Kentucky moves up to No. 11 in latest Coaches Poll

The media voters were a bit higher on Kentucky‘s win over Duke than the coaches, apparently. After coming in at No. 9 overall in the latest AP Poll — a ten-spot jump from last week — the Wildcats only moved up seven spots to No. 11 overall in the updated USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

That puts the Cats one spot behind the Blue Devils, somehow, despite taking them down in the head-to-head battle in the Champions Classic.

Elsewhere, Kansas holds firm at No. 1, followed by UConn at No. 2, Auburn at No. 3, Gonzaga at No. 4, Iowa State at No. 5, Purdue at No. 6, Houston and Alabama tied at No. 7 and Tennessee at No. 9 before getting to Duke and Kentucky at Nos. 10 and 11, respectively.

As for SEC foes, Florida comes in at No. 9 while Texas A&M and Arkansas close out the top 25 at Nos. 23 and 24, respectively. Ole Miss, Texas and Mississippi State are among the others receiving votes.

Take a look at the complete Coaches Poll:

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	Kansas	4-0	665	21	1	–	1/1
2	UConn	3-0	632	3	3	+1	2/3
3	Auburn	3-0	608	2	4	+1	3/11
4	Gonzaga	3-0	599	1	5	+1	4/7
5	Iowa State	2-0	516	0	7	+2	5/7
6	Purdue	4-0	513	0	12	+6	6/13
7	Houston	2-1	470	0	10	+3	4/10
7	Alabama	3-1	470	0	2	-5	2/7
9	Tennessee	4-0	462	0	9	–	9/12
10	Duke	3-1	421	0	6	-4	5/10
11	Kentucky	3-0	381	0	18	+7	11/23
12	North Carolina	2-1	377	0	11	-1	10/12
13	Creighton	4-0	348	0	13	–	13/14
14	Marquette	4-0	319	0	15	+1	14/17
15	Baylor	3-1	313	0	14	-1	8/15
16	Cincinnati	3-0	229	0	17	+1	16/20
17	Arizona	2-1	228	0	8	-9	8/17
18	Indiana	3-0	208	0	16	-2	16/18
19	Florida	4-0	168	0	19	–	19/21
20	Illinois	3-0	133	0	20	–	20/24
21	St. John’s	4-0	119	0	25	+4	21/NR
22	Texas Tech	3-0	95	0	NR	+4	22/NR
23	Texas A&M	3-1	94	0	23	–	15/23
24	Arkansas	2-1	82	0	21	-3	16/24
25	Wisconsin	4-0	75	0	NR	–	25/NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 22 Ohio State; No. 24 Rutgers;

Others Receiving Votes

Rutgers 56; Xavier 43; Ole Miss 39; BYU 28; Saint Mary’s 18; Pittsburgh 18; Texas 14; Michigan State 9; Mississippi State 5; Oregon 4; Nevada 4; Ohio State 3; Dayton 3; Wake Forest 2; VCU 2; UCF 2

AP College Basketball Poll – Nov. 18

1. Kansas (4-0) – 1509 (49)
2. UConn (3-0) – 1416 (7)
3. Gonzaga (3-0) – 1397 (2)
4. Auburn (3-0) – 1370 (3)
5. Iowa State (2-0) – 1184
6. Purdue (4-0) – 1172
7. Houston (2-1) – 1091
8. Alabama (3-1) – 1084
9. Kentucky (3-0) – 1009
10. North Carolina (2-1) – 969
11. Tennessee (4-0) – 942
12. Duke (3-1) – 914
13. Baylor (3-1) – 765
14. Creighton (4-0) – 722
15. Marquette (4-0) – 630
16. Indiana (3-0) – 573
17. Arizona (2-1) – 437
18. Cincinnati (3-0) – 412
19. Wisconsin (4-0) – 370
20. Arkansas (2-1) – 313
21. Florida (4-0) – 302
22. St. John’s (4-0) – 270
23. Texas A&M (3-1) – 233
24. Rutgers (3-0) – 143
25. Illinois (3-0) – 116

Others Receiving Vots: Texas Tech 109, Mississippi 103, Xavier 89, BYU 27, UCF 21, Texas 17, VCU 17, Michigan St. 16, Mississippi St. 15, Ohio St. 13, Miami 10, Pittsburgh 9, Oregon 7, Memphis 6, Penn St. 4, Providence 4, Utah St. 3, Kansas St 3, Clemson 2, Furman 2, Arizona St 2, Michigan 1, Hofstra 1, Maryland 1.

Kentucky in other National Rankings

• Jon Rothstein: No. 4
• Andy Katz: No. 5
• Rob Dauster: No. 6
• Jamie Shaw, On3: No. 7
• ESPN: No. 8
• Jeff Goodman: No. 8
• The Athletic: No. 9
• Kyle Boone, CBS Sports: No. 9
• Gary Parrish, CBS Sports: No. 11

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