UK at 4 in new AP

[UKEE]

Link below.

AP poll

1​		Gonzaga (21-2)	2​	West Coast​	1,496 (56)​
2​		Auburn (23-2)	1​	Southeastern​	1,413 (4)​
3​		Arizona (22-2)	4​	Pacific 12​	1,370​
4​		Kentucky (21-4)	5​	Southeastern​	1,350​
5​		Purdue (22-4)	3​	Big Ten​	1,163​
6​		Kansas (20-4)	8​	Big 12​	1,151​
7​		Baylor (21-4)	10​	Big 12​	1,148​
8​		Providence (21-2)	11​	Big East​	1,093​
9​		Duke (21-4)	7​	Atlantic Coast​	1,073​
10​		Villanova (19-6)	15​	Big East​	911​
11​		Texas Tech (19-6)	9​	Big 12​	858​
12​		Illinois (18-6)	13​	Big Ten​	778​
13​		UCLA (17-5)	12​	Pacific 12​	711​
14​		Houston (20-4)	6​	American Athletic​	700​
15​		Wisconsin (19-5)	14​	Big Ten​	631​
16​		Tennessee (18-6)	19​	Southeastern​	595​
17​		USC (21-4)	21​	Pacific 12​	554​
18​		Ohio State (15-6)	16​	Big Ten​	503​
19​		Michigan State (18-6)	17​	Big Ten​	485​
20​		Texas (18-7)	20​	Big 12​	410​
21​		Murray State (24-2)	23​	Ohio Valley​	290​
22​		Wyoming (21-3)		Mountain West​	190​
23​		Arkansas (19-6)		Southeastern​	158​
24​		Connecticut (17-7)	24​	Big East​	112​
25​		Alabama (16-9)		Southeastern​	80​

Others receiving votes:

Marquette 77, Xavier 51, Colorado State 29, Saint Mary's 22, LSU 18, Iowa 17, Notre Dame 17, SMU 14, Rutgers 10, Virginia 4, Miami (FL) 3, Boise State 3, Toledo 3, South Dakota State 3, Belmont 2, San Francisco 2, Vermont 1, Wake Forest 1

Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.

 

[502 Wildcat]

Fair IMO.

Arkansas and Alabama also re-enter the Top 25. SEC now with 6 teams ranked, the most of any conference.

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[mcwildcats04]

Wisconsin loses to Rutgers at home and falls 1 spot? LOL

 

[CatsFan4Evr.]

It's good that Alabama and Arkansas are ranked again. You can't watch those two teams play, and tell me they're not in the Top 25 teams in America.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

What I figured, now lets beat TN!
UK is a 1 Seed as of now!
Lets Gooooooooooooo!!!!

 

[GuyFromKY]

It's good that Alabama and Arkansas are ranked again. You can't watch those two teams play, and tell me they're not in the Top 25 teams in America.

Agreed.

 

[GuyFromKY]

Kansas at 6. Wow.

 

[AGEE11]

AP is so biased

 

[Bigblueamdyou]

Link soon

AP poll

got it

Kansas at 6. Wow.

kansas always gets favored in the polls

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Kansas at 6. Wow.

Im cool with it as it makes UKs blowout win over KU in Kansas look that much more impressive.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

AP is so biased

And yet they cant deny UK a top 4 ranking even with 4 Ls. Think about that! This team is tough!

 

[SosaUK87]

Nova still getting love with 6 freaking losses and in the top 10.

 

[BlueBomb]

The SEC is a gauntlet.

 

[BlueBomb]

Im cool with it as it makes UKs blowout win over KU in Kansas look that much more impressive.

Exactly.

I've never understood why fans chant "O-VER RATED!"

They should chant: "YOU'RE RATED EXACTLY RIGHT, WHICH MEANS WE SHOULD BE RATED ABOVE YOU!"

 

[fadkins82476]

Kansas at 6. Wow.

Why wow? They're 20-4, we're 21-4. We beat them, they're behind us. Most teams are in the same general 20-4/21-4 range.

The bigger wow is 19-6 Villanova at 10.

 

[CatPhight]

Kansas at 6. Wow.

 

[GuyFromKY]

Why wow? They're 20-4, we're 21-4. We beat them, they're behind us. Most teams are in the same general 20-4/21-4 range.

The bigger wow is 19-6 Villanova at 10.

They are not 6 spot good. That's why.

 

[Odd Janitor]

Call me a homer, but we're playing the best ball of anyone in the country right now.

 

[SosaUK87]

Call me a homer, but we're playing the best ball of anyone in the country right now.

I agree homer.

 

[bertfan31]

Call me a homer, but we're playing the best ball of anyone in the country right now.

Doh!

 

[bertfan31]

No ire for Purdue? Basically lost twice this week. Michigan killed them and if not for late game heroics by the refs, they lost to Maryland yesterday on their hom court. Purdue is most overrated in my book. I think we're where we should be.

 

[Kerry Kat]

I’m not sold on Arizona

 

[ganner918]

The SEC is a gauntlet.

5 of our last 6 games are Quad 1 in the NET. We're gonna have to bring it these last 3 weeks, especially with our injury issues.

 

[Elliott Tim]

got it

kansas always gets favored in the polls

I'm shocked Duke is 9th.

 

[Cawood86]

Frauds in durham lose at home to unranked team and only fall 2 spots...it never ends

 

[University-6]

I get that Providence is 21-2, but #8? Villanova is #10? Please sweet baby Jebus give me one or both in the NCAA tournament.

 

[LowCountryCat]

They are not 6 spot good. That's why.

Fair point, but this year there are no real dominant teams, there's a lot of hair splitting from 1-15. Who's behind KU that should be ahead of them, you think?

