Seth Davis' College Basketball Rankings: Arizona Rises, Kentucky and Wisconsin Fall

We are now less than five weeks until Selection Sunday. Individual games don't move the needle as much, but there's plenty to sort out. My top 25, explained.

Feb 12, 2024

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We are now less than five weeks from Selection Sunday. Here is how I ranked the top 25 teams in college basketball when I sent in my ballot to the AP Top 25 poll Sunday night. Last week’s rankings are in parentheses. Thanks as always to bracketologists.com for putting all the important information in one, easy-to-navigate place. The compare resumes feature on the site is money. Herewith:

1. UConn (1)

2. Purdue (2)

3. Houston (4)

4. North Carolina (3)

5. Arizona (10)

6. Tennessee (5)

7. Iowa State (12)

8. Marquette (9)

9. Illinois (8)

10. Kansas (6)

11. Alabama (11)

12. Baylor (13)

13. South Carolina (NR)

14. Creighton (14)

15. Clemson (NR)

16. Auburn (16)

17. Duke (17)

18. Dayton (18)

19. San Diego State (19)

20. Kentucky (15)

21. Saint Mary’s (21)

22. Wisconsin (7)

23. BYU (22)

24. Michigan State (NR)

25. Indiana State (25)

Dropped out: Utah State (20), Texas Tech (24)

Almost Famous: Florida, Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, New Mexico, Oklahoma, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M

NOTES ON THE VOTES

* We have reached the stage of the season where one bad loss isn’t going to move the needle all that much. I often stress that I am a poll voter, not a bracketologist, so my

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