Kentucky falls out of AP Top 25 poll for 1st time since 2014

AP Photo/James Crisp Kentucky coach John Calipari gestures to his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Florida, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Lexington, Ky. Florida won 66-64.
AP Photo/James Crisp Kentucky coach John Calipari gestures to his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Florida, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Lexington, Ky. Florida won 66-64.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Villanova maintained its hold on No. 1 in the AP Top 25, while another bunch of Wildcats found themselves sliding out of the rankings for the first time in nearly four years.

AP Top 25

1 Villanova

2 Virginia

3 Purdue

4 Duke

5 Kansas

6 Michigan State

7 West Virginia

8 Xavier

9 Cincinnati

10 North Carolina

11 Arizona

12 Oklahoma

13 Ohio State

14 Texas Tech

15 Gonzaga

16 Saint Mary's (Cal)

17 Wichita State

18 Clemson

19 Auburn

20 Florida

21 Arizona State

22 Tennessee

23 Nevada

24 Rhode Island

25 Michigan

Kentucky slid out of Monday's latest poll from No. 18 after losses to South Carolina and Florida, snapping a 30-game home winning streak for the Wildcats in Southeastern Conference play. That dropped coach John Calipari's Wildcats out for the first time since March 2014 and snapped a 68-week stretch in the poll.

The top three of Villanova, Virginia and Purdue remained the same, with Villanova staying at No. 1 for the third straight week. Duke inched up a spot to No. 4, while Kansas jumped five spots to No. 5 after winning at West Virginia.


NW News on 01/23/2018

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