Another week and another drop in the polls for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team. After going 1-1 last week, the Huskies have dropped two spots in the AP Poll to No. 16. They fell one spot in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll to No. 16.
The Ohio State Buckeyes are the new No. 1 team after Duke lost last week (wooooohoooooo!!). They are followed by Kansas, BYU, Duke and Pittsburgh.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish join the Panthers in the top 10 at No. 8/7. Other Big East teams in the top 25 besides the Panthers, Irish and Huskies are the No. 11/11 Louisville Cardinals, No. 12/12 Syracuse Orange, No. 15/15 St. John’s Red Storm, No. 17/17 Georgetown Hoyas and No. 19/19 Villanova Wildcats.
The West Virginia Mountaineers and Cincinnati Bearcats are among the others 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 | Ohio State (45) | 27-2 | 1,602 | 2 | 1 | Ohio State (17) | 27-2 | 760 | 3 |
| 2 | Kansas (14) | 27-2 | 1,554 | 3 | 2 | Kansas (14) | 27-2 | 756 | 2 |
| 3 | Brigham Young (5) | 27-2 | 1,460 | 7 | 3 | Brigham Young | 27-2 | 690 | 7 |
| 4 | Duke (1) | 26-3 | 1,380 | 1 | 4 | Duke | 26-3 | 671 | 1 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | 25-4 | 1,380 | 4 | 5 | Pittsburgh | 25-4 | 622 | 6 |
| 6 | Purdue | 24-5 | 1,305 | 8 | 6 | Purdue | 24-5 | 612 | 8 |
| 7 | Texas | 24-5 | 1,216 | 5 | 7 | Notre Dame | 23-5 | 584 | 9 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 23-5 | 1,173 | 9 | 8 | Texas | 24-5 | 574 | 5 |
| 9 | San Diego State | 27-2 | 1,151 | 6 | 9 | San Diego State | 27-2 | 542 | 4 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 22-6 | 1,040 | 12 | 10 | Wisconsin | 22-6 | 500 | 12 |
| 11 | Louisville | 22-7 | 937 | 16 | 11 | Louisville | 22-7 | 457 | 16 |
| 12 | Syracuse | 24-6 | 898 | 17 | 12 | Syracuse | 24-6 | 391 | 20 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 22-6 | 797 | 19 | 13 | North Carolina | 22-6 | 367 | 19 |
| 14 | Florida | 22-6 | 688 | 13 | 14 | Florida | 22-6 | 337 | 13 |
| 15 | St. John’s | 19-9 | 651 | 23 | 15 | St. John’s | 19-9 | 284 | 25 |
| 16 | Connecticut | 21-7 | 643 | 14 | 16 | Connecticut | 21-7 | 274 | 15 |
| 17 | Georgetown | 21-8 | 559 | 11 | 17 | Georgetown | 21-8 | 272 | 11 |
| 18 | Arizona | 23-6 | 404 | 10 | 18 | Arizona | 23-6 | 213 | 10 |
| 19 | Villanova | 21-8 | 382 | 15 | 19 | Villanova | 21-8 | 194 | 14 |
| 20 | Kentucky | 20-8 | 335 | 22 | 20 | Vanderbilt | 21-7 | 183 | 18 |
| 21 | Vanderbilt | 21-7 | 330 | 18 | 21 | Utah State | 26-3 | 178 | 23 |
| 22 | Missouri | 22-7 | 261 | 20 | 22 | Texas A&M | 22-6 | 133 | 17 |
| 23 | Xavier | 22-6 | 246 | 25 | 23 | Kentucky | 20-8 | 131 | 22 |
| 24 | Texas A&M | 22-6 | 178 | 21 | 24 | Missouri | 22-7 | 109 | 21 |
| 25 | Utah State | 26-3 | 129 | NR | 25 | George Mason | 25-5 | 70 | NR |
| Dropped Out: | Dropped Out: | ||||||||
| Temple 24 | Temple 24 | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| George Mason 120, Temple 120, UCLA 75, Kansas State 31, West Virginia 28, Virginia Tech 22, Cincinnati 12, Alabama 5, UNLV 4, Butler 3, Missouri State 3, Old Dominion 1, Long Island 1, Belmont 1 | Xavier 67, Temple 57, UCLA 24, Kansas State 12, Alabama 6, Missouri State 3, Cleveland State 1, Virginia Tech 1 | ||||||||
