College Basketball Rankings February 20: Purdue Finally Goes Above 15

Purdue has now been ranked for 35 consecutive weeks. that is the second-longest such streak in school history behind the 64 consecutive weeks the Baby boilers were ranked from 2008-2011. After being at 15 (but no higher) for 6 polls this year and at 16, 17, or 18 for another five Purdue finally broke through the 15 barrier in the AP Poll this week... all the way to No. 14:

1		Gonzaga (59) West Coast Record: 28-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,618
2		Villanova (5) Big East Record: 26-2	2 1,556
3		Kansas (1) Big 12 Record: 24-3	3 1,503
4		Arizona Pac-12 Record: 25-3	5 1,356
5		UCLA Pac-12 Record: 24-3	6 1,316
6		Oregon Pac-12 Record: 24-4	7 1,297
7		Louisville ACC Record: 22-5	8 1,267
8		North Carolina ACC Record: 23-5	10 1,138
9		Baylor Big 12 Record: 22-5	4 1,108
10		Duke ACC Record: 22-5	12 1,014
11		Kentucky SEC Record: 22-5	13 943
12		West Virginia Big 12 Record: 21-6	9 908
13		Florida SEC Record: 22-5	15 822
14		Purdue Big Ten Record: 22-5	16 807
15		Cincinnati American Athletic Conference (AAC) Record: 24-3	18 733
16		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 22-5	11 713
17		SMU American Athletic Conference (AAC) Record: 24-4	19 554
18		Virginia ACC Record: 18-8	14 427
19		Florida State ACC Record: 21-6	17 419
20		Saint Mary's (Cal) West Coast Record: 24-3	22 375
21		Notre Dame ACC Record: 21-7	25 322
22		Butler Big East Record: 21-6	24 295
23		Creighton Big East Record: 22-5	20 178
24		Maryland Big Ten Record: 22-5	23 159
25		Wichita State Missouri Valley Record: 25-4	- 153

Purdue is at 14 in the coaches poll too:

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