In just a half hour or so, the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team will take on the No. 7/7 Villanova Wildcats after moving up two spots in the AP Poll to No. 8 and one spot in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll also to No. 8.
Joining the Huskies and Wildcats in the top 10 of both polls are the Syracuse Orange (3/3) and the Pittsburgh Panthers (5/4). Also in the top 25 from the Big East in both polls are the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (16/16), Louisville Cardinals (19/15) and Georgetown Hoyas (T23/23). Also ranked in the AP Poll are the West Virginia Mountaineers at No. 21 and Cincinnati Bearcats at No. 25.
The St. John’s Red Storm are the only Big East team receiving votes in the AP Poll while West Virginia and Cincinnati are the only Big East teams receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
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| AP Top 25 | ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll | ||||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PREV | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PREV |
| 1 | Ohio State (49) | 18-0 | 1,606 | 2 | 1 | Ohio State (28) | 18-0 | 772 | 2 |
| 2 | Kansas (6) | 17-0 | 1,526 | 3 | 2 | Kansas (2) | 17-0 | 738 | 3 |
| 3 | Syracuse (8) | 18-0 | 1,523 | 4 | 3 | Syracuse (1) | 18-0 | 715 | 4 |
| 4 | Duke (1) | 16-1 | 1,393 | 1 | 4 | Pittsburgh | 17-1 | 653 | 5 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh (1) | 17-1 | 1,382 | 5 | 5 | Duke | 16-1 | 641 | 1 |
| 6 | San Diego State | 19-0 | 1,294 | 6 | 6 | San Diego State | 19-0 | 633 | 6 |
| 7 | Villanova | 16-1 | 1,265 | 7 | 7 | Villanova | 16-1 | 594 | 7 |
| 8 | Connecticut | 14-2 | 1,148 | 10 | 8 | Connecticut | 14-2 | 531 | 9 |
| 9 | Brigham Young | 17-1 | 1,057 | 11 | 9 | Brigham Young | 17-1 | 529 | 10 |
| 10 | Texas | 14-3 | 1,015 | 12 | 10 | Texas A&M | 16-1 | 491 | 13 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 16-1 | 996 | 14 | 11 | Texas | 14-3 | 454 | 14 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 14-3 | 975 | 13 | 12 | Kentucky | 14-3 | 439 | 15 |
| 13 | Missouri | 15-3 | 758 | 15 | 13 | Purdue | 15-3 | 371 | 8 |
| 14 | Purdue | 15-3 | 672 | 8 | 14 | Missouri | 15-3 | 337 | 12 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 14-4 | 513 | NR | 15 | Louisville | 14-3 | 276 | 17 |
| 16 | Notre Dame | 14-4 | 495 | 9 | 16 | Notre Dame | 14-4 | 266 | 11 |
| 17 | Michigan State | 12-5 | 467 | NR | 17 | Wisconsin | 13-4 | 207 | 21 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 13-4 | 448 | 20 | 18 | Michigan State | 12-5 | 187 | 24 |
| 19 | Louisville | 14-3 | 438 | 18 | 19 | Minnesota | 14-4 | 183 | 25 |
| 20 | Washington | 13-4 | 409 | 17 | 20 | Washington | 13-4 | 182 | 18 |
| 21 | West Virginia | 12-4 | 266 | NR | 21 | Saint Mary’s | 16-2 | 153 | NR |
| 22 | Saint Mary’s | 16-2 | 195 | NR | 22 | Illinois | 13-5 | 120 | 16 |
| 23 | Georgetown | 13-5 | 146 | 22 | 23 | Georgetown | 13-5 | 119 | 19 |
| 23 | Illinois | 13-5 | 146 | 16 | 24 | Kansas State | 13-5 | 66 | 20 |
| 25 | Cincinnati | 16-2 | 125 | 25 | 25 | Arizona | 15-3 | 60 | NR |
| Dropped Out: | Dropped Out: | ||||||||
| Temple 19, Kansas State 21, UCF 23, Georgia 24 | UCF 22, Temple 23 | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| Temple 99, Georgia 89, Kansas State 86, Gonzaga 84, Colorado 78, UNLV 76, Arizona 70, Florida State 64, Vanderbilt 46, Florida 42, St. John’s 27, Missouri State 25, Utah State 22, Baylor 18, UCF 10, Southern Miss 8, Marquette 7, Wichita State 6, James Madison 4, Butler 2, North Carolina 2, Penn State 1, Coastal Carolina 1 | West Virginia 54, Georgia 52, Temple 44, Cincinnati 42, Gonzaga 39, Utah State 24, Colorado 23, UCF 18, UNLV 8, Vanderbilt 8, Baylor 8, Missouri State 8, Florida 8, Wichita State 8, Florida State 4, Southern Miss 3, Butler 3, James Madison 2, Memphis 1, Belmont 1 | ||||||||
