Kentucky is seven spots outside of the USA Today Coaches Top 25
Kentucky Basketball is still unranked in both of the major college basketball polls.
Earlier today, the Associated Press revealed Kentucky remains far outside the AP top 25, and now we know what the coaches think of the Wildcats in the Week 12 version of the USA Today Sports Coaches Poll where Kentucky is seventh among the unranked teams that received votes. Kentucky scored 19 points this week in the voting results.
At No. 1 in the new poll, Purdue replaces Houston, followed by Alabama, then Houston, Tennessee, and Jerome Tang’s Kansas State to round out the top five.
Kentucky plays ninth-ranked Kansas on Saturday.
USA Today Sports Coaches Top 25
| Rank | Team | Record | PTS | 1st | Prev | Chg | Hi/Lo |
| 1 | Purdue | 19-1 | 792 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1/NR |
| 2 | Alabama | 17-2 | 771 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2/19 |
| 3 | Houston | 18-2 | 684 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1/4 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 16-3 | 648 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4/21 |
| 5 | Kansas State | 17-2 | 636 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5/NR |
| 6 | Virginia | 15-3 | 623 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2/18 |
| 7 | UCLA | 17-3 | 584 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 5/21 |
| 8 | Arizona | 17-3 | 574 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4/13 |
| 9 | Kansas | 16-3 | 568 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 2/9 |
| 10 | Texas | 16-3 | 493 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 2/12 |
| 11 | Texas Christian | 15-4 | 446 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 11/NR |
| 12 | Xavier | 16-4 | 441 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 8/NR |
| 13 | Iowa State | 14-4 | 405 | 0 | 12 | -1 | 12/NR |
| 14 | Gonzaga | 17-4 | 366 | 0 | 6 | -8 | 2/18 |
| 15 | Marquette | 16-5 | 306 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 15/NR |
| 16 | Auburn | 16-3 | 290 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 14/24 |
| 17 | Baylor | 14-5 | 256 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 6/NR |
| 18 | Charleston | 21-1 | 203 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 18/NR |
| 19 | Miami-Florida | 15-4 | 201 | 0 | 16 | -3 | 12/NR |
| 20 | Connecticut | 16-5 | 191 | 0 | 14 | -6 | 2/NR |
| 21 | Providence | 15-5 | 155 | 0 | 20 | -1 | 19/NR |
| 22 | Saint Mary’s | 18-4 | 139 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 22/NR |
| 23 | Clemson | 16-4 | 129 | 0 | 19 | -4 | 19/NR |
| 24 | Florida Atlantic | 19-1 | 104 | 0 | NR | 4 | 24/NR |
Others receiving votes: Indiana 47; New Mexico 46; Rutgers 39; Illinois 37; San Diego St. 33; Michigan St. 21; Kentucky 19; Wisconsin 17; NC State 13; Kent St. 13; North Carolina 9; Texas A&M 8; Missouri 8; Creighton 5; Seattle 4; Wake Forest 2; Oral Roberts 2; UC Santa Barbara 1.
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