Kentucky Basketball Ranks No. 17 in Coaches' Poll
John Calipari’s Kentucky basketball team fell a few spaces following last week’s loss at LSU. They may have been knocked down a few pegs, but the Wildcats did not fall as far in the Coaches’ Poll as they did in Monday morning’s AP Poll.
Kentucky dropped to No. 17 overall in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. Like the Wildcats, Tennessee also slid down the polls following a loss in Baton Rouge. Saturday’s game at Rupp Arena will put the seventeenth-ranked Wildcats against the No. 23 Volunteers.
Coaches Top 25 – January 10
| RANK | TEAM | PV RANK | CONFERENCE | POINTS |
| 1 | Baylor (15-0) | 1 | Big 12 | 800 (32) |
| 2 | Gonzaga (12-2) | 4 | West Coast | 735 |
| 3 | UCLA (10-1) | 5 | Pacific 12 | 702 |
| 4 | Auburn (14-1) | 9 | Southeastern | 615 |
| 5 | Purdue (13-2) | 3 | Big Ten | 606 |
| 6 | Arizona (12-1) | 7 | Pacific 12 | 601 |
| 7 | USC (13-0) | 8 | Pacific 12 | 595 |
| 8 | Duke (12-2) | 2 | Atlantic Coast | 590 |
| 9 | Michigan State (13-2) | 10 | Big Ten | 558 |
| 10 | Kansas (12-2) | 6 | Big 12 | 553 |
| 11 | Houston (14-2) | 14 | American Athletic | 431 |
| 12 | LSU (14-1) | 9 | Southeastern | 399 |
| 13 | Wisconsin (13-2) | 23 | Big Ten | 391 |
| 14 | Villanova (11-4) | 15 | Big East | 380 |
| 15 | Ohio State (10-3) | 12 | Big Ten | 312 |
| 16 | Iowa State (13-2) | 11 | Big 12 | 305 |
| 17 | Kentucky (12-3) | 13 | Southeastern | 272 |
| 18 | Seton Hall (11-3) | 22 | Big East | 219 |
| 19 | Texas Tech (11-3) | 25 | Big 12 | 210 |
| 20 | Providence (14-2) | 17 | Big East | 191 |
| 21 | Xavier (12-2) | 24 | Big East | 190 |
| 22 | Texas (12-3) | 16 | Big 12 | 154 |
| 23 | Tennessee (10-4) | 18 | Southeastern | 131 |
| 24 | Illinois (11-3) | NR | Big Ten | 108 |
| 25 | Alabama (11-4) | 20 | Southeastern | 105 |
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 122, Loyola Chicago 96, Miami (FL) 65, West Virginia 20, Connecticut 17, Indiana 12, Colorado State 10, San Diego State 9, Davidson 5, BYU 2, Iowa 2, San Francisco 2
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