No significant movement in the rankings this week. The men stayed put at No. 2 in both major polls this week and the women remained at No. 16 in the Associated Press Top 25.
The men picked up four first-place votes in the AP and one first-place vote in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. Full rankings are below.
While you’re at it, take a look at this week’s Bracketology by Joe Lunardi. To little surprise, UK is listed as the No. 1 seed in the East Region against the play-in winner.
The catch this week, however, is that Lunardi has UK’s potential second-round matchup against the winner of Louisville-Clemson. Could you imagine the Dream Game in the Big Dance?
On the women’s side, Charlie Creme has UK Hoops as a No. 4 seed in his bracketology. If the tournament were to start today, Creme would have the Cats playing No. 13 seed Arkansas Little Rock in Tempe, Ariz.
AP Top 25 (men) 1. Kansas (61) 26-1 1,621 2. Kentucky (4) 26-1 1,559 3. Purdue 23-3 1,470 4. Syracuse 25-2 1,455 5. Duke 23-4 1,323 6. Kansas State 22-4 1,302 7. Villanova 22-4 1,189 8. West Virginia 21-5 1,183 9. Ohio State 21-7 1,097 10. New Mexico 25-3 997 11. Georgetown 18-7 846 12. Pittsburgh 21-6 806 13. Brigham Young 25-3 795 14. Michigan State 21-7 794 15. Butler 25-4 673 16. Vanderbilt 20-6 599 17. Wisconsin 20-7 528 18. Gonzaga 22-5 506 19. Tennessee 20-6 480 20. Temple 22-5 452 21. Texas 21-6 445 22. Texas A&M 19-7 225 23. Richmond 22-6 202 24. Baylor 20-6 147
ESPN/USA Today Poll 1. Kansas (30) 26-1 774 2. Kentucky (1) 26-1 745 3. Purdue 23-3 697 4. Syracuse 25-2 682 5. Duke 23-4 654 6. Kansas State 22-4 613 7. West Virginia 21-5 571 8. Villanova 22-4 556 9. Ohio State 21-7 461 10. Butler 25-4 446 11. Brigham Young 25-3 430 12. New Mexico 25-3 413 13. Georgetown 18-7 392 14. Michigan State 21-7 373 15. Gonzaga 22-5 322 16. Pittsburgh 21-6 319 17. Tennessee 20-6 294 18. Temple 22-5 232 19. Wisconsin 20-7 216 20. Vanderbilt 20-6 212 21. Texas 21-6 177 22. Northern Iowa 24-3 119 23. Texas A&M 19-7 88 24. Richmond 22-6 76 25. UTEP 20-5 37
AP Top 25 (women) 1. Connecticut (40) 27-0 1000 2. Stanford 25-1 959 3. Nebraska 25-0 918 4. Tennessee 24-2 882 5. Xavier 22-3 809 6. Duke 23-4 791 7. Notre Dame 23-3 724 8. West Virginia 24-3 706 9. Florida State 23-4 676 10. Ohio State 26-4 663 11. Oklahoma 19-7 592 12. Texas A&M 19-6 514 13. Georgetown 22-4 493 14. Texas 19-7 457 15. Iowa State 20-5 426 16. Kentucky 23-4 422 17. Baylor 19-7 372 18. St. John’s 21-5 309 19. Gonzaga 23-4 236 20. LSU 18-7 185 21. Virginia 20-6 176 22. Georgia Tech 21-7 129 23. Oklahoma State 18-8 118 24. Georgia 20-7 114 24. Hartford 23-3 114
