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College Basketball Rankings February 22: Purdue Just Outside Top 25

Two games, two wins, but not back in the top 25

NCAA Basketball: Purdue at Nebraska Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports

It was a very productive week last week or Purdue. The Boilers had a pair of games and won both, including one on the road. Even better, Maryland moved into the top 30 of the NET rankings, thus moving our home win over the Terrapins onto tier 1 of the NET rankings. We now have four such wins (Maryland, Indiana, and Ohio State x2), and Michigan State is closing in on the #73 spot (making the road win tier 1 if they get there).

All that work has moved Purdue on the cusp of the top 25 agains but not quite there yet.

  1. Gonzaga (60) 1,596
  2. Baylor (4) 1,540
  3. Michigan 1,472
  4. Ohio State 1,370
  5. Illinois 1,356
  6. Alabama 1,196
  7. Oklahoma 1,150
  8. Villanova 1,132
  9. Iowa 1,088
  10. West Virginia 1,014
  11. Florida State 967
  12. Houston 921
  13. Creighton 836
  14. Texas 730
  15. Virginia 690
  16. Virginia Tech 545
  17. Kansas 532
  18. Texas Tech 477
  19. USC 423
  20. Arkansas 346
  21. Loyola-Chicago 288
  22. San Diego State 222
  23. Wisconsin 200
  24. Missouri 149
  25. Tennessee 145

Others Receiving Votes: Oklahoma St. 92, Belmont 80, Purdue 53, Oregon 53, LSU 32, BYU 19, Drake 19, UCLA 17, Clemson 13, Colorado 8, North Carolina 6, Wichita St. 6, Boise St. 5, Toledo 4, UC Santa Barbara 2, Western Kentucky 2, Winthrop 2, Xavier 2.

Purdue is also just outside the coaches top 25.

  1. Gonzaga (27) 795
  2. Baylor (4) 771
  3. Michigan (1) 737
  4. Illinois 657
  5. Ohio State 648
  6. Villanova 608
  7. Alabama 589
  8. Oklahoma 552
  9. Florida State 490
  10. Houston 483
  11. Creighton 468
  12. Iowa 465
  13. West Virginia 462
  14. Virginia 361
  15. Virginia Tech 314
  16. Texas 308
  17. Texas Tech 224
  18. USC 218
  19. Kansas 168
  20. Arkansas 134
  21. Oklahoma State 132
  22. Loyola-Chicago 124
  23. Oregon 115
  24. Wisconsin 105
  25. San Diego State 96

Others Receiving Votes: Missouri 83; Tennessee 74; Purdue 64; Belmont 45; Drake 22; UCLA 17; Clemson 16; Louisiana State 13; Winthrop 9; Brigham Young 9; Boise St. 8; Wichita St. 7; North Carolina 5; Connecticut 3; Seton Hall 1.