Another week full of upsets has significant movement in the latest Top 25 polls, which has allowed UK to solidify its ranking as well.
Following wins over Arkansas and Texas A&M, UK checked in at the No.6 spot in the latest AP Poll. Florida (23) is the only other SEC team in the Top 25.
As for the top spot, Baylor came in at No. 1 following their sweep of Iowa State and Oklahoma State. They moved up thanks to Villanova losing at Butler last week.
The Bears are followed by Kansas, Villanova, UCLA and Gonzaga to round out the top five. Here is the full AP Poll:
1 |
Baylor (55)
Big 12
Record: 15-0
|
PV Rank
2Points
1,608 |
|
2 |
Kansas (8)
Big 12
Record: 14-1
|
3
1,517
|
|
3 |
Villanova (1)
Big East
Record: 15-1
|
1
1,499
|
|
4 |
UCLA (1)
Pac-12
Record: 16-1
|
4
1,433
|
|
5 |
Gonzaga
West Coast
Record: 15-0
|
5
1,366
|
|
6 |
Kentucky
SEC
Record: 13-2
|
6
1,327
|
|
7 |
Duke
ACC
Record: 14-2
|
8
1,173
|
|
8 |
Creighton
Big East
Record: 15-1
|
10
1,111
|
|
9 |
Florida State
ACC
Record: 15-1
|
12
1,071
|
|
10 |
West Virginia
Big 12
Record: 13-2
|
7
972
|
|
11 |
North Carolina
ACC
Record: 14-3
|
14
902
|
|
12 |
Butler
Big East
Record: 14-2
|
18
880
|
|
13 |
Oregon
Pac-12
Record: 15-2
|
15
869
|
|
14 |
Louisville
ACC
Record: 13-3
|
9
744
|
|
15 |
Xavier
Big East
Record: 13-2
|
16
651
|
|
16 |
Arizona
Pac-12
Record: 15-2
|
17
634
|
|
17 |
Purdue
Big Ten
Record: 14-3
|
20
584
|
|
18 |
Wisconsin
Big Ten
Record: 13-3
|
13
581
|
|
19 |
Virginia
ACC
Record: 12-3
|
11
580
|
|
20 |
Notre Dame
ACC
Record: 14-2
|
23
468
|
|
21 |
Saint Mary's (Cal.)
West Coast
Record: 14-1
|
19
377
|
|
22 |
Cincinnati
American Athletic Conference (AAC)
Record: 13-2
|
22
256
|
|
23 |
Florida
SEC
Record: 12-3
|
24
252
|
|
24 |
Minnesota
Big Ten
Record: 15-2
|
-
167
|
|
25 |
Southern California
Pac-12
Record: 15-2
|
25
20
|
The newest Coaches Poll was much of the same with UK coming in at No. 6.
TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 10
RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
1 | Baylor | 15-0 | 783 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3/NR |
2 | Kansas | 14-1 | 756 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2/8 |
3 | Villanova | 15-1 | 727 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1/3 |
4 | UCLA | 16-1 | 691 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2/20 |
5 | Gonzaga | 15-0 | 690 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 4/14 |
6 | Kentucky | 13-2 | 651 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1/8 |
7 | Duke | 14-2 | 557 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1/8 |
8 | Creighton | 15-1 | 517 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9/23 |
9 | West Virginia | 13-2 | 484 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 7/19 |
10 | Florida St. | 15-1 | 472 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13/NR |
11 | Oregon | 15-2 | 421 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4/24 |
12 | North Carolina | 14-3 | 408 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3/16 |
13 | Butler | 14-2 | 395 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 13/NR |
14 | Xavier | 13-2 | 373 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7/17 |
15 | Louisville | 13-3 | 372 | 0 | 9 | -6 | 7/14 |
16 | Arizona | 15-2 | 332 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 9/20 |
17 | Wisconsin | 13-3 | 311 | 0 | 11 | -6 | 10/17 |
18 | Virginia | 12-3 | 308 | 0 | 12 | -6 | 6/12 |
19 | Purdue | 14-3 | 254 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 15/20 |
20 | Notre Dame | 14-2 | 228 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 21/NR |
21 | St. Mary's | 14-1 | 220 | 0 | 19 | -2 | 11/20 |
22 | Cincinnati | 13-2 | 145 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22/NR |
23 | Florida | 12-3 | 123 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 21/NR |
24 | Minnesota | 15-2 | 46 | 0 | 29 | 5 | – |
25 | Southern California | 15-2 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 22/NR |
Over at CBS Sports, UK came in at No. 5, just ahead of Duke and right behind Kansas, who comes to Rupp in three weeks.
1. Baylor
2. Villanova
3. UCLA
4. Kansas
5. Kentucky
6. Duke
7. Gonzaga
8. Florida State
9. West Virginia
10. Butler
11. Creighton
12. North Carolina
13. Wisconsin
14. Xavier
15. Arizona
16. Florida
17. Oregon
18. Notre Dame
19. Virginia
20. Louisville
21. Purdue
22. St. Mary's
23. Cincinnati
24. Southern California
25. Minnesota
26. Clemson