansas | Iowa |
| 8 | Kansas | Iowa | Iowa | Texas A&M | Xavier | Virginia | Texas A&M | West Virginia |
| 9 | Xavier | Texas A&M | Texas A&M | North Carolina | Virginia | Southern Methodist | West Virginia | Arizona |
| 10 | Iowa | Maryland | Michigan State | Michigan State | West Virginia | Purdue | Xavier | Virginia |
| 11 | West Virginia | Michigan State | Virginia | Duke | Iowa State | Maryland | Louisville | Xavier |
| 12 | Louisville | Louisville | West Virginia | Miami | Providence | Miami | Purdue | Iowa State |
| 13 | Michigan State | West Virginia | Louisville | Xavier | Kansas | Kansas | Virginia | Baylor |
| 14 | Miami | Virginia | Iowa State | Saint Mary's | Baylor | Arizona | Baylor | Providence |
| 15 | Iowa State | Baylor | Butler | Southern Methodist | Miami | Xavier | Michigan State | Michigan State |
| 16 | Baylor | Indiana | Miami | Vanderbilt | Butler | Michigan State | Arizona | Texas A&M |
| 17 | Virginia | Arizona | South Carolina | Virginia | Purdue | Duke | Iowa State | Purdue |
| 18 | Providence | Miami | Arizona | Arizona | Louisville | Saint Mary's | Miami | Kentucky |
| 19 | Southern California | South Carolina | Baylor | Indiana | Southern California | Iowa State | Providence | Louisville |
| 20 | Indiana | Providence | Providence | Maryland | Arizona | Southern California | Indiana | Southern California |
| 21 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Purdue | Pittsburgh | South Carolina | Wichita State | Kentucky | South Carolina |
| 22 | Butler | Iowa State | Duke | Michigan | Indiana | Valparaiso | Southern California | Indiana |
| 23 | South Carolina | Duke | Kentucky | Baylor | Michigan State | Indiana | Saint Mary's | Butler |
| 24 | Arizona | Kentucky | Southern California | Butler | Wichita State | Vanderbilt | South Carolina | St Mary's |
| 25 | Duke | Southern California | Indiana | Iowa State | Dayton | Florida | Duke | Duke |