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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.
- Tennessee (48) 1,575
- Duke (11) 1,520
- Virginia (3) 1,451
- Gonzaga 1,374
- Michigan 1,363
- Michigan State (2) 1,355
- Nevada 1,143
- Kentucky 1,087
- Kansas 1,060
- Virginia Tech 1,007
- North Carolina 895
- Marquette 861
- Maryland 751
- Texas Tech 743
- Buffalo 743
- Auburn 627
- Houston 544
- Villanova 450
- Iowa 332
- Mississippi 291
- North Carolina State 282
- Mississippi State 266
- Louisville 230
- Iowa State 156
- 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.
- Tennessee (30) 798
- Duke (2) 746
- Virginia 720
- Gonzaga 693
- Michigan State 682
- Michigan 666
- Nevada 561
- Virginia Tech 520
- Kentucky 502
- Kansas 489
- Marquette 441
- North Carolina 403
- Texas Tech 384
- Buffalo 335
- Auburn 331
- Maryland 317
- Houston 314
- Villanova 231
- North Carolina State 194
- Mississippi 189
- Iowa 180
- Mississippi State 147
- Florida State 90
- Louisville 85
- 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.