 

[LowCountryCat]

No ire for Purdue? Basically lost twice this week. Michigan killed them and if not for late game heroics by the refs, they lost to Maryland yesterday on their hom court. Purdue is most overrated in my book. I think we're where we should be.

Yeah Purdue's ranking is abominable.

 

[runt#69]

If that ends up pretty much like that on selection sunday, and we're with a #1 seed, I can see us getting the East regional with Providence as a#2 seed and Duke as a #3.

It just looks like something that the NCAA tournament selection committee would do...

I can't get away from the idea that either that will be the tagline they will stick to us, or we will get the midwest as a #1 or #2 seed with Purdue as our #1 or #2.

Either way, I say bring it. This year, I really don't care, because it all comes down to how WE do, not in the minutiae of the seeding process or anything else.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

If that ends up pretty much like that on selection sunday, and we're with a #1 seed, I can see us getting the East regional with Providence as a#2 seed and Duke as a #3.

It just looks like something that the NCAA tournament selection committee would do...

I can't get away from the idea that either that will be the tagline they will stick to us, or we will get the midwest as a #1 or #2 seed with Purdue as our #1 or #2.

Either way, I say bring it. This year, I really don't care, because it all comes down to how WE do, not in the minutiae of the seeding process or anything else.

No doubt….we good…

 

[bertfan31]

If that ends up pretty much like that on selection sunday, and we're with a #1 seed, I can see us getting the East regional with Providence as a#2 seed and Duke as a #3.

It just looks like something that the NCAA tournament selection committee would do...

I can't get away from the idea that either that will be the tagline they will stick to us, or we will get the midwest as a #1 or #2 seed with Purdue as our #1 or #2.

Either way, I say bring it. This year, I really don't care, because it all comes down to how WE do, not in the minutiae of the seeding process or anything else.

Duke WILL be in our region. No way they're going to let K's last hoorah pass without a chance to take out Kentucky.

Duke will NOT be in our region. No way they are going to take a chance on K's last hoorah being an early loss to Kentucky.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

If that ends up pretty much like that on selection sunday, and we're with a #1 seed, I can see us getting the East regional with Providence as a#2 seed and Duke as a #3.

It just looks like something that the NCAA tournament selection committee would do...

I can't get away from the idea that either that will be the tagline they will stick to us, or we will get the midwest as a #1 or #2 seed with Purdue as our #1 or #2.

Either way, I say bring it. This year, I really don't care, because it all comes down to how WE do, not in the minutiae of the seeding process or anything else.

Yeah, it is based on geography so that is how it will be. Just like in 2016, 2017, 2019 they stuck us with UNC as the 1 see due to geograpy. They will also look for made for TV matchups...Purdue is boring, so they will probably stick someone as the 3 in our bracket that is a more attractive Elite 8 matchup for UK name wise. (Maybe a UCLA if they can stabilize and stop losing?)

I agree on Duke in the East if we are there...and will the committee screw UK/Duke and put Nova in Philly as a 3 or 4 seed (probably a 3 at this point)? I would hope not, but who knows.

 

[GuyFromKY]

Fair point, but this year there are no real dominant teams, there's a lot of hair splitting from 1-15. Who's behind KU that should be ahead of them, you think?

Touché. No rebuttal here.

 

[CatEye2010]

#3 in Coaches Poll.

 

[Allcats08]

Fair IMO.

Arkansas and Alabama also re-enter the Top 25. SEC now with 6 teams ranked, the most of any conference.

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5 ranked teams

 

[ganner918]

Duke WILL be in our region. No way they're going to let K's last hoorah pass without a chance to take out Kentucky.

Duke will NOT be in our region. No way they are going to take a chance on K's last hoorah being an early loss to Kentucky.

As a serious take on it, if we get a 1 we're probably the 4th 1 and go to Philly (Gonzaga to San Francisco, Arizona/Auburn to San Antonio/Chicago, and us to Philly). Then you'd probably see Kansas go to Chicago, maybe Baylor to San Antonio... pretty solid chance they do match up Duke as our 2 in the same city as the greatest college basketball game ever played, 30 years later.

 

[mcwildcats04]

Frauds in durham lose at home to unranked team and only fall 2 spots...it never ends

Yeah that is pretty absurd too (along with Wisconsin).

 

[Ugoff]

No ire for Purdue? Basically lost twice this week. Michigan killed them and if not for late game heroics by the refs, they lost to Maryland yesterday on their hom court. Purdue is most overrated in my book. I think we're where we should be.

Yeah I thought that ranking was wack. Figured I'd get clobbered by "metrics guy" so I took a pass.

 

[JFCats22]

Kansas at 6. Wow.

KU has the most Quad 1 and 2 wins in the country. They are 8-3 against Quad 1 (UK is 5-4 for reference).

I am all for KU being ranked high and continuing to win. Makes us look better

 

[UKWildcats1987]

As a serious take on it, if we get a 1 we're probably the 4th 1 and go to Philly (Gonzaga to San Francisco, Arizona/Auburn to San Antonio/Chicago, and us to Philly). Then you'd probably see Kansas go to Chicago, maybe Baylor to San Antonio... pretty solid chance they do match up Duke as our 2 in the same city as the greatest college basketball game ever played, 30 years later.

I am still not sure Arizona would not prefer to be the 2 out west. I know that means they are with Gonzaga, but Gonzaga hasn't played a good team since 2021 so Arizona could easily beat them.

I agree that it is most likely Gonzaga, Auburn and Arizona with 3 ones as of today. I find it hard to believe any of the 3 lose enough to lose a 1 at this point either...Auburn is the one most likely to lose 2-3 games (including SEC Tourney) but I think if they are 27-4 heading into SEC Tourney and make it to semi-finals at least they should be good for a 1.