College Basketball Polls December 10: Purdue Receives Votes

This week’s AP Poll is out and while Purdue is not ranked, we are still receiving a substantial number of votes. That means a return to the polls is not out of the question later on.

1. Kansas (57) 1,583
2. Duke (4) 1,454
3. Tennessee (1) 1,421
4. Gonzaga (1) 1,412
5. Michigan (1) 1,398
6. Virginia (1) 1,384
7. Nevada 1,283
8. Auburn 1,151
9. Michigan State 1,066
10. Florida State 991
11. Texas Tech 914
12. North Carolina 890
13. Virginia Tech 833
14. Buffalo 664
15. Ohio State 621
16. Wisconsin 599
17. Villanova 532
18. Mississippi State 441
19. Kentucky 385
20. Arizona State 351
21. Marquette 281
22. Iowa 208
23. Furman 189
24. Houston 173
25. Syracuse 118

Purdue is still officially 31st with 40 votes. We’re still at 15 in the KenPom too, so the computers think a lot of our 3 losses to top 13 teams. There are plenty of chances for good wins down the road too, as we still have games left against No. 9, No. 15, No. 16, and No. 22. Nebraska is 3 votes out of the poll at No. 26 and Maryland is at 27. Even Davidson received a single vote, and we are the lone team to beat them.

Here is the coaches poll:

1. Kansas (26) 791
2. Duke (1) 711
3. Virginia (1) 710
4. Tennessee 696
5. Michigan (3) 694
6. Gonzaga (1) 693
7. Nevada 605
8. Auburn 549
9. Michigan State 538
10. Florida State 472
11. Texas Tech 463
12. North Carolina 446
13. Virginia Tech 427
14. Ohio State 350
15. Buffalo 306
16. Villanova 238
17. Mississippi State 234
18. Kentucky 226
19. Wisconsin 206
20. Arizona State 149
21. Iowa 112
22. Houston 102
23. Maryland 87
24. Kansas State 82
25. Nebraska 79

Purdue is 30th here with 45 votes and has a win over No. 23. In terms of the Big Ten, the poll is loaded with teams and Indiana (42) is also lurking.