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Cats Remain on Top of USA Today Coaches Poll, Louisville Drops to No. 14

Kentucky is still No. 1 in the updated USA Today Coaches Poll. The Wildcats hold 23 of the 32 first place votes.

Villanova is No. 2 with 5 first place votes. North Carolina and Duke are next, each with a pair of first place votes. Kansas is No. 5.

Louisville, which lost to Baylor, drops all the way to No. 14 this week.

Indiana, Jeff Goodman’s No. 1 team, is all the way down to No. 10 after a loss at Fort Wayne.




USA Today Coaches Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Kentucky (23) 6-0 784
2 Villanova (5) 6-0 756
3 North Carolina (2) 7-0 727
4 Duke (2) 6-1 668
5 Kansas 5-1 662
6 Virginia 6-0 659
7 Xavier 6-0 625
8 Gonzaga 6-0 534
9 UCLA 7-0 507
10 Indiana 4-1 457
11 Baylor 6-0 407
12 Creighton 6-0 400
13 Saint Mary’s 5-0 388
14 Louisville 5-1 381
15 Arizona 5-1 364
16 Purdue 5-1 307
17 Wisconsin 5-2 250
18 Butler 6-0 200
19 West Virginia 4-1 157
20 Oregon 4-2 151
21 Iowa State 5-1 149
22 Maryland 7-0 144
23 South Carolina 6-0 141
24 Syracuse 4-1 133
25 Rhode Island 5-1 116
Others receiving votes: Florida 74, Notre Dame 64, Michigan 47, Michigan State 43, Cincinnati 18, Colorado 15, California 13, Texas A&M 13, Texas 10, Oklahoma State 9, Ohio State 7, Florida State 4, Miami 4, Oklahoma 3, Wichita St 2, Arkansas 2, Fort Wayne 1, VCU 1, Temple 1, Virginia Tech 1, USC 1

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