After losing at North Carolina in last week’s ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Maryland dropped from second to sixth in the Associated Press media poll and to ninth in the USA Today Sports coaches’ poll. Both polls were released Monday.
Michigan State (9-0) moved from third to first in both polls after No. 1 Kentucky and the Terps lost. The Wildcats lost at UCLA on Thursday. Kentucky dropped to fifth in the AP poll and to fourth in the USA Today Sports poll.
North Carolina, which started the season No. 1 in both polls (tied with Kentucky in the AP poll and one spot ahead in the USA Today Sports poll), moved up from No.