College Basketball Rankings January 2: Purdue Drops to No. 20

No, we’re not firing coach Painter after an overtime conference loss even if it was at home. These things happen, but there was plenty of weeping and gnashing of teeth over this as if we were blown out by 50 by Norfolk State. If it happens in March, that is another thing. This team still has plenty of time to earn a high seed and still should be a second weekend NCAA team. The national rankings this week reflect it as here is the AP Poll:

1		Villanova (59) Big East Record: 14-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,619
2		Baylor (6) Big 12 Record: 13-0	4 1,532
3		Kansas Big 12 Record: 12-1	3 1,503
4		UCLA Pac-12 Record: 14-1	2 1,406
5		Gonzaga West Coast Record: 14-0	7 1,357
6		Kentucky SEC Record: 11-2	8 1,280
7		West Virginia Big 12 Record: 12-1	11 1,179
8		Duke ACC Record: 12-2	5 1,090
9		Louisville ACC Record: 12-2	6 1,063
10		Creighton Big East Record: 13-1	10 1,015
11		Virginia ACC Record: 11-2	12 954
12		Florida State ACC Record: 14-1	20 902
13		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 12-2	14 865
14		North Carolina ACC Record: 12-3	9 785
15		Oregon Pac-12 Record: 13-2	21 771
16		Xavier Big East Record: 12-2	17 634
17		Arizona Pac-12 Record: 13-2	18 613
18		Butler Big East Record: 12-2	13 477
19		Saint Mary's (Cal) West Coast Record: 12-1	19 416
20		Purdue Big Ten Record: 12-3	15 405
21		Virginia Tech ACC Record: 12-1	- 293
22		Cincinnati American Athletic Conference (AAC) Record: 12-2	23 258
23		Notre Dame ACC Record: 12-2	24 250
24		Florida SEC Record: 10-3	25 193
25		Southern California Pac-12 Record: 14-1	22 74

The coaches poll will be coming shortly.