The latest AP Top 25 Poll is out, and it has the Kentucky Wildcats on the rise.
Despite some voters thinking UK shouldn’t even be in the top 10, the majority of AP voters were impressed with the Cats’ win over Virginia Tech this past Saturday. ThE Hokies were a borderline top-25 team, ad they would have been ranked in all the major polls had they won at Rupp Arena.
But the Cats prevailed, and they rose to the No. 7 spot in the new AP Poll.
Here is a look at the fully-updated AP Top 25 Poll:
1. Villanova Wildcats
2. Michigan State Spartans
3. Arizona State Sun Devils
4. Duke Blue Devils
5. North Carolina Tar Heels
7. Kentucky Wildcats
8. Texas A&M Aggies
9. Xavier Musketeers
10. West Virginia Mountaineers
11. Wichita State Shockers
12. Gonzaga Bulldogs
13. Virginia Cavaliers
14. Kansas Jayhawks
15. TCU Horned Frogs
16. Purdue Boilermakers
17. Oklahoma Sooners
18. Baylor Bears
18. Arizona Wildcats
21. Texas Tech Red Raiders
21. Tennessee Volunteers
23. Seton Hall Pirates
24. Florida State Seminoles
25. Creighton Bluejays
In the latest ESPN power rankings, Kentucky checks in at No. 8, one spot up from last week:
8. Kentucky Wildcats
Record: 9-1
Last week: 9
We finally got some legitimate intel on the Wildcats after their home win over Virginia Tech on Saturday. We'll find out some more in the coming weeks, with UCLA and Louisville up next on the schedule. Will Kentucky's hot shooting (11 3-pointers vs. Tech) be an aberration?
This ranking actually turned into one of the strangest things you’ll see this season. It has Arizona State at No. 1 and TCU in the top 10.
In the immortal words of Vince Lombardi, what the hell's going on out here?
Here’s the entire ranking:
6. Miami Hurricanes
8. Kentucky Wildcats
10. TCU Horned Frogs
12. Oklahoma Sooners
14. Kansas Jayhawks
15. Gonzaga Bulldogs
16. West Virginia Mountaineers
18. Arizona Wildcats
20. Baylor Bears