College Basketball Rankings January 21: Purdue Just Outside the Top 25.

After a 35-point win over Rutgers and a 15 point win over a ranked Indiana team Purdue was bound to receive a boost in the AP Poll. It wasn’t quite enough to get into the top 25, but we’re close. Here is this week’s AP poll.

1. Tennessee (48) 1,575
2. Duke (11) 1,520
3. Virginia (3) 1,451
4. Gonzaga 1,374
5. Michigan 1,363
6. Michigan State (2) 1,355
7. Nevada 1,143
8. Kentucky 1,087
9. Kansas 1,060
10. Virginia Tech 1,007
11. North Carolina 895
12. Marquette 861
13. Maryland 751
14. Texas Tech 743
15. Buffalo 743
16. Auburn 627
17. Houston 544
18. Villanova 450
19. Iowa 332
20. Mississippi 291
21. North Carolina State 282
22. Mississippi State 266
23. Louisville 230
24. Iowa State 156
25. LSU 154

Purdue is officially 27th with 111 votes, just behind Florida State in 26th. While thee FSU and VaTech losses still sting, obviously the Maryland win is looking really, really good right now. If Purdue earns a split this week it probably jumps back into the top 25, as it would mean wither a very good road win at Ohio State or a home win over a top 10 Michigan State team. Nebraska (66) and Wisconsin (64) also got votes.

Here is the coaches poll, too.

1. Tennessee (30) 798
2. Duke (2) 746
3. Virginia 720
4. Gonzaga 693
5. Michigan State 682
6. Michigan 666
7. Nevada 561
8. Virginia Tech 520
9. Kentucky 502
10. Kansas 489
11. Marquette 441
12. North Carolina 403
13. Texas Tech 384
14. Buffalo 335
15. Auburn 331
16. Maryland 317
17. Houston 314
18. Villanova 231
19. North Carolina State 194
20. Mississippi 189
21. Iowa 180
22. Mississippi State 147
23. Florida State 90
24. Louisville 85
25. Iowa State 75

Purdue is a little farther down here, sitting at 30th with 30 votes. Nebraska (40), Wisconsin (27) Indiana (9) and Ohio State (5) also received votes from the Big Ten.