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So Michigan State's loss to Iowa did cost them the top spot in the rankings, despite that they easily have the best win in the group and they are still playing at a high level without their star player. Kansas and Oklahoma both moved up, so we get the highly unusual #1 vs #1 matchup tonight at 8pm Jayhawk Time.
It's unfortunate that SMU is ineligible for the Coaches Poll, as I think they easily would be in the Top 15.
I was happy to see Iowa State did not get penalized too much for losing on the road to a higher ranked team.
AP Poll
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas Jayhawks (44) | 12-1 | 1,598 |
| 2 | Oklahoma Sooners (21) | 12-0 | 1,574 |
| 3 | Maryland Terrapins | 13-1 | 1,459 |
| 4 | Virginia Cavaliers | 12-1 | 1,409 |
| 5 | Michigan State Spartans | 14-1 | 1,400 |
| 6 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 13-2 | 1,275 |
| 7 | Arizona Wildcats | 13-1 | 1,126 |
| 8 | Providence Friars | 14-1 | 1,108 |
| 9 | Kentucky Wildcats | 11-2 | 1,039 |
| 10 | Xavier Musketeers | 13-1 | 1,001 |
| 11 | Villanova Wildcats | 12-2 | 979 |
| 12 | Miami-Florida Hurricanes | 12-1 | 921 |
| 13 | Iowa State Cyclones | 11-2 | 844 |
| 14 | Duke Blue Devils | 12-2 | 830 |
| 15 | SMU Mustangs | 13-0 | 731 |
| 16 | Louisville Cardinals | 12-2 | 568 |
| 17 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 12-1 | 558 |
| 18 | Butler Bulldogs | 11-3 | 516 |
| 19 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 11-3 | 456 |
| 20 | Purdue Boilermakers | 13-2 | 450 |
| 21 | Texas A&M Aggies | 11-2 | 420 |
| 22 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 13-0 | 286 |
| 23 | Connecticut Huskies | 10-3 | 107 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh Panthers | 12-1 | 103 |
| 25 | Dayton Flyers | 11-2 | 100 |
| Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 61, California 54, Texas Tech 40, George Washington 38, Saint Mary's 23, Baylor 22, Oregon State 4, Colorado 4, Seton Hall 4, Saint Joseph's 3, Wichita St 3, Utah 3, Cincinnati 2, Indiana 2, Michigan 2, Akron 1, Oregon 1 | |||
USA Today Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | PREV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma (20) | 12-0 | 781 | 2 |
| 2 | Kansas (11) | 12-1 | 769 | 3 |
| 3 | Maryland | 13-1 | 732 | 4 |
| 4 | Virginia | 12-1 | 698 | 5 |
| 5 | Michigan St (1) | 14-1 | 676 | 1 |
| 6 | Arizona | 13-1 | 618 | 7 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 13-2 | 592 | 8 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 11-2 | 526 | 11 |
| 9 | Providence | 14-1 | 509 | 13 |
| 10 | Duke | 12-2 | 487 | 12 |
| 11 | Miami-Florida | 12-1 | 444 | 15 |
| 12 | Xavier | 13-1 | 442 | 6 |
| 13 | Villanova | 12-2 | 434 | 16 |
| 14 | Iowa St. | 11-2 | 402 | 9 |
| 15 | West Virginia | 12-1 | 350 | 17 |
| 16 | Louisville | 12-2 | 282 | 18 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 11-2 | 265 | 19 |
| 18 | Purdue | 13-2 | 248 | 14 |
| 19 | Butler | 11-3 | 238 | 10 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 13-0 | 232 | 20 |
| 21 | Pittsburgh | 12-1 | 121 | 25 |
| 22 | Gonzaga | 12-3 | 112 | 24 |
| 23 | Iowa | 11-3 | 110 | NR |
| 24 | Connecticut | 10-3 | 81 | 26 |
| 25 | Baylor | 10-3 | 61 | 21 |
| Others Receiving Votes: California 52; Dayton 28; George Washington 23; Cincinnati 19; Saint Mary's 18; Texas Tech 17; Vanderbilt 6; Oregon 6; Utah 5; Indiana 5; Colorado 4; Oregon State 3; Southern California 2; Houston 2. | ||||