Kentucky, Virginia Top AP and Coaches’ Polls for Second Straight Week

For the second week in a row, the top two teams in America are the nation’s only undefeated squads. As they have been all season, the Kentucky Wildcats are the country’s No. 1 team, while the Virginia Cavaliers are holding steady at the No. 2 spot after ascending to that position last week. The Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Villanova Wildcats are No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, in both polls. The two polls disagree on the fifth-best team in America: the AP believes it is the Duke Blue Devils, while the Coaches’ says that honor belongs to the Wisconsin Badgers.

Here is the AP Poll, via ESPN:

1. Kentucky (63 first place votes)
2. Virginia (2)
3. Gonzaga
4. Villanova
5. Duke
6. Wisconsin
7. Arizona
8. Notre Dame
9. Iowa State
10. Louisville
11. Kansas
12. Utah
13. Maryland
14. Wichita State
15. North Carolina
16. VCU
17. Texas
18. West Virginia
19. Oklahoma
20. Northern Iowa
21. Baylor
22. Dayton
23. Indiana
24. Seton Hall
25. Iowa

And here is the top-25, according to the Coaches’ Poll, also via ESPN:

1. Kentucky (31)
2. Virginia (1)
3. Gonzaga
4. Villanova
5. Wisconsin
6. Duke
7. Arizona
8. Maryland
9. Notre Dame
10. Louisville
11. Utah
12. Iowa State
13. Wichita State
14. Kansas
15. North Carolina
16. VCU
17. West Virginia
18. Texas
19. Northern Iowa
20. Oklahoma
21. Baylor
22. Dayton
23. Indiana
24. Seton Hall
25. Stanford