Kentucky Wildcats in new College Basketball Top 25 Polls

The new college hoops top-25 polls are starting to emerge, and UK is standing pat for the most part.

Following their thrilling win over North Carolina, the Cats are staying around the same ranking in most of the newest polls, including the No. 6 spot in the latest AP Poll. It's the same spot as last week, and while a win over No. 8 UNC is nice, no one else in the top five lost last week.

Villanova retained the top spot, followed by UCLA, Kansas, Baylor, and Duke. UK's next opponent, Louisville, comes in at No. 10 this week, as if the annual Bluegrass rivalry matchup needed any more excitement.

1		Villanova (56) Big East Record: 11-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,614
2		UCLA (3) Pac-12 Record: 12-0	2 1,514
3		Kansas Big 12 Record: 10-1	3 1,450
4		Baylor (6) Big 12 Record: 11-0	4 1,439
5		Duke ACC Record: 10-1	5 1,385
6		Kentucky SEC Record: 10-1	6 1,337
7		Gonzaga West Coast Record: 11-0	8 1,211
8		North Carolina ACC Record: 10-2	7 1,170
9		Creighton Big East Record: 11-0	10 1,058
10		Louisville ACC Record: 10-1	11 1,044
11		West Virginia Big 12 Record: 9-1	12 937
12		Virginia ACC Record: 9-1	13 886
13		Butler Big East Record: 10-1	18 821
14		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 10-2	14 781
15		Purdue Big Ten Record: 9-2	15 754
16		Indiana Big Ten Record: 8-2	9 719
17		Xavier Big East Record: 9-2	17 542
18		Arizona Pac-12 Record: 10-2	19 501
19		Saint Mary's (Cal) West Coast Record: 8-1	20 389
20		Oregon Pac-12 Record: 10-2	22 299
21		Florida State ACC Record: 11-1	23 290
22		South Carolina SEC Record: 9-1	16 218
23		Southern California Pac-12 Record: 10-0	24 212
24		Cincinnati American Athletic Conference (AAC) Record: 9-2	25 202
25		Notre Dame ACC Record: 9-2	21 188

UK climbed up one spot in the new CBS Sports Top 25 (and one) at No. 6 while flipping spots with UNC, while Louisville came in at No. 9.

1. Villanova

2. UCLA

3. Baylor

4. Kansas

5. Duke

6. Kentucky

7. North Carolina

8. Gonzaga

9. Louisville

10. West Virginia

11. Virginia

12. Creighton

13. Wisconsin

14. Purdue

15. Butler

16. Indiana

17. Xavier

18. Arizona

19. Florida State

20. Florida

21. St. Mary's

22. Cincinnati

23. Notre Dame

24. South Carolina

25. Miami (Fla.)

26. Southern California

The newest Coaches Poll is where rose the most this week, climbing to No. 5. Louisville came in at No. 11. The SEC as a whole has just one other team making all three rankings. South Carolina came in at No. 24 by CBS, 20 by the Coaches, and 22 by the AP.

Here is the full Coaches Poll: