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After a pair of 12-point road wins, Gonzaga has increased its position in the opinion of AP voters by one spot as it moved up to No. 6 in this week's rankings. The move up is mainly due to Villanova suffering its first loss of the year against Seton Hall which dropped the Wildcats to No. 8.
The top 5 remains the same as Kentucky, Duke, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Louisville remain ahead of the Bulldogs in the eyes of national voters. Arizona, which gave the Zags its only loss of the year, is just behind at No. 7 after their loss to UNLV a few weeks ago.
The Wildcats and St. John's (No. 24) are the only ranked opponents of the Zags at this time. BYU is receiving votes but other challenging opponents such as UCLA, SMU, and Memphis have had their fair share of ups and downs this year. As we've come to expect, the Zags will be favored throughout the rest of the regular season so hopefully strength of schedule won't come in to play too much. Here's the full poll:
AP Top 25
| RANK | TEAM (1st) | POINTS | PREV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky Wildcats (64) | 1600 | 1 |
| 2 | Duke Blue Devils | 1535 | 2 |
| 3 | Virginia Cavaliers | 1446 | 3 |
| 4 | Wisconsin Badgers | 1397 | 4 |
| 5 | Louisville Cardinals | 1322 | 5 |
| 6 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 1275 | 7 |
| 7 | Arizona Wildcats | 1260 | 8 |
| 8 | Villanova Wildcats | 1089 | 6 |
| 9 | Utah Utes | 1059 | 10 |
| 10 | Texas Longhorns | 976 | 11 |
| 11 | Maryland Terrapins | 966 | 12 |
| 12 | Kansas Jayhawks | 884 | 13 |
| 13 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 775 | 14 |
| 14 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 712 | 17 |
| 15 | Wichita State Shockers | 686 | 16 |
| 16 | Oklahoma Sooners | 674 | 18 |
| 17 | Iowa State Cyclones | 663 | 9 |
| 18 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 591 | 19 |
| 19 | Seton Hall Pirates | 448 | - |
| 20 | Virginia Commonwealth Rams | 311 | 27 |
| 21 | Baylor Bears | 186 | 22 |
| 22 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 184 | 20 |
| 23 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 103 | 29 |
| 24 | St. John's Red Storm | 92 | 15 |
| 25 | Old Dominion Monarchs | 80 | 30 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Northern Iowa (12-2) 72; Iowa (10-4) 63; Butler (11-4) 53; LSU (11-2) 50; George Washington (11-3) 39; TCU (13-1) 33; Temple (11-4) 33; Colorado State (14-1) 31; Stanford (10-3) 29; South Carolina (9-3) 16; Washington (11-3) 13; Wyoming (13-2) 11; Indiana (11-3) 9; Oklahoma State (11-2) 9; Georgetown (9-4) 7; Cincinnati (10-3) 6; Dayton (11-2) 5; Brigham Young (13-4) 3; Xavier (10-4) 2; Hofstra (10-4) 1; Davidson (10-2) 1 | |||