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College Basketball Top 25 Coaches and AP Poll Updated

Kentucky is back on top with Maryland right behind them.

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The latest college basketball Coaches and AP Top 25 Polls are out, and there's a new team at the top.

The Kentucky Wildcats are now alone in first place after winning both of their games last week while many top-25 teams suffered defeats. The Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 20 and 24 teams in last week's AP Top 25 suffered defeats, including then-No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels. They lost to an unranked Northern Iowa squad Saturday to drop the Heels out of the top spot and allow UK to ascend back atop the rankings.

Even had the Heels won, it would have been hard not to put the Cats atop the rankings after their thrashing of the then-No. 5 Duke Blue Devils. It was easily one of the most impressive wins any college team has through the first two weeks of action.

As for the rest of Kentucky's November and December schedule, they currently aren't set to play another ranked team possibly until the Louisville Cardinals December 26th. The Cards are getting votes in both major polls, but not enough to make the top 25 just yet.

Here is the fully-updated Coaches Poll:

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 3

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 1ST PLACE VOTES PREV CHANGE HI/LOW
1 Kentucky 4-0 772 28 2 1 1/2
2 Maryland 3-0 736 3 3 1 3/3
3 Duke 4-1 623 0 4 1 4/4
4 Michigan St 3-0 614 0 13 9 13/13
5 Iowa St. 2-0 610 0 7 2 7/7
6 Oklahoma 2-0 561 0 8 2 8/8
7 Kansas 1-1 555 0 5 -2 5/5
8 North Carolina 3-1 554 0 1 -7 1/1
9 Villanova 4-0 552 0 8 -1 8/9
10 Arizona 4-0 530 0 10 0 10/10
11 Gonzaga 2-0 492 0 12 1 11/12
12 Virginia 4-1 488 0 6 -6 6/6
13 California 3-0 377 0 14 1 14/14
14 Indiana 3-0 327 0 15 1 15/15
15 Purdue 5-0 262 0 23 8 23/24
16 Vanderbilt 3-0 260 0 17 1 17/20
17 Louisiana State 3-0 220 0 19 2 19/19
18 Notre Dame 3-0 218 0 18 0 18/18
19 Miami-Florida 5-0 216 0 38 19 -
20 Wichita St. 2-1 200 0 11 -9 11/12
21 Connecticut 3-0 164 0 24 3 24/24
22 West Virginia 3-0 145 0 22 0 22/23
23 Oregon 4-0 124 0 27 4 -
24 Cincinnati 4-0 82 0 26 2 -
25 Baylor 2-1 77 0 21 -4 21/21

And here is the updated AP Poll:

1
Kentucky (59)
SEC
Record: 4-0
PV Rank
2
Points
1,619
2
Maryland (6)
Big Ten
Record: 3-0
3
1,518
3
Michigan State
Big Ten
Record: 3-0
13
1,448
4
Iowa State
Big 12
Record: 2-0
7
1,297
5
Kansas
Big 12
Record: 1-1
4
1,243
6
Duke
ACC
Record: 4-1
5
1,238
7
Oklahoma
Big 12
Record: 2-0
8
1,210
8
Villanova
Big East
Record: 4-0
11
1,153
9
North Carolina
ACC
Record: 3-1
1
1,141
10
Gonzaga
West Coast
Record: 2-0
10
1,138
11
Arizona
Pac-12
Record: 4-0
12
970
12
Virginia
ACC
Record: 4-1
6
872
13
Indiana
Big Ten
Record: 3-0
14
846
14
California
Pac-12
Record: 3-0
15
746
15
Miami (FL)
ACC
Record: 5-0
31
724
16
Purdue
Big Ten
Record: 5-0
21
550
17
Notre Dame
ACC
Record: 3-0
18
480
18
Connecticut
American Athletic Conference (AAC)
Record: 3-0
19
432
19
Vanderbilt
SEC
Record: 3-0
17
431
20
Wichita State
Missouri Valley
Record: 2-1
9
423
21
Oregon
Pac-12
Record: 4-0
25
369
22
LSU
SEC
Record: 3-0
23
285
23
Xavier
Big East
Record: 3-0
35
143
24
Cincinnati
American Athletic Conference (AAC)
Record: 4-0
29
110
25
Texas A&M
SEC
Record: 4-0
27
100