With wins over two top 25 teams last week, Kentucky inched up one spot to No. 7 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll released Monday.
The Cats leaped over No. 8 Nevada, a team with just one top 25 win, but could not move past No. 6 Michigan State despite the Spartans’ loss at Purdue on Sunday. Like Kentucky, Michigan State also defeated two top 25 teams in the last seven days.
UK opened the week with a win over No. 22 Mississippi State and finished with a convincing win over then-No. 9 Kansas.