Kentucky, Virginia, Gonzaga, Duke and Wisconsin Make Up Top Five In AP and Coaches Polls
It’s not all that often that both the AP and Coaches’ polls agree on the top five teams in America this late in the college basketball season. However, in the latest editions of both polls, the top fives are similar: the No. 1 squad in America is the Kentucky Wildcats, the only other undefeated team in the country—the Virginia Cavaliers—are sitting at No. 2 and Gonzaga, Duke and Wisconsin round out the top five.
While next week’s top-fives will be different because the Blue Devils and the Cavaliers will face off at UVA on Saturday, here is how this week’s AP Poll shakes out, from ESPN:
- Kentucky (64 first-place votes)
- Virginia (1)
- Gonzaga
- Duke
- Wisconsin
- Arizona
- Villanova
- Notre Dame
- Kansas
- Louisville
- Utah
- Wichita State
- North Carolina
- VCU
- Iowa State
- Maryland
- West Virginia
- Northern Iowa
- Texas
- Baylor
- Georgetown
- Indiana
- Miami (FL)
- Oklahoma
- Butler
And here is this week’s Coaches’ Poll:
- Kentucky (32)
- Virginia
- Gonzaga
- Duke
- Wisconsin
- Arizona
- Villanova
- Notre Dame
- Louisville
- Utah
- Kansas
- Wichita State
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- VCU
- Iowa State
- West Virginia
- Northern Iowa
- Baylor
- Texas
- Indiana
- Georgetown
- Miami (FL)
- Colorado State
- Arkansas