Kentucky Basketball No. 13 in new Coaches Poll

We’ve already covered the mess that is the AP Poll, but what do actual college basketball coaches think of the Cats? Kentucky is No. 13 in the new Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll, up four spots from last week and three spots higher than the AP Poll.

From the SEC, Auburn is No. 9, Tennessee No. 18, Alabama, No. 20, and LSU No. 21. Kansas, Kentucky’s opponent in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, is No. 6. Unlike in the AP Poll, Georgia did not receive any votes. Baylor, Duke, and Purdue are the top three.

Coaches Poll – January 3

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	Prev	Hi/Lo
1	Baylor	13-0	800 (32)	1	1/8
2	Duke	11-1	760	2	1/9
3	Purdue	12-1	713	3	1/7
4	Gonzaga	11-2	693	4	1/5
5	UCLA	8-1	657	5	2/6
6	Kansas	11-1	654	6	3/7
7	Arizona	11-1	559	7	4/NR
8	Southern California	12-0	517	9	8/NR
9	Auburn	12-1	512	11	9/22
10	Michigan St	12-2	507	10	10/NR
11	Iowa State	12-1	450	8	8/23
12	Ohio St.	9-2	412	12	12/NR
13	Kentucky	11-2	344	17	10/21
14	Houston	12-2	328	14	11/14
15	Villanova	9-4	286	22	4/22
16	Texas	11-2	285	18	5/18
17	Providence	13-1	284	21	17/NR
18	Tennessee	9-3	253	15	14/19
19	Colorado St.	10-0	229	20	19/NR
20	Alabama	10-3	223	19	8/20
21	Louisiana State	12-1	208	16	16/NR
22	Seton Hall	9-3	160	13	13/NR
23	Wisconsin	10-2	156	23	17/NR
24	Xavier	11-2	136	24	20/NR
25	Texas Tech	10-2	110	25	24/NR

Others Receiving Votes: Illinois 37; Connecticut 30; Oklahoma 29; Loyola-Chicago 16; Arkansas 15; Minnesota 14; San Francisco 6; Brigham Young 5; Saint Mary’s 4; Florida 4; West Virginia 2; Florida State 1; Davidson 1.

List of Voters

Curious who votes in the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll? The panel for the 2021-22 season includes familiar names like Tubby Smith (High Point), Nate Oats (Alabama), and Jim Boeheim (Syracuse). Here’s the entire list:

Randy Bennett, Saint Mary’s; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Glenn Braica, St. Francis (N.Y.); Kevin Broadus, Morgan State; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Baker Dunleavy, Quinnipiac; Dan Earl, VMI; John Gallagher, Hartford; Michael Huger, Bowling Green; Ron Hunter, Tulane; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; Chris Jans, New Mexico State; Rob Jeter, Western Illinois; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Grant McCasland, North Texas; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Robert McCullum, Florida A&M; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Matt McMahon, Murray State; Niko Medved, Colorado State; Dan Monson, Long Beach State; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Nate Oats, Alabama; Matt Painter, Purdue; Brett Reed, Lehigh; Keith Richard, Louisiana-Monroe; Tubby Smith, High Point; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Danny Sprinkle, Montana State; Wayne Tinkle, Oregon State.