The lastest men’s college basketball polls came out on Monday and the UConn Huskies find themselves out of the top 10 for the first time since being unranked. They dropped three spots in the AP Poll to No. 13 and three spots in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll to No. 12.
The Kansas Jayhawks take over as No. 1 in both polls and are ahead of the Texas Longhorns by just one point in the coaches poll. The Longhorns are No. 3 in the AP Poll while the Ohio State Buckeyes are No. 2 in the AP Poll and No. 3 in the coaches poll.
The Pittsburgh Panthers are the highest ranked team from the Big East in the top 10 as they are No. 4/4. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish come in at No. 8/7 and the Georgetown Hoyas at No. 9/9.
Joining the Huskies and those three teams in the top 25 from the Big East are the Villanova Wildcats (14/15), Louisville Cardinals (16/16) and Syracuse Orange (17/20).
The West Virginia Mountaineers and St. John’s Red Storm are receiving votes in both polls while the Marquette Golden Eagles are only receiving votes in the AP Poll.
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| AP Top 25 | ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll | ||||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PREV | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PREV |
| 1 | Kansas (22) | 24-1 | 1,549 | 2 | 1 | Kansas (14) | 24-1 | 753 | 2 |
| 2 | Ohio State (14) | 24-1 | 1,536 | 1 | 2 | Texas (13) | 22-3 | 746 | 3 |
| 3 | Texas (23) | 22-3 | 1,535 | 3 | 3 | Ohio State (3) | 24-1 | 706 | 1 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh (6) | 23-2 | 1,478 | 4 | 4 | Pittsburgh (1) | 23-2 | 697 | 4 |
| 5 | Duke | 23-2 | 1,348 | 5 | 5 | Duke | 23-2 | 647 | 5 |
| 6 | San Diego State | 25-1 | 1,256 | 6 | 6 | San Diego State | 25-1 | 623 | 6 |
| 7 | Brigham Young | 24-2 | 1,217 | 7 | 7 | Notre Dame | 21-4 | 588 | 7 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 21-4 | 1,212 | 8 | 8 | Brigham Young | 24-2 | 560 | 8 |
| 9 | Georgetown | 20-5 | 1,103 | 11 | 9 | Georgetown | 20-5 | 526 | 11 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 19-5 | 1,044 | 13 | 10 | Wisconsin | 19-5 | 460 | 14 |
| 11 | Purdue | 20-5 | 941 | 14 | 11 | Purdue | 20-5 | 458 | 12 |
| 12 | Arizona | 21-4 | 795 | 15 | 12 | Connecticut | 19-5 | 405 | 9 |
| 13 | Connecticut | 19-5 | 786 | 10 | 13 | Arizona | 21-4 | 363 | 16 |
| 14 | Florida | 20-5 | 775 | 17 | 14 | Villanova | 19-6 | 359 | 10 |
| 15 | Villanova | 19-6 | 710 | 9 | 15 | Florida | 20-5 | 341 | 19 |
| 16 | Louisville | 19-6 | 683 | 16 | 16 | Louisville | 19-6 | 332 | 15 |
| 17 | Syracuse | 20-6 | 496 | 12 | 17 | Texas A&M | 19-5 | 201 | 22 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt | 18-6 | 471 | 23 | 18 | Vanderbilt | 18-6 | 188 | 24 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 18-6 | 420 | 20 | 19 | North Carolina | 18-6 | 186 | 21 |
| 20 | Missouri | 19-6 | 404 | 19 | 20 | Syracuse | 20-6 | 185 | 13 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 19-5 | 377 | 22 | 21 | Missouri | 19-6 | 159 | 20 |
| 22 | Kentucky | 17-7 | 320 | 18 | 22 | Kentucky | 17-7 | 140 | 18 |
| 23 | Temple | 19-5 | 208 | 24 | 23 | Saint Mary’s | 22-4 | 139 | 23 |
| 24 | Xavier | 18-6 | 83 | NR | 24 | Utah State | 23-3 | 129 | 17 |
| 25 | Utah State | 23-3 | 75 | 21 | 25 | Temple | 19-5 | 58 | NR |
| Dropped Out: | Dropped Out: | ||||||||
| West Virginia 25 | Minnesota 25 | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| West Virginia 58, Saint Mary’s 52, Coastal Carolina 32, UCLA 32, George Mason 28, St. John’s 26, Washington 23, Alabama 13, Florida State 11, Marquette 6, Baylor 5, Belmont 5, Colorado State 5, Minnesota 4, UNLV 3 | George Mason 30, Coastal Carolina 19, Xavier 13, Washington 11, UCLA 8, UTEP 8, Wichita State 7, West Virginia 5, St. John’s 5, Virginia Commonwealth 5, Valparaiso 4, Minnesota 4, Florida State 4, Cleveland State 2, Baylor 1 | ||||||||
