College Basketball Rankings February 4: Purdue Moves Back Into Top 15

A 2-0 week is always good, even though both wins were in some serious doubt last week. It would have been embarrassing to finally return to the polls only to lose at winless Penn State or in the Fort Neverlose that is Mackey Arena. Winning is winning though, and Purdue moved up with plenty of other teams in the AP Poll falling last week.

1. Tennessee (48) 1,579
2. Duke (12) 1,532
3. Virginia (4) 1,478
4. Gonzaga 1,423
5. Kentucky 1,310
6. Nevada 1,228
7. Michigan 1,217
8. North Carolina 1,167
9. Michigan State 1,051
10. Marquette 1,029
11. Virginia Tech 948
12. Houston 838
13. Kansas 809
14. Villanova 801
15. Purdue 697
16. Louisville 561
17. Iowa State 545
18. Texas Tech 482
19. Wisconsin 462
20. Iowa 242
21. LSU 205
22. Florida State 180
23. Buffalo 153
24. Maryland 144
25. Cincinnati 142

Purdue moves up two spots to 15, which is our highest ranking of the season. The schedule stays strong with six teams in the Big Ten in the top 25. We are also at No. 15 in the Coaches Poll:

1. Tennessee (32) 800
2. Duke 755
3. Virginia 734
4. Gonzaga 717
5. Kentucky 652
6. Nevada 607
7. Michigan 581
8. North Carolina 563
9. Marquette 546
10. Virginia Tech 492
11. Michigan State 463
12. Houston 439
13. Villanova 435
14. Kansas 404
15. Purdue 322
16. Iowa State 279
17. Louisville 240
18. Texas Tech 238
19. Wisconsin 185
20. Iowa 158
21. Mississippi State 106
22. LSU 97
23. Cincinnati 89
24. Florida State 85
25. Buffalo 76

As a fun note, Hofstra with Jacquil Taylor received 6 votes this week in this poll. This was after their 16-game winning streak was snapped at Northeastern.