College Basketball Top 25: AP and Coaches Poll With Analysis

The new basketball polls are out. Let's see if they make any sense or not.

Coaches Poll

• Ohio St. somehow jumps from #6 all the way to #3 Why? Your guess is as good as mine. Their best win to date has been a weak Marquette team on the road. Wyoming isn't a bad win, but I'm not sure why they get to jump Kentucky.

• Syracuse rises from 7 to 5, and it is much more justifiable than the insane OSU bump. Syracuse defeated two top 50 teams and another, California, on the cusp of the top 50.

• Arizona zooms up to #2, and I can see it after beating Duke on a neutral floor, and top 50 Drexel in the same week.

• Kentucky was 4 last week, and stays 4. Why? Probably because they don't have any top 50 wins yet. They get a chance to change that real quick and in a hurry.

• Kansas dropping all the way down to 7th after losing a close game to a solid Villanova squad makes no sense in isolation, but they did struggle against UTEP, so I can give that a reluctant pass. I think the coaches are being particularly hard on young teams, apparently believing that 2013 undid 2012. I expect that is more a jealousy factor than anything else. The coaches poll really is mock-worthy most of the time.

• Duke still at 8 after winning ... wait for it ... 1 top 100 game — against Alabama? Can you say, "Not on your f-ing life," boys and girls? I knew you could.

AP Top 25

This poll is usually more logical than the Coaches Poll. Let's see if that is so this time:

• Okay, Syracuse at 4 I will believe. Ohio St. at five. That makes sense.

• No quibble with Arizona being this high. They have done the work.

• Kansas is a much more reasonable 6th in this poll. Liking it better already.

• Duke falling only to 10th is a tiny bit suspect. They've now lost against both top ten teams they played, and Alabama is their only top 100 victory.

That's about all I have. Your comments are welcome, and encouraged.