College Basketball Rankings November 20: Purdue Moves Up Again

On the eve of the Battle 4 Atlantis Purdue stays in the AP Poll for a 41st consecutive week. Purdue moved up one spot to 18th this week after beating Marquette and Fairfield, passing Louisville, whom it will play next Tuesday in West Lafayette.

1. Duke
2. Arizona
3. Kansas
4. Michigan State
5. Villanova
6. Wichita State
7. Florida
8. Kentucky
9. North Carolina
10. USC
11. Miami (FL)
12. Cinicinnati
13. Notre Dame
14. Minnesota
15. Xavier
16. Texas A&M
17. Gonzaga
18. Purdue
19. Louisville
20. Seton Hall
21. St. Mary’s
22. Baylor
23. West Virginia
24. UCLA
25. Alabama

Northwestern is the only team to drop out of the poll this week, as they lost a pair of games to Creighton and Texas Tech.

It is a big week for Purdue’s chances to move up, as it could played No. 5 Villanova and No. 2 Arizona on Thursday and Friday. A win over either of them would be huge, and wins over both probably has Purdue in the top 10 next week if not top 5. We would then follow that with a game against No. 19 Louisville.

Here is the Coaches’s Poll

1. Duke
2. Kansas
3. Villanova
4. Arizona
5. Michigan State
6. Wichita State
7. Florida
8. Kentucky
9. North Carolina
10. USC
11. Miami (FL
12. Notre Dame
13. Cincinnati
14. Xavier
15. Minnesota
16. Purdue
17. Gonzaga
18. Louisville
19. Texas A&M
20. West Virginia
21. St. Mary’s
22. Seton Hall
23. UCLA
24. Baylor
25. Virginia

Since this is the first coaches poll in two weeks Purdue sees a five spot jump from No. 21 in the preseason poll. Texas A&M and Virginia are the newcomers here.