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Kentucky still ranked 19th in the new AP College Basketball Top 25 Poll

Drew Franklinby:Drew Franklin•12/26/22•

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The first post-Christmas college basketball rankings of the season have arrived in the form of the Week 8 Associated Press College Basketball Poll. In it, your University of Kentucky Wildcats are still the No. 19 ranked team in the new update which reflects the Wildcats’ 20-point win over Florida A&M last Wednesday. In a bit of a surprise, 11-1 Missouri did not jump into the Top 25 after the Tigers’ 22-point beatdown of No. 16 Illinois.

Up at the top of the poll, Purdue and Connecticut remain at first and second with the only two unbeaten records.

See the new pecking order below.

AP Top 25 – December 26

RANKTEAMTRENDPOINTSNEXT GAMEOpponent
1Purdue (40)12-0—1502Thu, Dec 29 @ 5:00 pmvs Florida A&M
2UConn (21)13-011482Wed, Dec 28 @ 6:30 pmvs Villanova
3Houston 12-121374Wed, Dec 28 @ 9:00 pm@ Tulsa
4Kansas 11-141290Sat, Dec 31 @ 2:00 pmvs Okla. St.
5Arizona 12-141269Sat, Dec 31 @ 2:00 pm@ Arizona St.
6Virginia 8-241195Wed, Dec 28 @ 6:00 pmvs Albany
7Texas 10-1—1064Tue, Dec 27 @ 8:00 pmvs Texas A&M-Commerce
8Tennessee 10-221024Wed, Dec 28 @ 5:00 pm@ Ole Miss
9Alabama 10-251021Wed, Dec 28 @ 9:00 pm@ Miss. St.
10Arkansas 11-1—1004Wed, Dec 28 @ 9:00 pm@ LSU
11Gonzaga 10-34895Wed, Dec 28 @ 5:00 pmvs E. Oregon
12Baylor 9-21873Wed, Dec 28 @ 8:00 pmvs Nicholls St.
13UCLA 11-23871Fri, Dec 30 @ 11:00 pm@ Washington St.
14Duke10-32819Sat, Dec 31 @ 1:00 pmvs Florida St.
15Miss. St.11-12623Wed, Dec 28 @ 9:00 pmvs Alabama
16Illinois 8-42528Thu, Dec 29 @ 8:30 pmvs Bethune-Cook.
17Wisconsin 9-25432Fri, Dec 30 @ 8:00 pmvs W. Michigan
18Indiana 10-34408Thu, Jan 5 @ 9:00 pm@ Iowa
19Kentucky 8-36370Wed, Dec 28 @ 7:00 pm@ Missouri
20TCU 10-11358Wed, Dec 28 @ 5:00 pmvs Cent. Arkansas
21Va. Tech 11-23297Sat, Dec 31 @ 12:00 pm@Wake Forest
22Miami 12-13208Wed, Dec 28 @ 8:00 pmvs Vermont
23Auburn 10-24118Wed, Dec 28 @ 7:00 pmvs Florida
24Marquette 9-44116Tue, Dec 27 @ 8:00 pmvs Seton Hall
25Arizona St.11-2398Sat, Dec 31 @ 2:00 pmvs Arizona

Others receiving votes: Charleston 102, Maryland 87, Memphis 74, Illinois 65, Ohio State 59, Virginia Tech 57, Missouri 57, San Diego State 39, Iowa State 19, Marquette 12, Texas Tech 10, Michigan State 7, Providence 6, Kansas State 5, USC 4, San Francisco 1

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