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College Basketball Rankings February 15: Purdue Slides Out of Top 25

A second narrow road loss was too much to keep Purdue in the top 25.

By BoilerTMill
NCAA Basketball: Purdue at Minnesota Harrison Barden-USA TODAY Sports

Purdue is roughly two possessions from being in the top 20, if not top 15. Instead, they now have narrow road losses to Minnesota and Maryland, where the Boilers led entering the final 15 seconds but could not close the deal. It is frustrating, and it was enough to knock Purdue out of the top 25 this week.

Purdue is still receiving votes, however.

  1. Gonzaga (59) 1,595
  2. Baylor (5) 1,541
  3. Michigan 1,469
  4. Ohio State 1,402
  5. Illinois 1,290
  6. Houston 1,171
  7. Virginia 1,130
  8. Alabama 1,086
  9. Oklahoma 1,072
  10. Villanova 1, 061
  11. Iowa 911
  12. Texas 886
  13. West Virginia 837
  14. Creighton 794
  15. Texas Tech 792
  16. Florida State 625
  17. USC 587
  18. Virginia Tech 514
  19. Tennessee 453
  20. Missouri 413
  21. Wisconsin 274
  22. Loyola-Chicago 167
  23. Kansas 141
  24. Arkansas 111
  25. San Diego State 75

Others receiving votes:

Oklahoma State 71, Rutgers 49, Belmont 47, Louisville 40, Colorado 31, Oregon 30, Drake 22, Purdue 20, Florida 17, Clemson 17, LSU 16, UCLA 11, Virginia Commonwealth 10, Saint Louis 5, Xavier 4, Toledo 3, UC Santa Barbara 2, Western Kentucky 2, North Carolina 2, BYU 1, Wichita State 1, Wright State 1, Utah State 1

Purdue also fell out of the coaches poll:

  1. Gonzaga (28) 796
  2. Baylor (4) 772
  3. Michigan 734
  4. Ohio State 680
  5. Illinois 600
  6. Houston 600
  7. Villanova 573
  8. Virginia 559
  9. Alabama 521
  10. Oklahoma 493
  11. Texas Tech 412
  12. Creighton 407
  13. Texas 400
  14. Iowa 388
  15. West Virginia 360
  16. Florida State 342
  17. Virginia Tech 316
  18. USC 284
  19. Missouri 246
  20. Tennessee 191
  21. Wisconsin 123
  22. Oklahoma State 109
  23. Loyola-Chicago 77
  24. Kansas 54
  25. Oregon 52

Others Receiving Votes: San Diego St. 45; Louisville 41; Arkansas 32; Rutgers 28; Belmont 28; Purdue 23; Drake 19; Clemson 16; Florida 15; UCLA 13; Colorado 13; Louisiana State 12; Utah St. 7; Seton Hall 5; Winthrop 4; Colorado St. 3; St. John’s 2; Saint Louis 2; Boise St. 2; Xavier 1.

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