College Basketball Rankings March 13: Purdue At 15 Yet Again

Sometimes the preseason polls are dead on. Purdue started the season ranked 15th according to the Associated Press and it will head into the NCAA Tournament ranked... 15th. it is a two spot drop from Purdue's high water mark at 13 entering the Big Ten Tournament. Michigan, who won four games in four days after a plane crash, jumped into the top 25 this week too. Overall, Purdue has been ranked between 13 and 18 a remarkably consistent 15 times in the 19 AP Polls this season.

There will be a final AP Poll after the season too:

1		Villanova (59) Big East Record: 31-3	PV Rank 2 Points 1,619
2		Gonzaga (6) West Coast Record: 32-1	4 1,520
3		Kansas Big 12 Record: 28-4	1 1,479
4		Arizona Pac-12 Record: 30-4	7 1,427
5		Kentucky SEC Record: 29-5	8 1,276
6		North Carolina ACC Record: 27-7	6 1,256
7		Duke ACC Record: 27-8	14 1,251
8		UCLA Pac-12 Record: 29-4	3 1,208
9		Oregon Pac-12 Record: 29-5	5 1,196
10		Louisville ACC Record: 24-8	10 983
11		SMU American Athletic Conference (AAC) Record: 30-4	12 953
12		Baylor Big 12 Record: 25-7	9 861
13		West Virginia Big 12 Record: 26-8	11 844
14		Notre Dame ACC Record: 25-9	22 684
15		Purdue Big Ten Record: 25-7	13 654
16		Florida State ACC Record: 25-8	16 570
17		Iowa State Big 12 Record: 23-10	23 562
18		Cincinnati American Athletic Conference (AAC) Record: 29-5	15 522
19		Wichita State Missouri Valley Record: 30-4	20 438
20		Florida SEC Record: 24-8	17 390
21		Butler Big East Record: 23-8	18 361
22		Saint Mary's (Cal.) West Coast Record: 28-4	19 305
23		Michigan Big Ten Record: 24-11	- 254
24		Virginia ACC Record: 22-10	21 240
25		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 25-9	24 153

Purdue also drops from 12 to 15 in the coaches poll.

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