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College Basketball Rankings November 20: Purdue Stays No. 2 – BoilerUpload – Rivals.com – Purdue
Purdue has never won the Maui Invitational in three previous attempts. It reached the final in 1999 before losing to North Carolina. in 2006 and 2014 it lost its opener in the islands before winning the next two in the consolation round. Based on the latest college basketball AP Poll, this will be one of the toughest fields yet, and if Purdue wins all three games it will likely be No. 1 team in America next week.
Three of the top four teams in the poll are in this tournament, and five of the top 10. It makes for an early season tournament that, if everything falls right, would be a banger of a Final Four in April.
Will Purdue make it back to the mainland with its regular season non-conference win streak (currently at 23 games dating back to a loss at Miami on December 8, 2020)? If it does, it will have earned its No. 1 ranking.
1. Kansas
512
1,508
2. Purdue
5
1,440
3. Arizona
3
1,364
4. Marquette
1,316
5. UConn
1,299
6. Houston
1,191
7. Tennessee
1,136
8. Creighton
1,119
9. Duke
1,084
10. Miami (FL)
920
11. Gonzaga
902
12. Texas A&M
867
13. Baylor
774
14. North Carolina
655
15. Texas
650
16. Kentucky
617
17. Alabama
516
18. Colorado
241
19. Florida Atlantic
229
20. Arkansas
224
21. Michigan State
222
22. James Madison
217
23. Southern Cal
165
24. Virginia
164
25. Mississippi State
163
Others Receiving Votes: Memphis 149, BYU 138, Illinois 138, San Diego St. 77, UCLA 75, TCU 69, Iowa St. 67, Villanova 44, Auburn 28, Clemson 12, Oklahoma 10, Princeton 10, Michigan 10, Liberty 7, South Carolina 3, Chattanooga 2, Nevada 1, Drake 1, Colorado St. 1.
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