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Kentucky now in the Top 15 of the NET Rankings; Updated Team Sheet

Last week, Kentucky jumped into the Top 25 of the NET Rankings following the win over Western Kentucky. A week and two wins later, the Cats are now in the Top 15. Kentucky is No. 15 in the latest NET Rankings, which is fourth-best in the SEC. LSU is tops in the league at No. 5, which makes tomorrow night’s game in Baton Rouge absolutely huge.

Before we examine Kentucky’s team sheet, here are the Top 25 teams in the new NET Rankings.

NET Top 25 – Through January 2

  1. Baylor
  2. Arizona
  3. Houston
  4. Gonzaga
  5. LSU
  6. Auburn
  7. Purdue
  8. Duke
  9. Kansas
  10. Tennessee
  11. Villanova
  12. Texas
  13. Michigan State
  14. Southern California
  15. Kentucky
  16. UConn
  17. Illinois
  18. Loyola Chicago
  19. Iowa State
  20. Ohio State
  21. Alabama
  22. Xavier
  23. UCLA
  24. Colorado State
  25. Iowa

NET changes for the 2021-22 season

This is the fourth season the NCAA has used the NET Rankings as its primary metric to evaluate the strength of teams’ wins and losses.