Kentucky Basketball falls to No. 15 in AP Poll
As expected, Kentucky took quite a tumble in the new AP Poll. After losses to then-unranked Michigan State and No. 2 Gonzaga and a win over SC State, the Cats fell eleven spots to No. 15. Gonzaga, which lost to Texas last week, is now No. 6 and Michigan State is No. 12.
North Carolina remains the No. 1 team in the land, followed by Houston, Kansas, Texas, and Virginia. Arkansas is the highest-ranked SEC team at No. 9. Auburn is No. 13, Kentucky No. 15, Alabama No. 18, and Tennessee No. 22. Michigan, Kentucky’s opponent in London, fell out of the Top 25, while UCLA dropped 11 spots to No. 19.
AP College Basketball Poll – Nov. 21
| RANK | TEAM | TREND | POINTS |
| 1 | North Carolina (4-0) | – | 1,541 (47) |
| 2 | Houston (4-0) | ↑1 | 1,499 (9) |
| 3 | Kansas (4-0) | ↑3 | 1,396 (1) |
| 4 | Texas (3-0) | ↑7 | 1,377 (5) |
| 5 | Virginia (4-0) | ↑11 | 1,279 (1) |
| 6 | Gonzaga (3-1) | ↓4 | 1,273 |
| 7 | Baylor (4-1) | ↓2 | 1,102 |
| 8 | Duke (3-1) | ↓1 | 1,057 |
| 9 | Arkansas (3-0) | – | 1,038 |
| 10 | Creighton (4-0) | – | 1,004 |
| 11 | Indiana (4-0) | ↑1 | 932 |
| 12 | Michigan State (3-1) | – | 825 |
| 13 | Auburn (4-0) | – | 737 |
| 14 | Arizona (3-0) | – | 725 |
| 15 | Kentucky (3-2) | ↓11 | 685 |
| 16 | Illinois (4-1) | ↑3 | 673 |
| 17 | San Diego State (3-0) | – | 601 |
| 18 | Alabama (4-0) | – | 510 |
| 19 | UCLA (3-2) | ↓11 | 506 |
| 20 | UConn (5-0) | ↑5 | 298 |
| 21 | Texas Tech (3-0) | ↑2 | 275 |
| 22 | Tennessee (2-1) | – | 238 |
| 23 | Maryland (5-0) | – | 223 |
| 24 | Purdue (3-0) | – | 215 |
| 25 | Iowa (3-0) | – | 132 |
Others receiving votes: TCU 82, Saint Mary’s 59, Ohio State 56, Michigan 24, Xavier 22, Charleston 17, Toledo 16, Miami (FL) 10, Dayton 9, Villanova 7, Arizona State 5, Virginia Tech 5, Saint Louis 5, UNLV 5, Oregon 4, West Virginia 3, Texas A&M 2, Utah State 1, Penn State 1, Mississippi State 1
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