College Basketball Rankings February 12: Holding Steady
Purdue and Connecticut are pretty clearly out in front in the AP Poll. Both have eight Tier 1 NET wins. Purdue is 15-2 against the top two tiers and UConn us 13-2. The average NET rating of Purdue's wins is 83, with Arizona as the only other team in the country below 100 in that category. Purdue also has played the hardest schedule in the country, but inertia keeps UConn at No. 1 until they lose again. They do host Marquette this Saturday in a huge Big East game.
Here are the rankings this week.
| Team | First Place Votes | Overall Votes |
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1. Connecticut |
45 |
1,509 |
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2. Purdue |
16 |
1,480 |
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3. Houston |
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1,386 |
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4. Marquette |
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1,273 |
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5. Arizona |
1,241 |
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6. Kansas |
1,227 |
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7. North Carolina |
1,216 |
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8. Tennessee |
1,033 |
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9. Duke |
1,025 |
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10. Iowa State |
969 |
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11. South Carolina |
921 |
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12. Baylor |
811 |
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13. Auburn |
799 |
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14. Illinois |
728 |
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15. Alabama |
618 |
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16. Dayton |
425 |
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17. Creighton |
410 |
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18. St. Mary's |
296 |
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19. BYU |
494 |
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20. Wisconsin |
249 |
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21. Virginia |
218 |
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22. Kentucky |
217 |
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23. Indiana State |
209 |
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24. Florida Atlantic |
206 |
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25. Oklahoma |
178 |
Others Receiving Votes: Utah St. 160, Colorado St. 145, Texas Tech 111, San Diego St. 84, Washington St 82, Clemson 57, Nevada 57, Gonzaga 50, New Mexico 27, Florida 19, Michigan St. 17, Texas A&M 16, Grand Canyon 13, Mississippi 12, TCU 10, Texas 9, Memphis 8, South Florida 7, Northwestern 2, UNC Wilmington 1.
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