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Kentucky Wildcats in new College Basketball Top 25 Polls

2016 CBS Sports Classic - Kentucky v North Carolina Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images

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:

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 1ST PLACE VOTES PREV CHANGE HI/LOW
1 Villanova 11-0 796 28 1 0 1/3
2 UCLA 12-0 755 2 2 0 2/20
3 Kansas 10-1 712 1 3 0 2/8
4 Duke 10-1 688 1 4 0 1/4
5 Kentucky 10-1 667 0 7 2 1/7
6 Baylor 11-0 658 0 5 -1 5/NR
7 Gonzaga 11-0 611 0 8 1 7/14
8 North Carolina 10-2 563 0 6 -2 3/8
9 Creighton 11-0 539 0 10 1 9/23
10 Virginia 9-1 476 0 12 2 6/12
11 Louisville 10-1 469 0 11 0 10/14
12 West Virginia 9-1 460 0 13 1 12/19
13 Butler 10-1 388 0 18 5 13/NR
14 Wisconsin 10-2 366 0 14 0 10/17
15 Purdue 9-2 337 0 16 1 15/19
16 Indiana 8-2 319 0 9 -7 5/16
17 Xavier 9-2 295 0 17 0 7/17
18 Arizona 10-2 229 0 19 1 9/20
19 St. Mary's 8-1 197 0 20 1 11/20
20 South Carolina 9-1 180 0 15 -5 15/NR
21 Oregon 10-2 145 0 22 1 4/24
22 Florida St. 11-1 111 0 23 1 22/NR
23 Cincinnati 9-2 108 0 23 0 23/NR
24 Notre Dame 9-2 92 0 21 -3 21/NR
25 Southern California 10-0 88 0 25 0 25/NR