Despite an impressive season-opening win over East Tennessee State, the Kentucky men’s basketball team slid in the latest rankings.
Kentucky checked in at No. 12 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 and No. 13 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The Cats started the season No. 10 in the AP and No. 11 in the Coaches Poll before their 23-point win over ETSU.
So why the slide after the win? Chances are the Enes Kanter decision from last week had something to do with it.
Full rankings are below:
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Duke (58) | 1-0 | 1,617 |
| 2 | Michigan State (7) | 1-0 | 1,558 |
| 3 | Kansas State | 1-0 | 1,422 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 1-0 | 1,379 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 3-0 | 1,325 |
| 6 | Villanova | 1-0 | 1,197 |
| 7 | Kansas | 1-0 | 1,178 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 1-0 | 1,021 |
| 9 | Florida | 1-0 | 1,017 |
| 10 | Syracuse | 2-0 | 967 |
| 11 | Gonzaga | 2-0 | 911 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 1-0 | 887 |
| 13 | Illinois | 3-0 | 834 |
| 14 | Purdue | 1-0 | 772 |
| 15 | Missouri | 0-0 | 685 |
| 16 | Butler | 1-0 | 626 |
| 17 | Baylor | 1-0 | 587 |
| 17 | Washington | 1-0 | 587 |
| 19 | Memphis | 1-0 | 540 |
| 20 | Georgetown | 1-0 | 333 |
| 21 | Temple | 2-0 | 289 |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | 1-0 | 271 |
| 23 | Brigham Young | 1-0 | 228 |
| 24 | Tennessee | 1-0 | 194 |
| 25 | San Diego State | 1-0 | 162 |
| ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Duke (29) | 1-0 | 773 |
| 2 | Michigan State (2) | 1-0 | 743 |
| 3 | Kansas State | 1-0 | 676 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | 3-0 | 656 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 1-0 | 648 |
| 6 | Kansas | 1-0 | 568 |
| 7 | Villanova | 1-0 | 557 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 1-0 | 476 |
| 9 | Purdue | 1-0 | 475 |
| 10 | Florida | 1-0 | 456 |
| 11 | Syracuse | 2-0 | 441 |
| 12 | Gonzaga | 2-0 | 434 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 1-0 | 433 |
| 14 | Missouri | 0-0 | 362 |
| 15 | Washington | 1-0 | 348 |
| 16 | Illinois | 3-0 | 335 |
| 17 | Baylor | 1-0 | 308 |
| 18 | Butler | 1-0 | 267 |
| 19 | Memphis | 1-0 | 209 |
| 20 | Temple | 2-0 | 136 |
| 21 | Georgetown | 1-0 | 128 |
| 22 | Texas | 2-0 | 110 |
| 23 | Tennessee | 1-0 | 92 |
| 24 | Virginia Tech | 1-0 | 82 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 1-0 | 78 |
