Kentucky ranked No. 9 in latest AP, Coaches Polls following another 1-1 week

How did voters view Kentucky‘s 1-1 week with a double-digit home win vs. No. 11 Texas A&M, followed by a tight home loss to No. 4 Alabama? The Wildcats are still a top-10 team in college basketball, dropping one spot in the latest AP Poll while hanging tight in the Coaches Poll as the consensus No. 9 team in the nation.

The top 10 features five SEC teams, led once again by Auburn as the consensus No. 1 team in the country. Alabama (No. 4), Florida (No. 5), Tennessee (No. 6) join Kentucky in the top 10, followed by Texas A&M (No. 13), Mississippi State (No. 14), Ole Miss (No. 16) and Missouri (No. 23) round out the conference representatives in the top 25 while Vanderbilt and Georgia are also receiving votes.

Take a look at the latest polls.

AP College Basketball Poll – Jan. 20

RK	TEAM	REC	PTS	TREND
1	Auburn (62)	17-1	1550	–
2	Duke	16-2	1485	+1
3	Iowa State	15-2	1397	-1
4	Alabama	15-3	1338	–
5	Florida	16-2	1262	–
6	Tennessee	16-2	1151	–
7	Houston	14-3	1109	+3
8	Michigan State	16-2	10	+4
9	Kentucky	14-4	983	-1
10	Marquette	15-3	935	-3
11	Purdue	15-4	883	+6
12	Kansas	13-4	797	-3
13	Texas A&M	14-4	781	-2
14	Mississippi State	15-3	665	+1
15	Oregon	15-3	624	-2
16	Ole Miss	15-3	569	+5
17	Illinois	13-5	553	+2
18	Wisconsin	15-3	511	+6
19	UConn	13-5	496	-5
20	St. John’s	16-3	418	–
21	Michigan	14-4	351	-1
22	Missouri	15-3	250	–
23	West Virginia	13-4	221	–
24	Memphis	14-4	132	-6
25	Louisville	14-5	119	–

Others receiving votes

Texas Tech 104, Utah St. 38, Vanderbilt 35, Gonzaga 34, Georgia 30, Clemson 30, Arizona 21, Saint Mary’s 12, Cincinnati 4, Baylor 4, UC Irvine 3, Wake Forest 2, Creighton 2, Bradley 1, Maryland 1.

USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll – Jan. 20

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	Auburn	17-1	774	30	1	–	1/11
2	Duke	16-2	739	0	3	+1	2/10
3	Alabama	15-3	672	0	5	+2	2/12
4	Iowa State	15-2	668	1	2	-2	2/7
5	Houston	14-3	623	0	8	+3	4/18
6	Florida	16-2	615	0	4	-2	4/21
7	Tennessee	16-2	584	0	6	-1	1/12
8	Michigan State	16-2	558	0	12	+4	8/NR
9	Kentucky	14-4	478	0	9	–	4/23
10	Marquette	15-3	473	0	7	-3	4/17
11	Kansas	13-4	467	0	10	-1	1/12
12	Purdue	15-4	452	0	15	+3	6/25
13	Texas A&M	14-4	383	0	11	-2	9/24
14	Mississippi State	15-3	341	0	18	+4	13/NR
15	Oregon	15-3	309	0	14	-1	9/NR
16	Ole Miss	15-3	272	0	21	+5	15/NR
17	Illinois	13-5	266	0	20	+3	15/NR
18	UConn	13-5	230	0	13	-5	2/NR
19	Wisconsin	15-3	194	0	NR	+8	11/NR
20	Michigan	14-4	180	0	19	-1	14/NR
21	St. John’s	16-3	167	0	NR	+5	20/NR
22	Memphis	14-4	130	0	17	-5	15/NR
23	West Virginia	13-4	107	0	25	+2	23/NR
24	Missouri	15-3	77	0	NR	+14	24/NR
25	Texas Tech	13-4	53	0	NR	+8	24/NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 16 Gonzaga; No. 22 Utah State; No. 23 Georgia; No. 24 Baylor;

Others Receiving Votes

Louisville 43; Gonzaga 43; Georgia 39; Clemson 28; Utah State 26; Saint Mary’s 25; Vanderbilt 16; Oklahoma 16; Maryland 8; Creighton 7; Arizona 6; UCLA 2; UC Irvine 2; Baylor 2;

Kentucky in other national rankings

Just as there wasn’t much movement in the major polls, Kentucky didn’t see much change in the national rankings, either. In fact, the only outlet to drop the Wildcats after splitting the games this past week vs. Texas A&M and Alabama was The Athletic, who moved UK from No. 10 overall to No. 12.

Besides that, it was more of the same from a week ago — with both CBS Sports’ analysts actually moving Kentucky up a spot from No. 8 to No. 7.

• Jon Rothstein: No. 8
• John Fanta: No. 8
• CBS Sports’ Kyle Boone: No. 7
• CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish: No. 7
• The Athletic: No. 12
• Andy Katz: No. 11