College Basketball Rankings January 16: Purdue Suffers Slight Drop

Last week saw Purdue move up from 20 to 17 in the AP Poll after beating a ranked Wisconsin team at home. This week a road loss at Iowa by 5 saw the Boilermakers drop from 17 to 21

1		Villanova (28) Big East Record: 17-1	PV Rank 3 Points 1,580
2		Kansas (32) Big 12 Record: 16-1	2 1,562
3		UCLA (3) Pac-12 Record: 18-1	4 1,472
4		Gonzaga (2) West Coast Record: 17-0	5 1,433
5		Kentucky SEC Record: 15-2	6 1,357
6		Baylor Big 12 Record: 16-1	1 1,315
7		West Virginia Big 12 Record: 15-2	10 1,185
7		Creighton Big East Record: 17-1	8 1,185
9		North Carolina ACC Record: 16-3	11 1,063
10		Florida State ACC Record: 16-2	9 964
11		Oregon Pac-12 Record: 16-2	13 931
12		Louisville ACC Record: 15-3	14 900
13		Butler Big East Record: 15-3	12 823
14		Arizona Pac-12 Record: 16-2	16 757
15		Notre Dame ACC Record: 16-2	20 748
16		Virginia ACC Record: 13-3	19 677
17		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 14-3	18 644
18		Duke ACC Record: 14-4	7 614
19		Florida SEC Record: 14-3	23 405
20		Cincinnati American Athletic Conference (AAC) Record: 15-2	22 373
21		Purdue Big Ten Record: 14-4	17 309
22		Xavier Big East Record: 13-4	15 294
23		Saint Mary's (Cal) West Coast Record: 15-2	21 210
24		South Carolina SEC Record: 14-3	- 125
25		Maryland Big Ten Record: 16-2	- 121

Here is this week's coaches poll, where Purdue drops from 19 to 22:

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 11

Others Receiving Votes Northwestern 20; Southern California 17; North Carolina-Wilmington 17; California 16; Indiana 14; TCU 10; Miami (Fla.) 5; Middle Tennessee 4; New Mexico State 4; Southern Methodist 3; Nevada 2; Utah 2; Minnesota 1; Kansas State 1; Illinois State 1.