The Kentucky men’s basketball team slid to No. 14 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 and No. 16 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll.
A loss to a sub-200 RPI team will do that to you.
UK also slipped to a No. 4 seed in this week’s Bracketology. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has Kentucky playing Harvard in Tampa, Fla. Five Southeastern Conference teams make Lunardi’s projections this week.
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Ohio State (63) | 20-0 | 1,623 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh (1) | 19-1 | 1,528 |
| 3 | Duke (1) | 18-1 | 1,490 |
| 4 | San Diego State | 20-0 | 1,386 |
| 5 | Connecticut | 16-2 | 1,314 |
| 6 | Kansas | 18-1 | 1,293 |
| 7 | Texas | 16-3 | 1,267 |
| 8 | Villanova | 17-2 | 1,199 |
| 9 | Syracuse | 18-2 | 1,095 |
| 9 | Brigham Young | 19-1 | 1,095 |
| 11 | Missouri | 17-3 | 887 |
| 12 | Purdue | 17-3 | 881 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 17-2 | 847 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 15-4 | 709 |
| 15 | Notre Dame | 16-4 | 691 |
| 16 | Minnesota | 14-4 | 656 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 15-4 | 614 |
| 18 | Washington | 15-4 | 584 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt | 14-4 | 317 |
| 20 | Illinois | 14-6 | 279 |
| 21 | Georgetown | 14-5 | 276 |
| 22 | Florida State | 15-5 | 218 |
| 23 | Louisville | 15-4 | 203 |
| 24 | Florida | 15-4 | 169 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 12-7 | 97 |
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ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll |
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| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Ohio State (31) | 20-0 | 775 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | 19-1 | 727 |
| 3 | Duke | 18-1 | 712 |
| 4 | San Diego State | 20-0 | 677 |
| 5 | Connecticut | 16-2 | 624 |
| 6 | Kansas | 18-1 | 618 |
| 7 | Villanova | 17-2 | 580 |
| 8 | Texas | 16-3 | 563 |
| 9 | Brigham Young | 19-1 | 533 |
| 10 | Syracuse | 18-2 | 498 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 17-2 | 436 |
| 12 | Purdue | 17-3 | 421 |
| 13 | Missouri | 17-3 | 398 |
| 14 | Notre Dame | 16-4 | 364 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 15-4 | 323 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 15-4 | 307 |
| 17 | Washington | 15-4 | 271 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 14-4 | 264 |
| 19 | Louisville | 15-4 | 173 |
| 20 | Georgetown | 14-5 | 140 |
| 21 | Illinois | 14-6 | 136 |
| 22 | Vanderbilt | 14-4 | 74 |
| 23 | Florida | 15-4 | 67 |
| 24 | Saint Mary’s | 17-3 | 58 |
| 25 | Utah State | 18-2 | 57 |
