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Kentucky Wildcats in the College Basketball Rankings, NET and Top 25 Polls – A Sea Of Blue
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A look at where the Cats stand in the latest college basketball rankings, including the first edition of the NET.
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The AP Top 25 Poll is out, and it has Kentucky ranked 16th.
As is the case in the newest Coaches Poll, Arizona is the new No. 1 team, while Houston, Kansas, Purdue, and UConn make up the rest of the top five.
1. Arizona
2. Kansas
3. Houston
4. Purdue
5. UConn
6. Baylor
7. Gonzaga
8. Marquette
9. North Carolina
10. Creighton
11. Florida Atlantic
12. Texas
13. Colorado State
14. BYU
15. Miami
16. Kentucky
17. Tennessee
18. JMU
19. Oklahoma
20. Illinois
21. Texas A&M
22. Duke
23. Wisconsin
24. Clemson
25. SDSU
Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 148, Ohio State 122, TCU 87, Northwestern 77, Alabama 50, Michigan State 46, Princeton 35, UCLA 23, Cincinnati 21, Mississippi 15, Arkansas 14, Providence 13, South Carolina 9, Villanova 8, Colorado 5, Memphis 5, Nevada 4, Georgia Tech 2
The Kentucky Wildcats are coming off quite the week in which they thrashed a top-10 Miami Hurricanes squad, only to fall at home to UNC Wilmington just four days later.
That makes for an interesting quandary as to where to rank Kentucky this week, especially with a host of other top-25 teams going down.
Let’s dive into the newest college basketball rankings.
1. Arizona
2. Houston
3. Kansas
4. Purdue
5. UConn
6. Baylor
7. Marquette
8. Gonzaga
9. Florida Atlantic
10. North Carolina
11. Creighton
12. Colorado State
T-13. Tennessee
T-13. BYU
15. Miami
16. Texas
17. Kentucky
18. Illinois
19. Texas A&M
20. Clemson
21. Duke
22. Oklahoma
23. Virginia
24. James Madison
25. Ohio State
Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 66; Alabama 55; TCU 53; Michigan State 42; Princeton 38; San Diego State 34; Northwestern 24; Ole Miss 23; Iowa State 23; Auburn 21; UCLA 17; Nevada 13; Memphis 9; Florida State 8; Cincinnati 8; Villanova 5; Utah 5; USC 5; Mississippi State 2;
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