Following UK’s best win of the year — a 68-66 win over then-No. 10 North Carolina on Saturday — the Cats have moved up to No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.
The Cats flip-flopped with Purdue. Kansas, Texas and Villanova remained ahead of UK, respectively, with the Jayhawks receiving all but three first-place votes.
UK remained at No. 4 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
AP Top 25
Rank
School
Record
Points
Prev
1
Kansas (62)
7-0
1621
1
2
Texas (1)
6-0
1514
2
3
Villanova (1)
8-0
1460
3
4
Kentucky
8-0
1417
5
5
Purdue
7-0
1409
4
6
West Virginia
5-0
1272
7
7
Syracuse (1)
8-0
1270
8
8
Duke
7-1
1058
6
9
Tennessee
6-1
1047
11
10
Florida
8-0
1024
13
11
North Carolina
7-2
985
10
12
Michigan State
6-2
876
9
13
Ohio State
7-1
806
15
14
Connecticut
6-1
787
14
15
Georgetown
6-0
723
16
16
Texas A&M
7-1
512
19
17
Washington
6-1
495
12
18
UNLV
7-0
429
24
19
Cincinnati
5-1
334
22
20
Wisconsin
6-1
298
39
21
Gonzaga
6-2
279
17
22
Butler
6-2
221
23
23
Texas Tech
8-0
219
54
24
Georgia Tech
6-1
171
27
25
Mississippi
7-1
127
29
USA Today/Coaches
Rank
School
Record
Points
Prev
1
Kansas (31)
7-0
775
1
2
Texas
6-0
732
2
3
Villanova
8-0
699
3
4
Kentucky
8-0
672
4
5
Purdue
7-0
650
6
6
Syracuse
8-0
623
7
7
West Virginia
5-0
600
8
8
Duke
7-1
542
5
9
Tennessee
6-1
483
12
10
North Carolina
7-2
441
11
11
Florida
8-0
418
17
12
Connecticut
6-1
413
13
13
Georgetown
6-0
393
14
14
Michigan State
6-2
386
9
15
Ohio State
7-1
365
15
16
Washington
6-1
276
10
17
UNLV
7-0
253
21
18
Texas A&M
7-1
216
22
19
Cincinnati
5-1
177
24
20
Butler
6-2
150
20
21
Georgia Tech
6-1
128
23
22
Gonzaga
6-2
126
16
23
Wisconsin
6-1
104
39
24
Clemson
7-2
67
19
25
Vanderbilt
6-1
67
29