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The newest college basketball rankings are out and Purdue’s streak of 41 weeks in the AP Poll is over. After losing to Tennessee and Western Kentucky in the Bahamas Purdue is out of the top 25 for the first time in 42 polls. Purdue had the 6th longest active streak of being ranked, and it was set to move that up to 5th had it stayed in because Arizona was ranked for 100 consecutive weeks, but also fell out.
Here is the current top 25, with the number of first place votes and regular votes.
- Duke (65) 1,625
- Kansas 1,531
- Michigan State 1,481
- Villanova 1,435
- Notre Dame 1,297
- Florida 1,272
- Kentucky 1,179
- Wichita State 1,134
- Texas A&M 1,130
- Miami (FL) 1,001
- Cincinnati 972
- Minnesota 929
- North Carolina 922
- USC 681
- Gonzaga 666
- Baylor 576
- Louisville 568
- Virginia 510
- West Virginia 418
- Arizona State 383
- Xavier 370
- Texas Tech 247
- TCU 133
- Alabama 128
- Creighton 124
Arizona State, Virginia, TCU, and Texas Tech moved into the top 25, replacing Arizona, Purdue, Seton Hall, and St. Mary’s.
The good news is that it will likely be a short departure if Purdue takes care of business this week against Louisville, Maryland, and Northwestern. Here are the “others receiving votes:
Seton Hall 87, Nevada 61, UCLA 56, Purdue 56, Arizona 34, Washington St 25, Texas 22, Arkansas 17, Tennessee 14, Providence 9, Northwestern 8, Rhode Island 6, Saint Mary's (Cal) 5, Georgia 5, Oklahoma 3, UNLV 2, Vermont 1, Texas Arlington 1, Maryland 1.
That means Purdue plays against No. 17 this week and two teams receiving votes. Should we take care of business we will begin a new streak in a week.
UPDATE: Purdue misses the coaches poll top 25 by 10 points:
1 Duke
2 Kansas
3 Michigan St
4 Villanova
5 Notre Dame
6 Florida
7 Kentucky
8 Wichita St.
9 Cincinnati
10 Texas A&M
11 North Carolina
12 Minnesota
13 Miami-Florida
14 Gonzaga
15 Virginia
16 Baylor
17 Louisville
18 Southern California
19 West Virginia
20 Xavier
21 Arizona State
22 Texas Tech
23 Creighton
24 Seton Hall
25 UCLA
UCLA held on to 25th at 72 points, while Purdue had 62 to be the highest “others receiving votes” team.