College Basketball Rankings December 4: Purdue Returns to Poll

Purdue had been ranked for 42 consecutive AP Polls before last week, whcih was the No. 6 active streak. Unfortunately, after losing a pair of games in the Bahamas the Boilers fell out of the top 25 to No. 9.

It was only a one-week blip.

After beating a ranked Louisville team and knocking off two teams in Maryland and Northwestern who received votes, all in a span of six days, Purdue is back in this week’s top 25.

Here is the full poll with first place votes and total points.

1. Duke (65) 1,625
2. Kansas 1,525
3. Michigan State 1,500
4. Villanova 1,434
5. Florida 1,301
6. Wichita State 1,197
7. Texas A&M 1,192
8. Kentucky 1,174
9. Notre Dame 1,1156
10. Miami (FL) 1,122
11. North Carolina 999
12. Gonzaga 856
13. Xavier 768
14. Minnesota 758
15. Virginia 728
16. Arizona State 609
17. Cincinnati 583
18. West Virginia 557
19. Seton Hall 405
20. TCU 311
21. Purdue 266
22. Nevada 199
23. Baylor 182
24. Tennessee 96
25. USC 90

Purdue also returned to the coaches poll. It was the first team out last week at No. 26, but jumps back in at No. 21 this week:

1. Duke (30) 798
2. Kansas (1) 756
3. Michigan State (1) 730
4. Villanova 710
5. Florida 629
6. Wichita State 565
7. Kentucky 560
8. Notre Dame 552
9. Texas A&M 537
10. North Carolina 516
11. Miami (FL) 483
12. Virginia 438
13. Gonzaga 435
14. Xavier 381
15. Minnesota 335
16. West Virginia 285
17. Arizona State 251
18. Cincinnati 251
19. Seton Hall 213
20. TCU 153
21. Purdue 143
22. Baylor 123
23. UCLA 80
24. Nevada 65
25. USC 62