With the unanimous No. 1 team in last week’s polls, North Carolina, getting knocked off by UNLV, there has been a major shakeup in this week’s Examiner.com college basketball Top 25. Kentucky, Ohio State, Duke and North Carolina all received first place voted in this week’s rankings and the separation between first and second is closing in.
Harvard and Saint Louis made their debut appearance in the polls while Texas A&M and Florida State fell from the polls.
The Big East and SEC both led the Top 25 rankings with five teams each in the college basketball Top 25, followed by the Big 12 (3), Big Ten (3), ACC (2), Pac-12 (2), Atlantic 10 (2), WCC (1), Ivy League (1) and C-USA (1).
- Kentucky (8) - 367
- Ohio State (4) - 360
- Duke (2) - 336
- Syracuse - 324
- North Carolina (1) - 302
- Louisville - 301
- Baylor - 276
- Wisconsin - 246
- Connecticut - 230
- Xavier - 227
- Florida - 226
- Alabama - 216
- Michigan - 157
- Memphis - 148
- Marquette - 146
- Missouri - 137
- Kansas - 128
- Pittsburgh - 119
- Gonzaga - 105
- Vanderbilt - 103
- UNLV - 97
- California - 46
- Mississippi St - 46
- Harvard - 33
- Saint Louis - 29
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M, Georgetown, Florida State, Creighton, San Diego State, Arizona, Oregon State, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Minnesota, St. Mary's, Indiana, Dayton, Virginia Tech and Missouri State
The Examiners voting in the college basketball Top 25 poll:
Clifford Kahn, Washington Huskies Examiner, Troy Hyde, Iowa Hawkeyes Examiner, Rob Jutze, Xavier Examiner, Chris Hockman, UTSA Roadrunners Examiner, Steve Flinn, Pittsburgh Panthers Examiner, Joe Book, Missouri Valley Basketball Examiner, Tim Baker, Boise Sports Examiner, Ari Bluestein, Drexel Dragons Examiner, Mike Lee, Hampton Roads/Eastern Shore Basketball Examiner, Zack Farmer, WCC Basketball Examiner, Rich Kurtzman, CSU Rams Examiner, Peter Koiva, UConn Huskies Examiner, Justin Sayers, Sports in Glendale Examiner, Kevin Kline, Big Ten Examiner and Shawn S. Lealos, National College Basketball Examiner.
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