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This week's college basketball polls see a big jump for our Boilermakers in the Coaches Poll Purdue goes from No. 21 to No. 16, falling right in line with their widely projected 4 seed.
| 1 | North Carolina | 19-2 | 786 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1/11 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 18-2 | 780 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1/8 |
| 3 | Maryland | 19-3 | 667 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2/9 |
| 4 | Villanova | 18-3 | 657 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4/17 |
| 5 | Xavier | 19-2 | 650 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6/NR |
| 6 | Kansas | 17-4 | 627 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1/7 |
| 7 | Iowa | 17-4 | 618 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4/NR |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 18-3 | 594 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 5/NR |
| 9 | Virginia | 17-4 | 564 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4/13 |
| 10 | Michigan St | 19-4 | 517 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1/13 |
| 11 | Providence | 18-4 | 464 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 9/NR |
| 12 | West Virginia | 17-4 | 374 | 0 | 9 | -3 | 7/23 |
| 13 | Baylor | 17-4 | 366 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 14/25 |
| 14 | Iowa St. | 16-5 | 321 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2/21 |
| 15 | Miami-Florida | 16-4 | 313 | 0 | 13 | -2 | 9/NR |
| 16 | Purdue | 19-4 | 278 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 8/24 |
| 17 | Oregon | 18-4 | 239 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 16/NR |
| 18 | Louisville | 17-4 | 237 | 0 | 14 | -4 | 14/NR |
| 19 | Kentucky | 16-5 | 223 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1/19 |
| 20 | Arizona | 17-5 | 206 | 0 | 15 | -5 | 6/16 |
| 21 | Indiana | 18-4 | 200 | 0 | 17 | -4 | 14/NR |
| 22 | Wichita St. | 16-5 | 163 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 11/NR |
| 23 | South Carolina | 19-2 | 156 | 0 | 22 | -1 | 15/NR |
| 24 | Dayton | 18-3 | 120 | 0 | 26 | 2 | – |
| 25 | St. Mary's | 18-2 | 61 | 0 | 27 | 2 | – |
That sets up a great game on Saturday as Maryland will be No. 3 in the polls at game time. this is also the first time Duke is out of the poll in who knows how long.
Purdue only moves up to 18 in the AP Poll:
| 1 |  |
Oklahoma (45)
Record: 18-2
|
PV Rank
1Points
1,605 |
| 2 |  |
North Carolina (20)
Record: 19-2
|
2
1,578
|
| 3 |  |
Record: 18-3
|
6
1,384
|
| 4 |  |
Record: 19-3
|
8
1,366
|
| 5 |  |
Record: 17-4
|
3
1,362
|
| 6 |  |
Record: 19-2
|
7
1,344
|
| 7 |  |
Record: 17-4
|
4
1,233
|
| 8 |  |
Record: 18-3
|
5
1,169
|
| 9 |  |
Record: 17-4
|
11
1,086
|
| 10 |  |
Record: 19-4
|
12
1,018
|
| 11 |  |
Record: 18-4
|
10
900
|
| 12 |  |
Record: 19-1
|
13
853
|
| 13 |  |
Record: 16-5
|
14
851
|
| 14 |  |
Record: 17-4
|
9
814
|
| 15 |  |
Record: 17-4
|
17
728
|
| 16 |  |
Record: 18-4
|
23
551
|
| 17 |  |
Record: 16-4
|
15
537
|
| 18 |  |
Record: 19-4
|
21
511
|
| 19 |  |
Record: 17-4
|
16
478
|
| 20 |  |
Record: 16-5
|
20
429
|
| 21 |  |
Record: 16-5
|
22
323
|
| 22 |  |
Record: 18-4
|
19
270
|
| 23 |  |
Record: 17-5
|
18
245
|
| 24 |  |
Record: 18-3
|
26
168
|
| 25 |  |
Record: 19-2
|
27
87
|