Kentucky stays at No. 17 in AP Poll, falls to No. 23 in Coaches Poll

After a solid win over Vanderbilt and a loss at Alabama, Kentucky didn’t move too much in the polls. In fact, the Cats didn’t move at all in the AP Poll, staying put at No. 17. They’re down two spots to No. 23 in the Coaches Poll.

Auburn, Saturday’s opponent at Rupp Arena, remains the No. 1 team in the land in both polls, one of four SEC teams in the top ten, eight overall. Duke took Florida’s spot at No. 2, bumping the Gators to No. 3. Tennessee is up to No. 5, while Alabama fell a few spots to No. 6. Texas A&M fell out of the top ten after losses to Mississippi State and Tennessee. Missouri is No. 14 and Mississippi State is No. 24. Ole Miss dropped out.

Outside of the SEC, Rick Pitino’s St. John’s squad is up to No. 7 after beating UConn yesterday. They’re just ahead of Michigan State, which jumped six spots to No. 8. Louisville is up six spots to No. 19. Kansas dropped out after losses to Utah and BYU, ending the Jayhawks’ run of 80 straight weeks in the AP Top 25.

AP College Basketball Poll – Feb. 24

RK	TEAM	REC	PTS	TREND
1	Auburn (60)	25-2	1500	–
2	Duke	24-3	1406	+1
3	Florida	24-3	1397	-1
4	Houston	23-4	1327	+1
5	Tennessee	22-5	1236	+1
6	Alabama	22-5	1198	-2
7	St. John’s	24-4	1132	+3
8	Michigan State	22-5	1055	+6
9	Iowa State	21-6	1004	-1
10	Texas Tech	21-6	915	-1
11	Wisconsin	21-6	800	–
12	Texas A&M	20-7	797	-5
13	Clemson	22-5	712	+5
14	Missouri	20-7	683	+1
15	Michigan	20-6	657	-3
16	Maryland	21-6	630	+4
17	Kentucky	18-9	461	–
18	Memphis	22-5	393	+4
19	Louisville	21-6	372	+6
20	Purdue	19-9	328	-7
21	Marquette	20-7	309	-5
22	Arizona	18-9	289	-3
23	Saint Mary’s	25-4	284	+3
24	Mississippi State	19-8	264	-3
25	BYU	19-8	135	+1

Others Receiving Votes: Creighton 53, Mississippi 28, Kansas 25, New Mexico 23, VCU 20, Oregon 20, UCLA 14, Drake 12, UC San Diego 8, Gonzaga 3, High Point 3, Illinois 3, Vanderbilt 2, Utah St. 1, Yale 1

USA Today Coaches Poll – Feb. 24

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	Chg
1	Auburn	25-2	748 (28)	–
2	Duke	24-3	708 (2)	+1
3	Florida	24-3	693	-1
4	Houston	23-4	660	+1
5	Tennessee	22-5	610	+1
6	Alabama	22-5	607	-2
7	St. John’s	24-4	571	+2
8	Michigan State	22-5	512	+5
9	Iowa State	21-6	492	-1
10	Texas Tech	21-6	467	–
11	Texas A&M	20-7	438	-4
12	Wisconsin	21-6	384	-1
13	Michigan	20-6	377	-1
14	Clemson	22-5	352	+3
15	Maryland	21-6	326	+5
16	Missouri	20-7	263	–
17	Louisville	21-6	241	+5
18	Memphis	22-5	205	+1
19	Purdue	19-9	175	-5
20	Saint Mary’s	25-4	173	+4
21	Arizona	18-9	159	-3
22	Marquette	20-7	150	-7
23	Kentucky	18-9	137	-2
24	Mississippi State	19-8	89	-1
25	Creighton	19-8	43	+4

Schools Dropped Out: No. 25 Kansas

Others Receiving Votes: BYU 39; New Mexico 29; VCU 22; Ole Miss 15; UC San Diego 14; UCLA 13; Utah State 11; Kansas 11; Gonzaga 7; UConn 5; Drake 2; UC Davis 1; Oregon 1

Kentucky in other National Rankings

Some college basketball writers/personalities dropped the Cats for their performances last week, while others bumped them up a spot. Further proof that it’s hard to judge this team right now because of the injuries.

• CBS Sports’ Kyle Boone: No. 15 (Last week: No. 15)
• CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish: No. 16 (Last week: No. 16)
• The Athletic’s CJ Moore: No. 17 (Last week: No. 17)
• Jon Rothstein: No. 17 (Last week: No. 14)
• On3’s Jamie Shaw: No. 19 (Last week: No. 22)
• John Fanta: No. 21 (Last week: No. 19)
• Andy Katz: No. 23 (Last week: No. 20)

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