Kentucky moves up to No. 8 in Coaches Poll

2DX_3171.CR2 — Kentucky coach Mark Pope during a game at Rupp Arena - Photo by Crawford Ifland, Kentucky Sports Radio/On3

The AP voters were indifferent on Kentucky‘s pair of wins to open the regular season vs. Nicholls and Valparaiso, but the Coaches Poll showed some positive movement for the Wildcats. Starting the season ranked No. 9, Mark Pope’s group used that 2-0 start to move up to No. 8 nationally this week.

There was no movement at Nos. 1 and 2 with Purdue and Houston staying put, but Florida’s loss to Arizona flipped things from there with UConn sliding up to No. 3, Duke now at No. 4, Michigan at No. 5, the Tucson Wildcats at No. 6 and BYU at No. 7. The SEC closes out the top 10 with Alabama at No. 9 and the Gators at No. 10.

Elsewhere, Louisville comes in at No. 12 overall, setting up a top-15 battle at the KFC Yum! Center on Tuesday. St. John’s, Kentucky’s opponent in the CBS Sports Classic on December 20 in Atlanta, is right behind at No. 13, while Champions Classic foe Michigan State sits at No. 17. From there, Gonzaga and North Carolina come in at No. 19 and No. 20, respectively, to wrap up non-conference matchups for the Wildcats.

As for SEC competition, Tennessee sits at No. 18, followed by Arkansas all the way down to No. 21 and Auburn down to No. 25. Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Missouri, Georgia and Texas round out those receiving votes.

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Take a look at the complete top 25:

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	Purdue	2-0	749	21	1	–	1/1
2	Houston	2-0	746	7	2	–	2/2
3	UConn	2-0	682	0	4	+1	3/4
4	Duke	2-0	661	1	5	+1	4/5
5	Michigan	1-0	582	0	7	+2	5/7
6	Arizona	2-0	574	0	13	+7	6/13
7	BYU	2-0	544	0	8	+1	7/8
8	Kentucky	2-0	537	2	9	+1	8/9
9	Alabama	2-0	532	0	16	+7	9/16
10	Florida	1-1	507	0	3	-7	3/10
11	Texas Tech	2-0	454	0	11	–	11/11
12	Louisville	2-0	430	0	10	-2	10/12
13	St. John’s	1-1	384	0	6	-7	6/13
14	Illinois	2-0	379	0	14	–	14/14
15	UCLA	2-0	324	0	12	-3	12/15
16	Iowa State	2-0	292	0	18	+2	16/18
17	Michigan State	2-0	288	0	21	+4	17/21
18	Tennessee	2-0	282	0	17	-1	17/18
19	Gonzaga	2-0	249	0	20	+1	19/20
20	North Carolina	2-0	225	0	25	+5	20/25
21	Arkansas	1-1	135	0	15	-6	15/21
22	Wisconsin	2-0	100	0	24	+2	22/24
23	Creighton	1-0	92	0	23	–	23/23
24	Kansas	1-1	82	0	19	-5	19/24
25	Auburn	2-0	48	0	22	-3	22/25

Others Receiving Votes

Vanderbilt 31; Oregon 26; Baylor 25; Indiana 24; North Carolina State 23; Virginia 14; San Diego State 10; Ole Miss 8; USC 6; Missouri 5; Georgetown 5; Clemson 5; Saint Mary’s 4; Georgia 4; Iowa 3; Ohio State 2; Texas 1; Kansas State 1;

AP College Basketball Poll – Nov. 10

Rank	Team	Record	Trend	Points (1st Place Votes)
1	Houston	2–0	+1	1462 (18)
2	Purdue	2–0	–1	1459 (36)
3	UConn	2–0	+1	1361 (3)
4	Duke	2–0	+2	1223 (2)
5	Arizona	2–0	+8	1204 (0)
6	Michigan	1–0	+1	1121 (1)
7	BYU	2–0	+1	1111 (0)
8	Alabama	2–0	+7	1087 (1)
9	Kentucky	2–0	–	1072 (0)
10	Florida	1–1	–7	990 (0)
11	Texas Tech	2–0	–1	969 (0)
12	Louisville	2–0	–1	856 (0)
13	St. John’s	1–1	–8	812 (0)
14	Illinois	2–0	+3	610 (0)
15	UCLA	2–0	–3	609 (0)
16	Iowa State	2–0	–	605 (0)
17	Michigan State	2–0	+5	557 (0)
18	North Carolina	2–0	+7	494 (0)
19	Gonzaga	2–0	+2	466 (0)
20	Tennessee	2–0	–2	456 (0)
21	Arkansas	1–1	–7	324 (0)
22	Auburn	2–0	–2	207 (0)
23	Creighton	1–0	–	153 (0)
24	Wisconsin	2–0	–	140 (0)
25	Kansas	1–1	–6	130 (0)

Others Receiving Votes: NC State 87, San Diego St. 67, Indiana 45, Oregon 43, Vanderbilt 37, Ohio St. 17, Baylor 14, Southern Cal 12, Kansas St 5, Missouri 4, Mississippi 4, Mississippi St. 3, Georgia 2, Stanford 1, Oklahoma St. 1, Texas 1, Georgetown 1, Utah St. 1, Iowa 1, Virginia Tech 1.