Kentucky Basketball tied for No. 25 in the Coaches Poll

Kentucky may not be ranked in the eyes of AP voters, but the Cats are hanging on in the Coaches Poll — barely. Kentucky is tied for No. 25 in the latest Coaches Poll, an eight-spot drop, following last week’s loss to Missouri. The Cats began the season ranked fourth in the Coaches Poll.

The Tigers went from unranked to 21st. They are one of six ranked teams from the SEC: Alabama (No. 7), Tennessee (No. 9), Arkansas (No. 13), Auburn (No. 20), Missouri (No. 21), and Kentucky (No. 25). Mississippi State and LSU both received votes. The Cats host the Tigers tomorrow night at Rupp Arena.

As in the AP Poll, Purdue is No. 1, followed by Houston and Kansas. Check it all out below.

USA Today Sports Coaches Poll – Jan. 2

Rank	Team	Record	PTS (1st)	Previous	Change
1	Purdue	13-0	798 (30)	1	—
2	Houston	14-1	740 (2)	3	+1
3	Kansas	12-1	720	4	+1
4	Arizona	13-1	693	5	+1
5	Connecticut	14-1	659	2	-3
6	Texas	12-1	652	6	—
7	Alabama	11-2	560	9	+2
8	UCLA	13-2	559	8	—
9	Tennessee	11-2	556	10	+1
10	Gonzaga	12-3	510	11	+1
11	Virginia	10-2	494	12	+1
12	Miami-Florida	13-1	380	16	+4
13	Arkansas	11-2	377	7	-6
14	Duke	11-3	370	14	—
15	Wisconsin	10-2	326	15	—
16	Baylor	10-3	290	13	-3
17	Texas Christian	12-1	273	19	+2
18	Xavier	12-3	246	25	+7
19	Indiana	10-3	226	18	-1
20	Auburn	11-2	131	23	+3
21	Missouri	12-1	130	NR	+10
22	New Mexico	14-0	118	NR	+8
23	Ohio St.	10-3	112	NR	+3
24	Illinois	9-4	65	22	-2
25	Kentucky	9-4	62	17	-8
25	Iowa State	10-2	62	NR	+7

Schools dropped out: No. 20 Mississippi State; No. 21 Maryland; No. 24 West Virginia.

Others Receiving Votes: Mississippi State 47; Kansas State 38; Louisiana State 35; Providence 30; West Virginia 28; Charleston 24; San Diego St. 17; Michigan St. 14; Marquette 14; Saint Mary’s 12; Penn St. 11; Maryland 9; Virginia Tech 6; Florida Atlantic 3; UAB 2; Texas Tech 1.

List of Voters: 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; Jim Ferry, Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Gary, Mercer; Michael Huger, Bowling Green; Ron Hunter, Tulane; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; Rob Jeter, Western Illinois; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State; Grant McCasland, North Texas; Robert McCullum, Florida A&M; Greg McDermott, Creighton; 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; Mark Slessinger, New Orleans; Craig Smith, Utah; G.G. Smith, High Point; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Danny Sprinkle, Montana State; Brett Tanner, Abilene Christian.