Kentucky holds firm at No. 10 in the latest AP Poll

Kentucky took a solid hit last week, falling from No. 4 to No. 10 in the Week 8 update of the AP Poll after suffering a 20-point loss to Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic. Where do things stand seven days (and zero games) later for the Wildcats? No wins or losses, no movement, Mark Pope’s group holding firm at No. 10 in the Week 9 release.

Tennessee continues to sit atop the college basketball world at No. 1, followed by Auburn at No. 2, Iowa State at No. 3, Duke at No. 4, Alabama at No. 5, Florida at No. 6, Kansas at No. 7, Marquette at No. 8, Oregon at No. 9, Kentucky at No. 10, UConn at No. 11, Oklahoma at No. 12 and Texas A&M at No. 13.

That’s no movement whatsoever in the top 13, for those curious.

From there, Mississippi State (No. 17), Arkansas (No. 23) and Ole Miss (No. 24) make up the other ranked teams in the SEC while Georgia and Missouri continue to receive votes.

AP College Basketball Poll – December 30

RK	TEAM	REC	PTS	TREND
1	Tennessee (41)	12-0	1504	–
2	Auburn (20)	11-1	1481	–
3	Iowa State	10-1	1392	–
4	Duke	10-2	1321	–
5	Alabama	11-2	1238	–
6	Florida	13-0	1202	–
7	Kansas	9-2	1084	–
8	Marquette	11-2	1037	–
9	Oregon	12-1	979	–
10	Kentucky	10-2	958	–
11	UConn	10-3	904	–
12	Oklahoma	13-0	863	–
13	Texas A&M	11-2	812	–
14	Houston	8-3	626	+1
15	UCLA	11-2	571	+7
16	Cincinnati	10-1	551	+1
17	Mississippi State	11-1	483	+2
18	Michigan State	10-2	473	–
19	Gonzaga	9-4	383	-5
20	Purdue	9-4	281	+1
21	Memphis	10-3	213	–
22	Illinois	9-3	193	+2
23	Arkansas	10-2	174	–
24	Ole Miss	11-2	165	-8
25	Baylor	8-3	139	–

Others Receiving Votes: Maryland 133, Drake 100, St. John’s 98, Dayton 90, Michigan 65, Utah St. 59, Georgia 48, Pittsburgh 35, West Virginia 30, San Diego St. 28, Ohio St. 19, Missouri 19, North Carolina 19, Arizona St 13, Indiana 11, Texas Tech 8, Clemson 8, Wisconsin 7, Penn St. 5, St. Bonaventure 2, Nebraska 1.

USA Today Coaches Poll – December 30

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	Tennessee	12-0	764	20	1	–	1/12
2	Auburn	11-1	747	11	2	–	2/11
3	Iowa State	10-1	707	0	3	–	3/7
4	Duke	10-2	664	0	4	–	4/10
5	Florida	13-0	651	0	5	–	5/21
6	Alabama	11-2	626	0	6	–	2/12
7	Kansas	9-2	552	0	7	–	1/10
8	Marquette	11-2	539	0	8	–	4/17
9	Oregon	12-1	491	0	9	–	9/NR
10	Oklahoma	13-0	437	0	11	+1	10/21
11	Kentucky	10-2	428	0	10	-1	4/23
12	Texas A&M	11-2	424	0	13	+1	11/24
13	UConn	10-3	416	0	14	+1	2/NR
14	Houston	8-3	386	0	12	-2	4/18
15	Michigan State	10-2	270	0	18	+3	15/NR
16	Mississippi State	11-1	267	0	19	+3	16/NR
17	Cincinnati	10-1	259	0	17	–	14/23
18	UCLA	11-2	255	0	21	+3	18/NR
19	Gonzaga	9-4	170	0	15	-4	4/19
20	Illinois	9-3	129	0	22	+2	17/NR
21	Baylor	8-3	113	0	23	+2	8/NR
22	Purdue	9-4	108	0	25	+3	6/25
23	Ole Miss	11-2	92	0	16	-7	15/NR
24	Maryland	11-2	90	0	NR	+2	24/NR
25	Memphis	10-3	87	0	NR	+8	15/NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 20 San Diego State; No. 24 St. John’s;

Others Receiving Votes

St. John’s 70; Arkansas 58; Drake 53; Michigan 49; Utah State 42; Georgia 36; San Diego State 30; Dayton 19; Texas Tech 12; Pittsburgh 10; Clemson 9; West Virginia 8; Missouri 6; North Carolina 1

Kentucky in other National Rankings

There’s not much damage to be done when you haven’t played a game since Dec. 21. The Cats fell from consensus top-five status to top 15 in the national rankings a week ago, and that remains the case.

• Jeff Goodman: No. 7
• CBS Sports’ Kyle Boone: No. 10
• CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish: No. 9
• Andy Katz: No. 14

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