New College Basketball Top 25 Polls Released

The Kentucky Wildcats are back on the rise in the latest polls.

Thanks to losses by Florida State, Virginia, Cincinnati, Wisconsin, and North Carolina, the Cats are climbing back up the rankings after their recent slide had them fall out of the top 10. The latest AP Poll has UK checking in at No. 13 after beating LSU and Alabama last week.

Retaining the top spot in both polls is Gonzaga, followed by Villanova and Kansas. Here is the fully-updated AP Poll:

The newest Coaches Poll has UK rising up to the No. 11 spot:

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 15

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	1ST PLACE VOTES	PREV	CHANGE	HI/LOW
1	Gonzaga	26-0	797	29	1	0	1/14
2	Villanova	24-2	770	3	2	0	1/4
3	Kansas	22-3	735	0	3	0	1/8
4	Baylor	22-3	665	0	8	4	1/NR
5	UCLA	23-3	636	0	9	4	2/20
6	Arizona	23-3	620	0	10	4	5/20
7	Louisville	20-5	607	0	4	-3	4/15
8	Oregon	22-4	581	0	6	-2	4/24
9	North Carolina	21-5	511	0	7	-2	3/16
10	Wisconsin	21-4	494	0	5	-5	5/17
11	Kentucky	20-5	456	0	12	1	1/12
12	West Virginia	20-5	448	0	14	2	7/19
13	Florida	20-5	371	0	17	4	13/NR
14	Duke	20-5	367	0	19	5	1/21
15	Virginia	18-6	363	0	13	-2	6/18
16	Purdue	20-5	318	0	18	2	15/24
17	Cincinnati	22-3	312	0	11	-6	11/NR
18	Florida St.	21-5	268	0	15	-3	8/NR
19	South Carolina	20-5	198	0	16	-3	15/NR
20	Notre Dame	19-7	167	0	24	4	12/NR
21	St. Mary's	22-3	131	0	20	-1	11/23
22	Creighton	21-4	130	0	23	1	7/23
23	Southern Methodist	22-4	127	0	26	3	23/NR
24	Maryland	21-4	90	0	22	-2	17/NR
25	Butler	19-6	80	0	21	-4	11/NR

Over at CBS, their Top 25 (and one) has UK checking in at No. 15, so they're not quite as sold on the Cats, even amid many other higher-ranked teams struggling just as much.

1. Gonzaga

2. Villanova

3. Kansas

4. Baylor

5. Wisconsin

6. Oregon

7. Arizona

8. Virginia

9. Louisville

10. UCLA

11. Duke

12. North Carolina

13. Cincinnati

14. West Virginia

15. Kentucky

16. Purdue

17. Florida

18. Notre Dame

19. Florida State

20. South Carolina

21. Butler

22. St. Mary's

23. Xavier

24. Creighton

25. Southern California

26. SMU

In case you missed it, here is what the NCAA selection committee's top 16 teams looked like during Saturday's bracket preview show:

1. Villanova
2. Kansas
3. Baylor
4. Gonzaga
5. UNC
6. FSU
7. Louisville
8. Oregon
9. Arizona
10. Virginia
11. Florida
12. Kentucky
13. Butler
14. West Virginia
15. UCLA
16. Duke

The good thing for UK is that Butler, Virginia, and FSU all lost this weekend, so the Cats would probably be higher up on this list if the ranking were done Monday.