After blowing out the previously 12th-ranked Oregon Ducks last Tuesday in Portland 81-49, BYU hoops entered the AP Top 25 rankings for the first time this season at number 18. BYU was just outside the poll last week at number 29. Oregon fell out of the rankings and is just outside at number 26.
BYU has been ranked in all three seasons of the Mark Pope era after not being ranked since the 2010-2011 season. BYU was in the final AP Poll last season at number 23 and rose to as high as 14 in Pope’s first season as head coach.