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College Basketball Rankings March 15: Purdue Holds at 20 in Final Poll

Hammer and Rails | March 15, 2021

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Purdue started the 2020-21 college basketball season without a single vote in the AP Poll. It finishes the year by being ranked in five total and the last three consecutive. Not a bad year, really. In the final poll before the tournament the tie with Texas Tech is broken and Purdue holds steady at #20.

  1. Gonzaga (60) 1,500
  2. Illinois 1,415
  3. Baylor 1,397
  4. Michigan 1,280
  5. Alabama 1,242
  6. Houston 1,145
  7. Ohio State 1,138
  8. Iowa 1,132
  9. Texas 993
  10. Arkansas 895
  11. Oklahoma State 891
  12. Kansas 803
  13. West Virginia 745
  14. Florida State 651
  15. Virginia 584
  16. San Diego State 521
  17. Loyola Chicago 513
  18. Villanova 490
  19. Creighton 411
  20. Purdue 382
  21. Texas Tech 271
  22. Colorado 243
  23. BYU 125
  24. USC 125
  25. Virginia Tech

Others Receiving Votes:

Georgia Tech 103, Tennessee 72, St.

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