Kentucky Takes Over No. 1 in Both College Basketball Polls

As expected, the University of Kentucky (19-1) has taken over the top spot in both major college basketball polls. The Wildcats received 61-of-65 first place votes in the AP Top 25 and all 31 first place votes in the coaches poll.

Murray State, the nation's only undefeated team at 20-0, moved up to No. 9 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 11 in the AP rankings.

The Louisville Cardinals (15-5) held onto the final spot in the coaches poll and are no longer ranked in the AP Top 25. The Cards did receive 35 votes.

AP Top 25

RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Kentucky (61) 19-1 1,620
2 Missouri (2) 18-1 1,532
3 Syracuse (2) 20-1 1,506
4 Ohio State 17-3 1,411
5 Kansas 16-3 1,383
6 Baylor 17-2 1,234
7 North Carolina 16-3 1,232
8 Duke 16-3 1,176
9 Georgetown 16-3 1,045
10 Michigan State 16-4 1,009
11 Murray State 20-0 925 12 UNLV 18-3 886 13 San Diego State 17-2 832 14 Florida 15-4 709 15 Creighton 18-2 682 16 Indiana 16-4 609 17 Marquette 16-4 517 18 Mississippi State 16-4 422 19 Virginia 15-3 414 20 Michigan 15-5 396 21 Saint Mary's 19-2 345 22 Kansas State 14-4 252 23 Florida State 13-6 244 24 Connecticut 14-5 203 25 Wisconsin 16-5 182

Others receiving votes: West Virginia 96, Gonzaga 82, Vanderbilt 40, Louisville 35, Harvard 32, Wichita State 28, Cincinnati 20, Illinois 11, Middle Tennessee 9, Dayton 3, Iona 2, Long Beach State 1

ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll

RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Kentucky (31) 19-1 775
2 Missouri 18-1 725
3 Ohio State 17-3 687
4 Syracuse 20-1 686
5 Kansas 16-3 660
6 Duke 16-3 571
7 Baylor 17-2 569
8 North Carolina 16-3 565
9 Murray State 20-0 502
10 Georgetown 16-3 498
11 Michigan State 16-4 453 12 San Diego State 17-2 403 13 Florida 15-4 396 14 Creighton 18-2 343 15 UNLV 18-3 337 16 Mississippi State 16-4 236 17 Indiana 16-4 230 18 Marquette 16-4 213 19 Connecticut 14-5 203 20 Saint Mary's 19-2 193 21 Virginia 15-3 171 22 Michigan 15-5 165 23 Harvard 16-2 99 24 Kansas State 14-4 80 25 Louisville 15-5 49 25 Wisconsin 16-5 49

Others receiving votes: Florida State 41, Gonzaga 34, West Virginia 33, Wichita State 29, Middle Tennessee 28, Vanderbilt 20, Nevada 12, Illinois 6, Cincinnati 4, Southern Miss 3, UCF 3, Iowa State 2, Dayton 1, New Mexico 1