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College Basketball Rankings January 21: Purdue Just Outside the Top 25.

Hammer and Rails | January 21, 2019

Related Topics: Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Tennessee, Nevada, Kansas, Iowa, North Carolina State University, Duke, Mississippi State University

After a 35-point win over Rutgers and a 15 point win over a ranked Indiana team Purdue was bound to receive a boost in the AP Poll. It wasn’t quite enough to get into the top 25, but we’re close. Here is this week’s AP poll.

  1. Tennessee (48) 1,575
  2. Duke (11) 1,520
  3. Virginia (3) 1,451
  4. Gonzaga 1,374
  5. Michigan 1,363
  6. Michigan State (2) 1,355
  7. Nevada 1,143
  8. Kentucky 1,087
  9. Kansas 1,060
  10. Virginia Tech 1,007
  11. North Carolina 895
  12. Marquette 861
  13. Maryland 751
  14. Texas Tech 743
  15. Buffalo 743
  16. Auburn 627
  17. Houston 544
  18. Villanova 450
  19. Iowa 332
  20. Mississippi 291
  21. North Carolina State 282
  22. Mississippi State 266
  23. Louisville 230
  24. Iowa State 156
  25. LSU 154

Purdue is officially 27th with 111 votes, just behind Florida State in 26th.

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