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College basketball rankings: Big Ten teams in updated Coaches Poll, AP Top 25 on Jan. 15

kevin skiver, usa today network
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The second full week of 2024 was one of the most chaotic of the college basketball season so far.

Each of the top three teams lost, with Purdue dropping a game to Nebraska, Houston losing a pair to Iowa State and TCU, and Kansas dropping a game to UCF.

That parity alone may keep Purdue in the No. 1 spot for now, though UConn is climbing through the polls fast. Elsewhere in the Big Ten, Illinois split games against Michigan State and Maryland, while Wisconsin held serve against Ohio State and Northwestern.

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Here are the latest updates to the US LBM Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 poll:

College basketball rankings for Jan. 15

US LBM Coaches Poll

Big Ten teams in bold. First-place votes in parentheses.

  1. UConn, 15-2 (20)

  2. Purdue, 15-2 (12)

  3. North Carolina, 13-3

  4. Kansas, 14-2

  5. Houston, 14-2

  6. Duke, 13-3

  7. Tennessee, 12-4

  8. Wisconsin, 13-3

  9. Baylor, 14-2

  10. Kentucky, 12-3

  11. Auburn, 14-2

  12. Memphis, 15-2

  13. Arizona, 12-4

  14. Illinois, 12-4

  15. Creighton, 13-4

  16. Oklahoma, 13-3

  17. Utah State, 16-1

  18. Marquette, 11-5

  19. BYU, 13-3

  20. Iowa State, 13-3

  21. Ole Miss, 15-1

  22. TCU, 13-3

  23. Dayton, 13-2

  24. San Diego State, 14-3

  25. Texas Tech, 14-2

Others receiving votes: Colorado State 81; Florida Atlantic 67; Alabama 60; Seton Hall 40; Clemson 39; Grand Canyon 34; Texas 20; Nevada 14; Gonzaga 11; Oregon 10; NC State 9; Villanova 8; James Madison 8; Princeton 7; St. John's 6; Florida State 4; Wake Forest 2; Nebraska 2; Florida 2; New Mexico 1; Indiana State 1

AP Top 25

Big Ten teams bolded. First-place votes in parentheses.

  1. UConn, 15-2 (39)

  2. Purdue, 15-2 (20)

  3. Kansas, 14-2 (3)

  4. North Carolina, 13-3 (1)

  5. Houston, 14-2

  6. Tennessee, 12-4

  7. Duke, 13-3

  8. Kentucky, 12-3

  9. Baylor, 14-2

  10. Memphis, 15-2

  11. Wisconsin, 13-3

  12. Arizona, 12-4

  13. Auburn, 14-2

  14. Illinois, 12-4

  15. Oklahoma, 13-3

  16. Utah State, 16-1

  17. Marquette, 11-5

  18. Creighton, 13-4

  19. TCU, 13-3

  20. BYU, 13-3

  21. Dayton, 13-2

  22. Ole Miss, 15-1

  23. Florida Atlantic, 13-4

  24. Iowa State, 13-3

  25. Texas Tech, 14-2

Others receiving votes: Colorado State 169; San Diego State 153; Seton Hall 89; Alabama 60; Grand Canyon 49; Clemson 38; Boise State 22; Nevada 22; Texas 20; Oregon 17; St. John's 15; New Mexico 14; NC State 8; Princeton 5; Gonzaga 5; Utah 3; Mississippi State 3; South Carolina 2; Villanova 2; McNeese State 1; James Madison 1

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: College basketball rankings: Big Ten in updated Coaches Poll, AP Top 25