A new week, a new set of top 25 polls.
Unfortunately, the latest round has the Kentucky Wildcats taking a dip following their loss to Louisville. UK checked in at No. 8 in the newest AP Top 25 Poll. Louisville jumped UK to the No. 6 spot following their win last week.
The Cats are still ahead of North Carolina (9), which may very well be their best win of the regular season depending on what happens with Kansas and that showdown on Jan. 28.
The rest of the poll was pretty much the same with Villanova, UCLA, Kansas, Baylor, and Duke rounding out the top five. Florida (25) is the only other SEC team to make the top 25.
Here is the full poll:
| 1 |  |
Villanova (56)
Record: 12-0
|
PV Rank
1Points
1,614 |
| 2 |  |
UCLA (3)
Record: 13-0
|
2
1,518
|
| 3 |  |
Record: 11-1
|
3
1,461
|
| 4 |  |
Baylor (6)
Record: 12-0
|
4
1,458
|
| 5 |  |
Record: 12-1
|
5
1,375
|
| 6 |  |
Record: 11-1
|
10
1,260
|
| 7 |  |
Record: 12-0
|
7
1,222
|
| 8 |  |
Record: 10-2
|
6
1,171
|
| 9 |  |
Record: 11-2
|
8
1,113
|
| 10 |  |
Record: 12-0
|
9
1,049
|
| 11 |  |
Record: 11-1
|
11
933
|
| 12 |  |
Record: 10-1
|
12
892
|
| 13 |  |
Record: 11-1
|
13
837
|
| 14 |  |
Record: 11-2
|
14
772
|
| 15 |  |
Record: 11-2
|
15
745
|
| 16 |  |
Record: 10-2
|
16
709
|
| 17 |  |
Record: 10-2
|
17
548
|
| 18 |  |
Record: 11-2
|
18
512
|
| 19 |  |
Record: 10-1
|
19
407
|
| 20 |  |
Record: 12-1
|
21
326
|
| 21 |  |
Record: 11-2
|
20
321
|
| 22 |  |
Record: 13-0
|
23
248
|
| 23 |  |
Record: 10-2
|
24
207
|
| 24 |  |
Record: 10-2
|
25
204
|
| 25 |  |
Record: 9-3
|
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76
|
The newest Coaches Top 25 was a lot of the same with UK sitting at No. 8, one spot behind Louisville (8). This poll has South Carolina (25) being the only other SEC team ranked.
TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 8
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
| 1 | Villanova | 12-0 | 771 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1/3 |
| 2 | UCLA | 13-0 | 736 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2/20 |
| 3 | Kansas | 11-1 | 695 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2/8 |
| 4 | Baylor | 12-0 | 656 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4/NR |
| 5 | Duke | 12-1 | 641 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 1/5 |
| 6 | Gonzaga | 12-0 | 600 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6/14 |
| 7 | Louisville | 11-1 | 560 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7/14 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 10-2 | 537 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 1/8 |
| 9 | Creighton | 12-0 | 531 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9/23 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 11-2 | 522 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 3/10 |
| 11 | Virginia | 10-1 | 454 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 6/12 |
| 12 | West Virginia | 11-1 | 438 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12/19 |
| 13 | Butler | 11-1 | 397 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13/NR |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 11-2 | 347 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10/17 |
| 15 | Purdue | 11-2 | 331 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15/19 |
| 16 | Indiana | 10-2 | 285 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5/16 |
| 17 | Xavier | 10-2 | 277 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7/17 |
| 18 | Arizona | 11-2 | 232 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9/20 |
| 19 | St. Mary's | 10-1 | 214 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 11/20 |
| 20 | Florida St. | 12-1 | 161 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 20/NR |
| 21 | Oregon | 11-2 | 148 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4/24 |
| 22 | Southern California | 13-0 | 136 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 22/NR |
| 23 | Cincinnati | 10-2 | 93 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23/NR |
| 24 | Notre Dame | 10-2 | 92 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 21/NR |
| 25 | South Carolina | 9-2 | 57 | 0 | 20 | -5 | 15/NR |
The new CBS Top 25 (and one) has UK checking in at No. 7, one spot behind Louisville.
1. Villanova
2. UCLA
3. Baylor
4. Kansas
5. Duke
6. Louisville
7. Kentucky
8. North Carolina
9. Gonzaga
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. Miami (Fla.)
25. Southern California
26. Oregon
We'll post more polls as they are released today.