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After a week highlighted by stellar match-ups in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, the newest AP Poll consisted mostly of the well defined upper echelon of teams jockeying for position.
Outside of Oregon, no squad moved up or down more than four positions in the rankings. The Ducks did manage to be this week's fastest riser, jumping up 7 spots to #16, while West Virginia dropped a Week 13 worst four spots to #14 ahead of their Tuesday showdown at Hilton.
The biggest name missing from this week's poll comes in the form of Mike Krzyzewskichifewzefeschschky's Duke Blue Devils, snapping a nation's best 167 week streak in the USA Today Top 25. The now defunct Duke streak now belongs to the Kansas Jayhawks with 136 straight ranked weeks, followed not so closely by Arizona (72) and (*repeated hiphop airhorn*) Iowa State (50).
This also marks the first time Duke has been unranked in the AP Poll since the 2007 season.
AP Top 25
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma Sooners (45) | 18-2 | 1605 |
| 2 | North Carolina Tar Heels (20) | 20-2 | 1578 |
| 3 | Villanova Wildcats | 18-3 | 1384 |
| 4 | Maryland Terrapins | 19-3 | 1366 |
| 5 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 17-4 | 1362 |
| 6 | Xavier Musketeers | 19-2 | 1344 |
| 7 | Kansas Jayhawks | 17-4 | 1233 |
| 8 | Texas A&M Aggies | 18-3 | 1169 |
| 9 | Virginia Cavaliers | 17-4 | 1086 |
| 10 | Michigan State Spartans | 19-4 | 1018 |
| 11 | Providence Friars | 18-4 | 900 |
| 12 | SMU Mustangs | 19-1 | 853 |
| 13 | Iowa State Cyclones | 16-5 | 851 |
| 14 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 17-4 | 814 |
| 15 | Baylor Bears | 17-4 | 728 |
| 16 | Oregon Ducks | 18-4 | 551 |
| 17 | Miami-Florida Hurricanes | 16-4 | 537 |
| 18 | Purdue Boilermakers | 19-4 | 511 |
| 19 | Louisville Cardinals | 17-4 | 478 |
| 20 | Kentucky Wildcats | 16-6 | 429 |
| 21 | Wichita State Shockers | 16-5 | 323 |
| 22 | Indiana Hoosiers | 18-4 | 270 |
| 23 | Arizona Wildcats | 17-5 | 245 |
| 24 | Dayton Flyers | 18-3 | 168 |
| 25 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 19-2 | 87 |
| Others Receiving Votes: St. Mary's (18-2) 63; Southern California (17-5) 40; VCU (16-5) 33; Utah (17-5) 33; Notre Dame (15-6) 21; Michigan (17-5) 21; Valparaiso (19-4) 7; Duke (15-6) 6; Pittsburgh (17-4) 4; Florida (14-7) 3; Saint Joseph's (18-3) 1; Stony Brook (17-4) 1; San Diego State (16-6) 1; Texas (14-7) 1 | |||
USA Today Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina (18) | 19-2 | 786 |
| 2 | Oklahoma (14) | 18-2 | 780 |
| 3 | Maryland | 19-3 | 667 |
| 4 | Villanova | 18-3 | 657 |
| 5 | Xavier | 19-2 | 650 |
| 6 | Kansas | 17-4 | 627 |
| 7 | Iowa | 17-4 | 618 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 18-3 | 594 |
| 9 | Virginia | 17-4 | 564 |
| 10 | Michigan St | 19-4 | 517 |
| 11 | Providence | 18-4 | 464 |
| 12 | West Virginia | 17-4 | 374 |
| 13 | Baylor | 17-4 | 366 |
| 14 | Iowa St. | 16-5 | 321 |
| 15 | Miami-Florida | 16-4 | 313 |
| 16 | Purdue | 19-4 | 278 |
| 17 | Oregon | 18-4 | 239 |
| 18 | Louisville | 17-4 | 237 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 16-5 | 223 |
| 20 | Arizona | 17-5 | 206 |
| 21 | Indiana | 18-4 | 200 |
| 22 | Wichita St. | 16-5 | 163 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 19-2 | 156 |
| 24 | Dayton | 18-3 | 120 |
| 25 | St. Mary's | 18-2 | 61 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Pittsburgh 42; Duke 27; Utah 21; Michigan 19; Notre Dame 17; Southern California 16; Virginia Commonwealth 16; Gonzaga 13; Butler 8; Monmouth 8; Valparaiso 8; Texas 7; St. Joseph's 5; Florida 4; California 3; Clemson 2; Alabama at Birmingham 1; Seton Hall 1; Washington 1. | |||