After going 1-1 last week, the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team fell one spot in the AP Poll to No. 14 and three spots in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll to No. 15. It’s the lowest the Huskies have been ranked since starting off the season unranked.
It was a crazy a week at the top of the polls as all the first four ranked teams from last week lost. With all that craziness happening, the Duke Blue Devils (BARF!!) have returned to the top of both polls.
There are two teams in the top 10 from the Big East. The Pittsburgh Panthers are No. 4/6 and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are No. 8/9.
Joining the Huskies, Panthers and Fighting Irish from the Big East in the top 25 are the Georgetown Hoyas (11/11), Villanova Wildcats (15/14), Louisville Cardinals (16/16), Syracuse Orange (17/20) and the St. John’s Red Storm (23/25). The only team from the Big East receiving votes in both polls are the West Virginia Mountaineers.
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| AP Top 25 | ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll | ||||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PREV | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PREV |
| 1 | Duke (35) | 25-2 | 1,531 | 5 | 1 | Duke (19) | 25-2 | 746 | 5 |
| 2 | Ohio State (10) | 25-2 | 1,519 | 2 | 2 | Kansas (1) | 25-2 | 708 | 1 |
| 3 | Kansas (5) | 25-2 | 1,457 | 1 | 3 | Ohio State (4) | 25-2 | 699 | 3 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh (12) | 24-3 | 1,452 | 4 | 4 | San Diego State (3) | 27-1 | 672 | 6 |
| 5 | Texas (1) | 23-4 | 1,395 | 3 | 5 | Texas | 23-4 | 667 | 2 |
| 6 | San Diego State | 27-1 | 1,327 | 6 | 6 | Pittsburgh (4) | 24-3 | 664 | 4 |
| 7 | Brigham Young (2) | 25-2 | 1,261 | 7 | 7 | Brigham Young | 25-2 | 593 | 8 |
| 8 | Purdue | 22-5 | 1,182 | 11 | 8 | Purdue | 22-5 | 562 | 11 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 21-5 | 1,036 | 8 | 9 | Notre Dame | 21-5 | 506 | 7 |
| 10 | Arizona | 23-4 | 942 | 12 | 10 | Arizona | 23-4 | 461 | 13 |
| 11 | Georgetown | 21-6 | 929 | 9 | 11 | Georgetown | 21-6 | 437 | 9 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 20-6 | 921 | 10 | 12 | Wisconsin | 20-6 | 428 | 10 |
| 13 | Florida | 21-5 | 841 | 14 | 13 | Florida | 21-5 | 397 | 15 |
| 14 | Connecticut | 20-6 | 768 | 13 | 14 | Villanova | 21-6 | 377 | 14 |
| 15 | Villanova | 21-6 | 697 | 15 | 15 | Connecticut | 20-6 | 312 | 12 |
| 16 | Louisville | 20-7 | 593 | 16 | 16 | Louisville | 20-7 | 278 | 16 |
| 17 | Syracuse | 22-6 | 527 | 17 | 17 | Texas A&M | 21-5 | 254 | 17 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt | 20-6 | 499 | 18 | 18 | Vanderbilt | 20-6 | 242 | 18 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 20-6 | 495 | 19 | 19 | North Carolina | 20-6 | 236 | 19 |
| 20 | Missouri | 21-6 | 378 | 20 | 20 | Syracuse | 22-6 | 183 | 20 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 21-5 | 342 | 21 | 21 | Missouri | 21-6 | 161 | 21 |
| 22 | Kentucky | 19-7 | 301 | 22 | 22 | Kentucky | 19-7 | 134 | 22 |
| 23 | St. John’s | 17-9 | 214 | NR | 23 | Utah State | 25-3 | 109 | 24 |
| 24 | Temple | 21-5 | 199 | 23 | 24 | Temple | 21-5 | 85 | 25 |
| 25 | Xavier | 20-6 | 103 | 24 | 25 | St. John’s | 17-9 | 73 | NR |
| Dropped out: | Dropped out: | ||||||||
| No. 25 Utah State | No. 23 Saint Mary’s | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| Utah State 97, George Mason 51, West Virginia 42, Alabama 15, Florida State 4, UNLV 2, Washington 2, Belmont 1, Harvard 1, UCLA 1 | George Mason 55, Xavier 18, Washington 6, UCLA 5, Valparaiso 3, Coastal Carolina 2, West Virginia 1, Saint Mary’s 1 | ||||||||
