After knocking off then-No. 1 Duke last Wednesday in the Maui Invitational final, Gonzaga leapfrogged Kansas to become the new No. 1 team in the nation.
It’s the third time in program history that Gonzaga has risen to No. 1. But, the Zags have now climbed to the nation’s top spot in three of the last seven seasons.
Kansas remained at No. 2 despite beating No. 5 Tennessee to win the NIT Season Tip-Off on Friday at Barclays Center.
Duke fell to No. 3.
Virginia, Nevada, Tennessee, Michigan, Auburn, Michigan State and KEntucky round out the Top 10.
After last week, when the Big East didn’t have a team in the Top 25 for the first time since February 1982, Villanova re-enters the poll at No. 23.
Associated Press Top 25 Poll
|
RK |
TEAM |
RECORD |
PTS |
|
1 |
Gonzaga (32) |
6-0 |
1,590 |
|
2 |
Kansas (31) |
5-0 |
1,584 |
|
3 |
Duke (1) |
5-1 |
1,486 |
|
4 |
Virginia (1) |
6-0 |
1,396 |
|
5 |
Nevada |
6-0 |
1,329 |
|
6 |
Tennessee |
4-1 |
1,284 |
|
7 |
Michigan |
6-0 |
1,213 |
|
8 |
Auburn |
5-1 |
1,129 |
|
9 |
Michigan State |
5-1 |
1,111 |
|
10 |
Kentucky |
5-1 |
1,022 |
|
11 |
North Carolina |
6-1 |
943 |
|
12 |
Kansas State |
6-0 |
936 |
|
13 |
Virginia Tech |
5-0 |
921 |
|
14 |
Iowa |
5-0 |
599 |
|
15 |
Florida State |
5-1 |
581 |
|
16 |
Ohio State |
6-0 |
511 |
|
17 |
Texas |
5-1 |
486 |
|
18 |
Oregon |
4-1 |
439 |
|
19 |
Purdue |
5-1 |
387 |
|
20 |
Texas Tech |
6-0 |
380 |
|
21 |
Buffalo |
5-0 |
351 |
|
22 |
Wisconsin |
5-1 |
253 |
|
23 |
Villanova |
5-2 |
217 |
|
24 |
Maryland |
6-0 |
170 |
|
25 |
Mississippi State |
4-1 |
161 |
Others receiving votes: Arizona State 156, Clemson 135, Furman 72, Creighton 65, LSU 41, Indiana 35, UCLA 30, Iowa State 22, St. John’s 19, Minnesota 17, Miami 10, Syracuse 8, TCU 8, Nebraska 6, Arkansas 6, Notre Dame 4, UConn 4, Florida 3, UCF 3, Davidson 1, Houston 1
USA Today/Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
|
RK |
TEAM |
RECORD |
PTS |
|
1 |
Gonzaga (17) |
6-0 |
784 |
|
2 |
Kansas (15) |
5-0 |
782 |
|
3 |
Duke |
5-1 |
712 |
|
4 |
Virginia |
6-0 |
710 |
|
5 |
Michigan |
6-0 |
638 |
|
6 |
Nevada |
6-0 |
614 |
|
7 |
Tennessee |
4-1 |
612 |
|
8 |
Michigan State |
5-1 |
542 |
|
9 |
Kentucky |
5-1 |
502 |
|
10 |
Auburn |
5-1 |
492 |
|
10 |
Kansas State |
6-0 |
492 |
|
12 |
Virginia Tech |
5-0 |
471 |
|
13 |
North Carolina |
6-1 |
452 |
|
14 |
Florida State |
5-1 |
275 |
|
15 |
Iowa |
5-0 |
264 |
|
16 |
Ohio State |
6-0 |
249 |
|
17 |
Texas |
5-1 |
235 |
|
18 |
Purdue |
5-1 |
209 |
|
19 |
Texas Tech |
6-0 |
173 |
|
20 |
Buffalo |
5-0 |
159 |
|
21 |
Oregon |
4-1 |
157 |
|
22 |
Wisconsin |
5-1 |
139 |
|
23 |
Villanova |
5-2 |
118 |
|
24 |
Clemson |
5-1 |
114 |
|
25 |
Mississippi State |
4-1 |
97 |
Others receiving votes: Maryland 77, Arizona State 51, UCLA 37, LSU 36, Miami 30, Furman 27, Creighton 26, Minnesota 19, NC State 19, Iowa State 16, Butler 12, UCF 9, St. John’s 9, Nebraska 8, Syracuse 7, Houston 7, TCU 7, Indiana 5, West Virginia 4, Arkansas 1, North Texas 1
