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College Basketball Rankings January 11: Purdue Drops Again

A loss to Illinois on the road drops Purdue in the polls for the second straight week.

Mike Granse-USA TODAY Sports

Purdue was able to notch a top 50 RPI win when it beat Michigan on Thursday, but a loss last night at Illinois not only offset that, but caused Purdue to drop yet again in both polls. First, here is the coaches poll:

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 1st Place Votes Prev CHANGE Hi/Low
1 Kansas 14-1 800 32 2 1 1/7
2 Oklahoma 13-1 743 0 1 -1 1/8
3 Maryland 15-1 742 0 3 0 2/9
4 Michigan St 16-1 694 0 5 1 1/13
5 North Carolina 15-2 673 0 7 2 1/11
6 Duke 14-2 596 0 10 4 3/12
7 Villanova 14-2 557 0 13 6 6/17
8 Xavier 14-1 555 0 12 4 6/NR
9 Miami-Florida 13-1 551 0 11 2 9/NR
10 West Virginia 14-1 477 0 15 5 10/23
11 Virginia 12-3 426 0 4 -7 4/12
12 Providence 14-2 400 0 9 -3 9/NR
13 Kentucky 12-3 393 0 8 -5 1/13
14 Texas A&M 13-2 383 0 17 3 14/NR
15 South Carolina 15-0 361 0 20 5 15/NR
16 Arizona 13-3 337 0 6 -10 6/16
17 Pittsburgh 14-1 263 0 21 4 17/NR
18 Iowa St. 12-3 253 0 14 -4 2/18
19 Iowa 12-3 226 0 23 4 19/NR
20 Louisville 13-3 205 0 16 -4 15/NR
21 Gonzaga 13-3 173 0 22 1 11/24
22 Baylor 12-3 156 0 25 3 14/25
23 Butler 12-4 147 0 19 -4 10/NR
24 Purdue 14-3 122 0 18 -6 8/24
25 Indiana 14-3 38 0 34 9 14/NR
*Hi/Low Rankings

Hi/Low = The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a "NR" (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.

Schools Dropped Out

No. 24 Connecticut.

Others Receiving Votes

Connecticut 34; Oregon 18; Southern California 16; UCLA 12; George Washington 11; California 9; Dayton 5; Houston 5; Valparaiso 5; Washington 3; Texas Tech 3; Cincinnati 2; Arkansas-Little Rock 2; Boise State 1; Hawaii 1; Utah 1; Saint Mary?s 1.

As you can see, Purdue barely hung on at No. 24 and is just ahead of Indiana. Pittsburgh, whose lone defeat was at the hands of Purdue, is 17th.

In the AP Poll Purdue also barely hangs on at No. 25.

1
Kansas (63)
Record: 14-1
PV Rank
1
Points
1,621
2
Record: 13-1
2
1,551
3
Record: 15-1
3
1,472
4
Record: 16-1
5
1,446
5
Record: 15-2
6
1,371
6
Record: 14-2
11
1,246
7
Record: 14-1
10
1,200
8
Record: 13-1
12
1,139
9
Record: 14-2
14
1,100
10
15
1,040
11
Record: 14-1
17
867
12
Record: 14-2
8
862
13
Record: 12-3
4
818
14
Record: 12-3
9
698
15
Record: 13-2
21
668
16
Record: 12-3
19
656
17
Record: 12-3
13
555
18
Record: 13-3
7
537
19
Record: 15-0
22
527
20
Record: 14-1
24
334
21
Record: 13-3
16
330
22
Record: 12-3
31
325
23
26
107
24
Record: 12-4
18
302
25
Record: 14-3
20
145