Cats Move Up In Polls After Wins Over Auburn, LSU

Cats Move Up In Polls After Wins Over Auburn, LSU

After beating Auburn and routing LSU last week, the UK men's basketball team moved up in both major polls released Monday.

The Cats, who beat Auburn 78-54 Tuesday before crushing LSU 82-44 on Saturday, moved up from 13 to 12 in the AP poll and from 15th to 12 in the USA Today/ESPN poll.

Ohio State move to the the top of both polls after Duke's loss last week, with Kansas and Syracuse at No. 2 and 3, respectively, in both. Duke is 4th and Pitt 5 in the AP, and the teams are switched in the USA Today/ESPN poll.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Ohio St. (49) 18-0 1,606 2
2. Kansas (6) 17-0 1,526 3
3. Syracuse ( 18-0 1,523 4
4. Duke (1) 16-1 1,393 1
5. Pittsburgh (1) 17-1 1,382 5
6. San Diego St. 19-0 1,294 6
7. Villanova 16-1 1,265 7
8. Connecticut 14-2 1,148 10
9. BYU 17-1 1,057 11
10. Texas 14-3 1,015 12
11. Texas A&M 16-1 996 14
12. Kentucky 14-3 975 13
13. Missouri 15-3 758 15
14. Purdue 15-3 672 8
15. Minnesota 14-4 513 -
16. Notre Dame 14-4 495 9
17. Michigan St. 12-5 467 -
18. Wisconsin 13-4 448 20
19. Louisville 14-3 438 18
20. Washington 13-4 409 17
21. West Virginia 12-4 266 -
22. Saint Mary's, Calif. 16-2 195 -
23. Georgetown 13-5 146 22
23. Illinois 13-5 146 16
25. Cincinnati 16-2 125 25
Others receiving votes: Temple 99, Georgia 89, Kansas St. 86, Gonzaga 84, Colorado 78, UNLV 76, Arizona 70, Florida St. 64, Vanderbilt 46, Florida 42, St. John's 27, Missouri St. 25, Utah St. 22, Baylor 18, UCF 10, Southern Miss. 8, Marquette 7, Wichita St. 6, James Madison 4, Butler 2, North Carolina 2, Coastal Carolina 1, Penn St. 1.


USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 16, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Ohio State (28) 18-0 772 2
2. Kansas (2) 17-0 738 3
3. Syracuse (1) 18-0 715 4
4. Pittsburgh 17-1 653 5
5. Duke 16-1 641 1
6. San Diego State 19-0 633 6
7. Villanova 16-1 594 7
8. Connecticut 14-2 531 9
9. Brigham Young 17-1 529 10
10. Texas A&M 16-1 491 13
11. Texas 14-3 454 14
12. Kentucky 14-3 439 15
13. Purdue 15-3 371 8
14. Missouri 15-3 337 12
15. Louisville 14-3 276 17
16. Notre Dame 14-4 266 11
17. Wisconsin 13-4 207 21
18. Michigan State 12-5 187 24
19. Minnesota 14-4 183 25
20. Washington 13-4 182 18
21. Saint Mary's 16-2 153 NR
22. Illinois 13-5 120 16
23. Georgetown 13-5 119 19
24. Kansas State 13-5 66 20
25. Arizona 15-3 60 NR
Others receiving votes: West Virginia 54; Georgia 52; Temple 44; Cincinnati 42; Gonzaga 39; Utah State 24; Colorado 23; Central Florida 18; Baylor 8; Florida 8; Missouri State 8; UNLV 8; Vanderbilt 8; Wichita State 8; Florida State 4; Butler 3; Southern Mississippi 3; James Madison 2; Belmont 1; Memphis 1.

I only believe in the AP.