Kentucky Ranks No. 7 in the AP Poll after Upset Saturday

The dust has settled following a chaotic penultimate weekend of the regular season. For the first time in college basketball history, the top six teams all lost on the same day. Those weren’t the only upsets in the Top 25 of the AP Poll. No. 9 Texas Tech lost to TCU and No. 22 Ohio State dropped a double-digit loss to a bad Maryland team.

This weekend officially brought the madness to college basketball. However, since everybody lost, there was not a ton of moving and shaking in the AP Poll. Kentucky dropped one spot to No. 7 for the final week of the regular season. Gonzaga and Arizona remained 1-2, despite bad losses to Saint Mary’s and Colorado, respectively.

AP Poll – Feb. 28

RANK	TEAM	PV RANK	CONFERENCE	POINTS
1	Gonzaga (24-3)	1	West Coast	1,504 (46)
2	Arizona (25-3)	3	Pacific 12	1,360
3	Baylor (24-5)	10	Big 12	1,342 (4)
4	Duke (25-4)	7	Atlantic Coast	1,306 (11)
5	Auburn (25-4)	3	Southeastern	1,268
6	Kansas (23-5)	5	Big 12	1,224
7	Kentucky (22-5)	6	Southeastern	1,215
8	Purdue (24-5)	4	Big Ten	1,129
9	Providence (24-3)	11	Big East	1,021
10	Wisconsin (23-5)	13	Big Ten	865
11	Villanova (21-7)	8	Big East	861
12	Texas Tech (22-7)	9	Big 12	850
13	Tennessee (21-7)	17	Southeastern	770
14	Houston (24-4)	14	American Athletic	759
14	Arkansas (23-6)	18	Southeastern	759
16	USC (25-4)	16	Pacific 12	557
17	UCLA (21-6)	12	Pacific 12	498
18	Connecticut (21-7)	21	Big East	480
19	Saint Mary’s (24-6)	23	West Coast	449
20	Illinois (20-8)	15	Big Ten	383
21	Texas (21-8)	20	Big 12	364
22	Murray State (28-2)	19	Ohio Valley	333
23	Ohio State (18-8)	22	Big Ten	191
24	Iowa (20-8)	25	Big Ten	99
25	Alabama (19-10)	24	Southeastern	90

Others receiving votes: Boise State 56, Davidson 20, Colorado State 19, South Dakota State 12, Notre Dame 9, LSU 7, Michigan State 6, San Diego State 5, Marquette 4, Iowa State 4, North Texas 3, Vermont 2, Northern Iowa 1

One AP Voter Dropped UK to No. 13

Even though the Wildcats added a comeback win over LSU to their resume last week, one AP voter was unimpressed. Justin Jackson covers the West Virginia Mountaineers; maybe there are still some lingering hard feelings over Oscar Tshiebwe? AP voters are almost as bad at their jobs as college basketball officials.