After moving to 4-0 with a three-win week, the Wisconsin Badgers jumped one spot in each of the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll, moving to Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, on Monday.
In the AP poll, the Badgers are technically tied with Arizona (3-0) at No. 2. Kentucky remains No. 1 in both polls, while Duke is No. 2 in the Coaches Poll, ahead of Wisconsin and Arizona at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively.
The Badgers took down Chattanooga, Green Bay and Boise State last week. This week, Wisconsin has three games scheduled in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, beginning Wednesday night vs. UAB. That game will tip off at 6 p.m. CT and be televised on AXS TV. The rest of the Battle 4 Atlantis field includes North Carolina, UCLA, Georgetown, Florida, Butler, Oklahoma, UAB and Wisconsin.
Other Big Ten teams in the polls include Ohio State (No. 16/17), Michigan (No. 19/18) and Michigan State (No. 20/19).
AP Poll
Rank | School | Record | Pts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kentucky Wildcats (62) | 5-0 | 1,622 |
2 | Arizona Wildcats | 3-0 | 1,493 |
2 | Wisconsin Badgers (3) | 4-0 | 1,493 |
4 | Duke Blue Devils | 5-0 | 1,473 |
5 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 3-0 | 1,315 |
6 | Louisville Cardinals | 3-0 | 1,220 |
7 | Texas Longhorns | 4-0 | 1,185 |
8 | Virginia Cavaliers | 4-0 | 1,166 |
9 | Wichita State Shockers | 3-0 | 1,120 |
10 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 4-0 | 1,076 |
11 | Kansas Jayhawks | 1-1 | 982 |
12 | Villanova Wildcats | 3-0 | 913 |
13 | Iowa State Cyclones | 2-0 | 831 |
14 | Virginia Commonwealth Rams | 3-0 | 761 |
15 | San Diego State Aztecs | 3-0 | 735 |
16 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 3-0 | 557 |
17 | Miami-Florida Hurricanes | 5-0 | 524 |
18 | Florida Gators | 2-1 | 467 |
19 | Michigan Wolverines | 3-0 | 402 |
20 | Michigan State Spartans | 2-1 | 400 |
21 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 5-0 | 345 |
22 | UCLA Bruins | 4-0 | 177 |
23 | Creighton Bluejays | 4-0 | 148 |
24 | Connecticut Huskies | 3-1 | 145 |
25 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 3-0 | 129 |
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 109, Stanford 80, Providence 63, Utah 38, Minnesota 21, Northern Iowa 17, Rhode Island 16, Syracuse 15, Oklahoma St 14, Memphis 10, Georgetown 10, Baylor 7, Indiana 6, California 5, Nebraska 5, Illinois 5, Cincinnati 4, NC State 4, Wyoming 4, UTEP 3, Maryland 3, Dayton 3, BYU 2, Northeastern 1, Xavier 1 |
Coaches Poll
Rank | School | Record | Pts | 1st | Prev | Change | Hi/Lo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kentucky | 5-0 | 796 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
2 | Duke | 5-0 | 733 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3/3 |
3 | Wisconsin | 4-0 | 726 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4/4 |
4 | Arizona | 3-0 | 723 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2/2 |
5 | Louisville | 3-0 | 622 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8/9 |
6 | North Carolina | 3-0 | 617 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6/6 |
7 | Virginia | 4-0 | 585 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8/9 |
8 | Gonzaga | 4-0 | 558 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11/13 |
9 | Texas | 4-0 | 541 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10/10 |
10 | Wichita State | 3-0 | 491 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 11/13 |
11 | Villanova | 3-0 | 469 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12/12 |
12 | Kansas | 1-1 | 458 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 5/5 |
13 | Iowa St. | 2-0 | 378 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 14/14 |
14 | Virginia Commonwealth | 3-0 | 369 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 15/16 |
15 | San Diego State | 3-0 | 348 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 16/17 |
16 | Florida | 2-1 | 303 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 7/7 |
17 | Ohio State | 3-0 | 281 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 20/20 |
18 | Michigan | 3-0 | 265 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 22/23 |
19 | Michigan State | 2-1 | 238 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 18/19 |
20 | Miami | 5-0 | 160 | 0 | 46 | 26 | – |
21 | Oklahoma | 2-1 | 114 | 0 | 18 | -3 | 18/19 |
22 | Connecticut | 3-1 | 112 | 0 | 17 | -5 | 15/17 |
23 | UCLA | 4-0 | 93 | 0 | 29 | 6 | – |
24 | West Virginia | 5-0 | 81 | 0 | NR | 0 | – |
25 | Providence | 5-0 | 47 | 0 | NR | 0 | – |
Others receiving votes: Stanford 42; Arkansas 35; Utah 27; Syracuse 26; Georgetown 23; Notre Dame 20; Nebraska 17; Oregon 11; Baylor 10; Creighton 9; Minnesota 9; Oklahoma State 8; Northern Iowa 6; California 6; Indiana 5; Texas-El Paso 5; Iowa 4; Colorado 4; Charlotte 4; Louisiana Tech 3; George Washington 3; Saint Mary's 3; Wyoming 3; Rhode Island 2; Kansas State 2; Memphis 2; LSU 1; Illinois 1; Southern Methodist 1. |