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College Basketball Top 25 Polls Updated for NCAA Tournament

The latest top 25 polls won't make you feel any better about the South Region.

With the NCAA Tournament bracket set, we're getting one final round of top 25 polls heading into the Big Dance.

First, here's a recap of how the selection committee ranked all 68 teams:

Now, prepare to be more angry about Kentucky's tourney draw. The latest Coaches Poll saw the Cats climb all the way up to the No. 5 spot, ahead of North Carolina (8) and UCLA (6), both of whom join the Cats in a loaded South Region, which also has Wichita State, who checked in at No. 19 in this ranking, but somehow got a 10 seed.

Speaking of, Butler, who is the 4 seed in this region, checked in at No. 24 in the latest coaches poll. That's the team who likely will meet UNC in the Sweet 16, who will end up facing an easier Sweet 16 foe than Kentucky, who probably should have been the 1 seed over UNC, will in the round of 32 vs Wichita State. If Kentucky wins that game, they would likely face UCLA, who is ranked sixth in the Coaches Poll and probably should have been a 2 seed.

That all seems fair. Alas, we've come to expect nothing less when it comes to Kentucky's draw in the NCAA Tournament. And more often than not, they make the Final Four anyway.

Here's the fully-updated Coaches Poll:

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 19

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 1ST PLACE VOTES PREV CHANGE HI/LOW
1 Villanova 31-3 747 27 2 1 1/4
2 Gonzaga 32-1 691 1 4 2 1/14
3 Kansas 28-4 687 2 1 -2 1/8
4 Arizona 30-4 655 0 7 3 4/20
5 Kentucky 29-5 586 0 8 3 1/12
6 UCLA 29-4 575 0 3 -3 2/20
7 Duke 27-8 567 0 14 7 1/21
8 North Carolina 27-7 564 0 6 -2 3/16
9 Oregon 29-5 538 0 5 -4 4/24
10 Louisville 24-8 459 0 9 -1 4/15
11 Baylor 25-7 400 0 10 -1 1/NR
12 West Virginia 26-8 390 0 11 -1 7/19
13 Southern Methodist 30-4 362 0 15 2 13/NR
14 Notre Dame 25-9 356 0 16 2 12/NR
15 Purdue 25-7 297 0 12 -3 12/24
16 Cincinnati 29-5 282 0 18 2 11/NR
17 Florida 24-8 245 0 13 -4 12/NR
18 Florida St. 25-8 219 0 17 -1 8/NR
19 Wichita St. 30-4 198 0 22 3 19/NR
20 Iowa St. 23-10 185 0 24 4 20/NR
21 St. Mary's 28-4 166 0 18 -3 11/23
22 Wisconsin 25-9 159 0 23 1 5/23
23 Virginia 22-10 116 0 21 -2 6/23
24 Butler 23-8 104 0 20 -4 11/NR
25 Middle Tennessee St. 30-4 59 0 25 0 25/NR

The New AP Poll also has Kentucky climbing up to No. 5:

(###) Number of first place votes
1
Villanova (59)
Record: 31-3
PV Rank
2
Points
1,619
2
Gonzaga (6)
Record: 32-1
4
1,520
3
Record: 28-4
1
1,479
4
Record: 30-4
7
1,427
5
Record: 29-5
8
1,276
6
Record: 27-7
6
1,256
7
Record: 27-8
14
1,251
8
Record: 29-4
3
1,208
9
Record: 29-5
5
1,196
10
Record: 24-8
10
983
11
12
953
12
Record: 25-7
9
861
13
Record: 26-8
11
844
14
Record: 25-9
22
684
15
Record: 25-7
13
654
16
Record: 25-8
16
570
17
Record: 23-10
23
562
18
15
522
19
Record: 30-4
20
438
20
Record: 24-8
17
390
21
Record: 23-8
18
361
22
Record: 28-4
19
305
23
Record: 24-11
-
254
24
Record: 22-10
21
240
25
Record: 25-9
24
153

The latest CBS Sports Top 25 (and one) has Kentucky checking in at No. 8:

1. Villanova

2. Kansas

3. Gonzaga

4. Duke

5. North Carolina

6. Arizona

7. Oregon

8. Kentucky

9. UCLA

10. Louisville

11. Notre Dame

12. Baylor

13. Florida State

14. Purdue

15. Iowa State

16. SMU

17. Cincinnati

18. West Virginia

19. Butler

20. Florida

21. Virginia

22. Oklahoma State

23. Wichita State

24. St. Mary's

25. Wisconsin

26. Michigan