Kentucky’s wins over Monmouth and UNC Greensboro were enough to move them up one spot in the latest AP Poll. The Cats are now No. 9, right behind fellow SEC brethren Tennessee (No. 7) and Auburn (No. 8).
The top four of the poll remain the same: Gonzaga, Kansas, Duke, and Virginia. Michigan moved up two spots to No. 5 after shellacking North Carolina, which dropped to No. 14:
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PV RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzaga (43) | 8-0 | 1,578 | 1 |
| 2 | Kansas (19) | 6-0 | 1,539 | 2 |
| 3 | Duke (1) | 7-1 | 1,463 | 3 |
| 4 | Virginia (1) | 7-0 | 1,367 | 4 |
| 5 | Michigan | 8-0 | 1,339 | 7 |
| 6 | Nevada | 8-0 | 1,300 | 5 |
| 7 | Tennessee | 6-1 | 1,238 | 6 |
| 8 | Auburn | 6-1 | 1,154 | 8 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 7-1 | 1,070 | 10 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 6-2 | 915 | 9 |
| 11 | Florida State | 6-1 | 871 | 15 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 7-1 | 809 | 22 |
| 13 | Texas Tech | 7-0 | 783 | 20 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 6-2 | 782 | 11 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | 6-1 | 675 | 13 |
| 16 | Kansas State | 6-1 | 629 | 12 |
| 17 | Buffalo | 7-0 | 515 | 21 |
| 18 | Iowa | 6-1 | 417 | 14 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 7-1 | 385 | 16 |
| 20 | Arizona State | 7-0 | 384 | – |
| 21 | Villanova | 6-2 | 356 | 23 |
| 22 | Mississippi State | 6-1 | 243 | 25 |
| 23 | Maryland | 7-1 | 204 | 24 |
| 24 | Nebraska | 7-1 | 176 | – |
| 25 | Furman | 8-0 | 101 | – |
I’ll have a breakdown of where the Cats and their opponents stand in all the rankings and ratings in just a bit.