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College Basketball Top 25 Coaches and CBS Poll Updated

The latest college basketball top-25 polls have big changes at the top.

By Jason Marcum
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A new round of college basketball polls are coming out with some new teams in the top spots following losses by the Kentucky Wildcats and Maryland Terrapins last week.

Kentucky, which was No. 1 in every major poll last week, suffered their first defeat of the season last Thursday as unranked UCLA dominated the Cats en route to an 87-77 win.

Maryland is also undefeated no longer, but they probably shouldn't have fallen this far from the No. 2 spot after losing at North Carolina against a top-10 Tar Heels squad. The Terps are now barely in the top 10 as they sit at No. 2, whereas UK only fell three spots after losing to a UCLA team that still could end up in the NIT thanks to losses to Monmouth at home and vs Wake Forest on a neutral court.

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As for the top spot, the Michigan State Spartans have ascend to No. 1 following last week's narrow win over a top-25 Louisville team. Sparty also has a win over a top-five Kansas team this season, so there's really no debating as to whether MSU should be No. 1, for now at least.

Here is the fully-updated Coaches Top 25 Poll:

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 5

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 1ST PLACE VOTES PREV CHANGE HI/LOW
1 Michigan St 9-0 765 26 3 2 3/13
2 Iowa St. 6-0 668 2 4 2 4/7
3 North Carolina 7-1 631 0 9 6 1/9
4 Kentucky 7-1 626 0 1 -3 1/2
5 Duke 8-1 620 0 5 0 3/5
6 Villanova 7-0 615 2 7 1 7/9
7 Kansas 6-1 613 0 6 -1 5/7
8 Oklahoma 5-0 603 0 8 0 6/8
9 Maryland 7-1 602 1 2 -7 2/3
10 Virginia 6-1 503 0 10 0 6/12
11 Purdue 8-0 490 0 11 0 11/24
12 Arizona 7-1 407 0 14 2 10/14
13 Xavier 8-0 399 0 18 5 18/NR
14 West Virginia 7-0 371 0 15 1 15/23
15 Baylor 9-3 248 0 23 8 21/25
16 Vanderbilt 6-2 242 0 13 -3 13/20
17 Gonzaga 5-2 233 0 12 -5 11/12
18 Providence 8-1 230 0 24 6 24/NR
19 Louisville 6-1 199 0 22 3 22/NR
20 Miami-Florida 7-1 198 0 21 1 19/NR
21 Butler 6-0 179 0 25 4 20/NR
22 Cincinnati 8-1 151 0 17 -5 17/NR
23 Oregon 6-1 116 0 16 -7 16/NR
24 Utah 7-1 63 0 26 2 16/NR
25 Texas A&M 7-2 58 0 20 -5 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. 19 Syracuse.

Others Receiving Votes

Syracuse 47; Connecticut 39; UNLV 33; South Carolina 29; Dayton 20; George Washington 17; Pittsburgh 12; Saint Marys 11; Iowa 7; Georgetown 6; Davidson 6; UCLA 5; California 4; Florida 3; Indiana 2; LSU 2; Kansas State 1; Colorado 1.

And here is the latest Top 25 (and one) by CBS Sports:

  1. Michigan State (9-0)
  2. Kansas (6-1)
  3. North Carolina (7-1)
  4. Maryland (7-1)
  5. Iowa State (6-0)
  6. Oklahoma (5-0)
  7. Villanova (7-0)
  8. Kentucky (7-1)
  9. Virginia (7-1)
  10. Duke (8-1)
  11. Purdue (8-0)
  12. Xavier (8-0)
  13. Louisville (6-1)
  14. Providence (8-1)
  15. Arizona (7-1)
  16. Baylor (6-1)
  17. Vanderbilt (6-2)
  18. SMU (6-0)
  19. West Virginia (7-0)
  20. Miami (7-1)
  21. Butler (6-1)
  22. Cincinnati (8-1)
  23. Syracuse (6-2)
  24. Texas A&M (7-2)
  25. Gonzaga (5-2)
  26. Connecticut (5-2)

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