Kentucky moves up in AP Poll; Louisville new No. 1

by:Mrs. Tyler Thompson12/02/19

@MrsTylerKSR

After a crazy week in college basketball, Kentucky moved up one spot in the AP Poll. The Cats are now the No. 8 team in the country, behind Ohio State and North Carolina and ahead of Gonzaga.

Following the stunning loss to Stephen F. Austin, Duke dropped from No. 1 to No. 10, making — you guessed it — Louisville the new top-ranked team in the country. The Cards received 48 of the 65 first-place votes. Kansas moved up to No. 2, Maryland up to No. 3, and after beating Iowa State, North Carolina, and Gonzaga in the Battle 4 Atlantis, previously-unranked Michigan is now No. 4. Virginia rounds out the top five.

RANK TEAM PV RANK POINTS
1 Louisville (7-0) 2 1,599 (48)
2 Kansas (6-1) 4 1,497 (3)
3 Maryland (8-0) 5 1,446
4 Michigan (7-0) 1,429 (9)
5 Virginia (7-0) 7 1,424 (5)
6 Ohio State (7-0) 10 1,244
7 North Carolina (6-1) 6 1,162
8 Kentucky (6-1) 9 1,096
9 Gonzaga (8-1) 8 1,095
10 Duke (7-1) 1 1,083
11 Michigan State (5-2) 3 964
12 Arizona (9-0) 14 875
13 Oregon (6-2) 11 785
14 Auburn (7-0) 18 698
15 Memphis (6-1) 16 652
16 Seton Hall (6-2) 13 629
17 Florida State (7-1) 562
18 Baylor (5-1) 19 466
19 Dayton (5-1) 386
20 Colorado (6-0) 21 371
21 Tennessee (6-1) 17 331
22 Washington (5-1) 23 222
23 Villanova (5-2) 22 192
24 Butler (7-0) 165
25 Utah State (7-1) 15 112
Others Receiving Votes: Florida 111, Xavier 91, San Diego State 89, Saint Mary’s 86, Oklahoma State 85, Texas Tech 43, West Virginia 28, Purdue 24, DePaul 18, Arkansas 17, Indiana 13, Penn State 9, Stephen F. Austin 7, Oklahoma 6, Liberty 5, Notre Dame 2, Richmond 2, Virginia Commonwealth 2, SMU 1, Delaware 1

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