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College Basketball Top 25 Coaches Poll Updated

It's a mix of blue bloods and up-and-coming programs at the top.

By Jason Marcum
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A new USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll is out, and the Kentucky Wildcats are still on top of college basketball.

The Cats still hold the top spot, but the Maryland Terrapins are still nipping at their Heels. The Terps will get their first major test of the year when they head to North Carolina to face the Tar Heels this week. That's easily the biggest game this week with both schools being ranked inside the top 10.

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The Louisville Cardinals are now also in the Top 25, which is actually significant for UK. As of now, the only team the Cats have faced in the non-conference season that is still ranked is No. 5 Duke, and may not play another one outside of Kansas in late January so playing another ranked team in UL will help bolster the Cats' strength of schedule and resume for March.

Oh, and after Indiana opened the season as a top-10 team in some polls, the Hoosiers are already unranked. #IULOL

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 4

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 1ST PLACE VOTES PREV CHANGE HI/LOW
1 Kentucky 6-0 797 29 1 0 1/2
2 Maryland 5-0 759 3 2 0 2/3
3 Michigan St 6-0 720 0 4 1 4/13
4 Iowa St. 4-0 652 0 5 1 5/7
5 Duke 6-1 642 0 3 -2 3/4
6 Kansas 4-1 615 0 7 1 5/7
7 Villanova 6-0 613 0 9 2 8/9
8 Oklahoma 3-0 607 0 6 -2 6/8
9 North Carolina 5-1 549 0 8 -1 1/8
10 Virginia 5-1 495 0 12 2 6/12
11 Purdue 5-0 456 0 15 4 15/24
12 Gonzaga 4-1 376 0 11 -1 11/12
13 Vanderbilt 5-1 343 0 16 3 16/20
14 Arizona 5-1 320 0 10 -4 10/10
15 West Virginia 6-0 299 0 22 7 22/23
16 Oregon 5-0 291 0 23 7 23/NR
17 Cincinnati 7-0 282 0 24 7 24/NR
18 Xavier 7-0 280 0 29 11 –
19 Syracuse 6-0 221 0 NR 0 –
20 Texas A&M 6-1 175 0 30 10 –
21 Miami-Florida 5-1 145 0 19 -2 19/NR
22 Louisville 5-0 141 0 27 5 –
23 Baylor 4-1 113 0 25 2 21/25
24 Providence 6-1 110 0 NR 0 –
25 Butler 4-1 65 0 28 3 20/NR
*Hi/Low Rankings

Hi/Low = The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a "NR" (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.

Schools Dropped Out

No. 13 California, No. 14 Indiana, No. 17 LSU, No. 18 Notre Dame, No. 20 Wichita State, No. 21 Connecticut.

Others Receiving Votes

Utah 62; Connecticut 53; California 43; Indiana 35; LSU 29; Notre Dame 25; George Washington 17; Dayton 11; Saint Mary?s 10; Davidson 10; UNLV 9; Pittsburgh 8; Monmouth 5; Iowa 5; South Carolina 4; Northern Iowa 3; Florida 2; Wichita State 2; Texas-El Paso 1.

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