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College Basketball Top 25 Polls Updated for Final Week of Regular Season

The latest top-25 polls as we enter the final week of the college basketball regular season.

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The 2015-16 college basketball regular season is slowly winding down with just one week left before the conference tournaments begin.

As has been the case often this season, the newest top-25 polls have a lot of movement throughout the polls, especially at the top. No. 1 Villanova, No. 3 Virginia, No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 5 Oklahoma and No. 6 North Carolina all lost this past week. No. 8 Iowa even lost twice as the top 10 continues to shift dramatically as we inch closer to the NCAA Tournament.

As for the Kentucky Wildcats, they fell five spots in the latest Coaches Poll thanks to Saturday's loss at Vanderbilt. I'm not sure how Iowa and Arizona (also lost twice) are ranked ahead of UK, but it is what it is. The Cats simply aren't as good without Derek Willis, so maybe 19 is fair all things considered.

Here's the fully-updated USA Today Coaches Poll:

RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Kansas (31) 25-4 799
2 Villanova 25-4 734
3 Michigan State (1) 24-5 733
4 Virginia 22-6 673
5 Xavier 25-4 637
6 Oklahoma 22-6 623
7 Miami (FL) 23-5 607
8 North Carolina 23-6 584
9 West Virginia 22-7 518
10 Oregon 23-6 510
11 Indiana 23-6 434
12 Maryland 23-6 405
13 Purdue 22-7 330
13 Utah 23-7 330
15 Iowa 20-8 321
16 Arizona 22-7 307
17 Baylor 21-8 288
18 Texas A&M 22-7 261
19 Kentucky 21-8 226
20 Iowa State 20-9 221
21 Duke 21-8 211
22 Texas 19-10 187
23 Wichita St 23-7 68
24 Saint Mary's 24-4 61
25 California 21-8 58

Here is the new AP Poll, which has the Cats checking in at No. 22, down six spots from last week's No. 16 ranking.

RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Kansas (63) 25-4 1,623
2 Michigan State (2) 24-5 1,510
3 Villanova 25-4 1,479
4 Virginia 22-6 1,405
5 Xavier 25-4 1,356
6 Oklahoma 22-6 1,297
7 Miami (FL) 23-5 1,211
8 North Carolina 23-6 1,205
9 Oregon 23-6 1,065
10 West Virginia 22-7 1,056
11 Louisville 22-7 822
12 Indiana 23-6 819
13 Utah 23-7 751
14 Maryland 23-6 733
15 Purdue 22-7 613
16 Iowa 20-8 572
17 Duke 21-8 495
18 Arizona 22-7 450
19 Baylor 21-8 447
20 Texas A&M 22-7 419
21 Iowa State 20-9 413
22 Kentucky 21-8 405
23 Texas 19-10 338
24 SMU 24-4 196
25 California 21-8 178

And here is the updated CBS Sports Top 25 (and one), which has Kentucky coming in at No. 22 after being ranked at No. 21 this time last week.

TOP 25 (AND ONE)
Kansas
Villanova
Virginia
Michigan State
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Xavier
Oregon
Utah
10 North Carolina
11 Miami (Fla.)
12 Duke
13 Louisville
14 Baylor
15 Iowa State
16 Purdue
17 Texas
18 Indiana
19 Maryland
20 California
21 Iowa
22 Kentucky
23 Arizona
24 Texas Tech
25 Texas A&M
26 SMU