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College Basketball Rankings January 22: Purdue Still In Top 3

Hammer and Rails | January 22, 2018

Related Topics: College basketball, January 22, Oklahoma, Virginia

When you reach no. 3 in the polls there is obviously not a lot of room left to rise. Sure, teams can catch you from behind, but Purdue was 40 points ahead of No. 4 Oklahoma in the AP poll (and the Sooners lost twice anyway) and 14 points ahead of Wichita State in the coaches poll (with the Shockers losing twice).

Purdue trailed Virginia by 112 points in the AP Poll for No. 2 and by 79 points in the coaches poll. That margin closed just a little this week as Purdue stayed at No. 3.

  1. Villanova (63) 1,623
  2. Virginia (1) 1,537
  3. Purdue (1) 1,499
  4. Duke 1,439
  5. Kansas 1,338
  6. Michigan State 1,243
  7. West Virginia 1,217
  8. Xavier 1,180
  9. Cincinnati 1,087
  10. North Carolina 1,014
  11. Arizona 974
  12. Oklahoma 917
  13. Ohio State 787
  14. Texas Tech 763
  15. Gonzaga 610
  16. St.
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