Coaches Poll Top 25: Major Shakeup After The Top 2 Teams

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Auburn is 1, Duke is 2 – that’s not a shocker in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.After that, though, everything changed around.Wisconsin is 12. That’s the only team other than Auburn and Duke that didn’t budge. There are two newcomers to the top 25, Texas A&M dropped like a rock, Mississippi State and Creighton got bumped out, and everything else shifted.

USA TODAY Sports College Basketball Coaches Poll Top 25, Week 18

Others Receiving Votes: Mississippi State 38; New Mexico 24; Creighton 24; UC San Diego 21; Vanderbilt 17; Gonzaga 17; Oregon 14; UConn 10; Drake 10; UCLA 9; Illinois 6; Ole Miss 2; Boise State 1

25 VCU Points:

54 Record: 24-5 Last Week Rank: NR Up Next: at Duquesne, Dayton

24 Kentucky Points:

88 Record: 18-9 Last Week Rank: 23 Up Next: LSU, at Missouri

23 Arizona Points:

91 Record: 19-10 Last Week Rank: 21 Up Next: Arizona State, at Kansas

22 BYU Points:

127 Record: 21-8 Last Week Rank: NR Up Next: at Iowa State, Utah

21 Texas A&M Points:

169 Record: 20-8 Last Week Rank: 11 Up Next: Auburn, at LSU

20 Marquette Points:

204 Record: 22-7 Last Week Rank: 22 Up Next: at UConn, St. John’s

19 Missouri Points:

236 Record: 21-8 Last Week Rank: 16 Up Next: at Oklahoma, Kentucky

18 Purdue Points:

257 Record: 20-9 Last Week Rank: 19 Up Next: Rutgers, at Illinois

17 Saint Mary’s Points:

262 Record: 27-4 Last Week Rank: 20 Up Next: WCC Tournament

16 Memphis Points:

272 Record: 23-5 Last Week Rank: 18 Up Next: at UTSA, USF

15 Michigan Points:

288 Record: 22-7 Last Week Rank: 13 Up Next: Maryland, at Michigan State

14 Maryland Points:

341 Record: 22-7 Last Week Rank: 15 Up Next: at Michigan, Northwestern

13 Louisville Points:

365 Record: 23-6 Last Week Rank: 17 Up Next: Cal, Stanford

12 Wisconsin Points:

391 Record: 22-7 Last Week Rank: 12 Up Next: at Minnesota, Penn State

11 Clemson Points:

442 Record: 24-5 Last Week Rank: 14 Up Next: at Boston College, Virginia Tech

10 Iowa State Points:

484 Record: 22-7 Last Week Rank: 9 Up Next: BYU, at Kansas State

9 Texas Tech Points:

504 Record: 22-7 Last Week Rank: 10 Up Next: Colorado, at Arizona State

8 Alabama Points:

566 Record: 22-5 Last Week Rank: 6 Up Next: Florida, at Auburn

7 Michigan State Points:

587 Record: 24-5 Last Week Rank: 8 Up Next: at Iowa, Michigan

6 St. John’s Points:

612 Record: 26-4 Last Week Rank: 7 Up Next: at Marquette

5 Florida Points:

653 Record: 25-4 Last Week Rank: 3 Up Next: at Alabama, Ole Miss

4 Tennessee Points:

671 Record: 24-5 Last Week Rank: 5 Up Next: at Ole Miss, South Carolina

3 Houston Points:

707 Record: 25-4 Last Week Rank: 4 Up Next: Kansas, at Baylor

2 Duke Points:

737 (1)Record: 26-3 Last Week Rank: 2 Up Next: Wake Forest, at North Carolina

1 Auburn Points:

774 (30)Record: 27-2 Last Week Rank: 1 Up Next: at Texas A&M, Alabama College Basketball Rankings51-68 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10