The first rankings of the very young 2014-2015 college basketball season are out and the Kentucky Wildcats remain as the No. 1 team in both polls.
In the top five of the AP Poll, the Wildcats are followed by the Arizona Wildcats, Wisconsin Badgers, Duke Blue Devils and Kansas Jayhawks. In the USA Today Coaches Poll, the top five is the same but Duke is third and Wisconsin fourth.
The UConn Huskies remain at No. 17 in the AP Poll and drop two spots in the Coaches Poll to No. 17.
The only other team from the American Athletic Conference that is ranked is the SMU Mustangs who come in at 22/23. The Memphis Tigers and Cincinnati Bearcats are the American teams among the others receiving votes in both polls.
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Coaches Poll | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | Kentucky (49) | 2-0 | 1,574 | 1 | Kentucky (25) | 2-0 | 787 |
| 2 | Arizona (4) | 2-0 | 1,491 | 2 | Arizona (3) | 2-0 | 754 |
| 3 | Wisconsin (7) | 2-0 | 1,475 | 3 | Duke (2) | 2-0 | 725 |
| 4 | Duke (4) | 2-0 | 1,422 | 4 | Wisconsin (2) | 2-0 | 718 |
| 5 | Kansas | 1-0 | 1,306 | 5 | Kansas | 1-0 | 654 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 1,254 | 6 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 609 |
| 7 | Louisville | 1-0 | 1,130 | 7 | Florida | 1-0 | 560 |
| 8 | Florida | 1-0 | 1,127 | 8 | Louisville | 1-0 | 557 |
| 9 | Virginia | 2-0 | 1,065 | 9 | Virginia | 2-0 | 543 |
| 10 | Texas | 2-0 | 1,061 | 10 | Texas | 2-0 | 497 |
| 11 | Wichita St | 1-0 | 1,002 | 11 | Gonzaga | 1-0 | 445 |
| 12 | Villanova | 1-0 | 858 | 12 | Villanova | 1-0 | 443 |
| 13 | Gonzaga | 1-0 | 841 | 13 | Wichita St | 1-0 | 438 |
| 14 | Iowa State | 1-0 | 746 | 14 | Iowa State | 1-0 | 340 |
| 15 | VCU | 1-0 | 654 | 15 | VCU | 1-0 | 299 |
| 16 | San Diego St | 1-0 | 564 | 16 | San Diego St | 1-0 | 278 |
| 17 | Connecticut | 1-0 | 525 | 17 | Connecticut | 1-0 | 269 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 1-0 | 466 | 18 | Oklahoma | 1-0 | 258 |
| 19 | Michigan St | 1-0 | 443 | 19 | Michigan St | 1-0 | 254 |
| 20 | Ohio State | 1-0 | 361 | 20 | Ohio State | 1-0 | 190 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 1-0 | 298 | 21 | Nebraska | 1-0 | 140 |
| 22 | SMU | 1-0 | 290 | 22 | Michigan | 1-0 | 127 |
| 23 | Syracuse | 2-0 | 190 | 23 | SMU | 1-0 | 112 |
| 24 | Michigan | 1-0 | 177 | 24 | Syracuse | 2-0 | 110 |
| 25 | Utah | 1-0 | 118 | 25 | Iowa | 1-0 | 64 |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||
| Harvard 25 | none | ||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||
| Stanford 63, Colorado 52, Iowa 48, UCLA 41, Kansas St 29, Arkansas 23, Minnesota 11, Memphis 11, Pittsburgh 10, Notre Dame 10, Louisiana Tech 9, Dayton 7, NC State 6, Oklahoma St 6, Florida St 6, LSU 5, George Washington 5, Cincinnati 5, Illinois 3, Maryland 3, Baylor 2, BYU 2, UTEP 2, Northern Iowa 1, Stephen F. Austin 1, Georgetown 1 | Utah 38, Kansas St 35, Stanford 29, UCLA 24, Pittsburgh 17, Notre Dame 11, George Washington 9, Louisiana Tech 9, Illinois 8, Memphis 8, Colorado 6, Arkansas 6, Baylor 5, UTEP 4, Minnesota 4, Georgetown 4, Toledo 3, LSU 2, Harvard 2, Cincinnati 2, Dayton 1, Miami (FL) 1, Oregon 1 | ||||||
