David Cloninger
Kentucky loss doesn’t hurt Gamecocks’ poll position
The South Carolina men rose one spot to No. 23 in the Associated Press Top 25 on Monday after splitting two games last week. USC beat then-No. 19 Florida and lost at No. 5 Kentucky.
The Gators, who also lost to Vanderbilt last week, fell to No. 25.
The Gamecocks (15-4, 5-1 SEC) host Auburn on Tuesday and are at Missouri on Saturday.
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Villanova (35) | 19-1 | 1591 | 1 |
2. Kansas (28) | 18-1 | 1572 | 2 |
3. Gonzaga (2) | 19-0 | 1471 | 4 |
4. Kentucky | 17-2 | 1414 | 5 |
5. Baylor | 18-1 | 1379 | 6 |
6. Florida State | 18-2 | 1215 | 10 |
7. Arizona | 18-2 | 1190 | 14 |
8. UCLA | 19-2 | 1177 | 3 |
9. North Carolina | 18-3 | 1171 | 9 |
10. Oregon | 18-2 | 1035 | 11 |
11. Butler | 17-3 | 914 | 13 |
12. Virginia | 15-3 | 803 | 16 |
13. Louisville | 16-4 | 796 | 12 |
14. Notre Dame | 17-3 | 767 | 15 |
15. Wisconsin | 16-3 | 746 | 17 |
16. Creighton | 18-2 | 731 | 7 |
17. Duke | 15-4 | 628 | 18 |
18. West Virginia | 15-4 | 569 | 7 |
19. Cincinnati | 17-2 | 478 | 20 |
20. Purdue | 16-4 | 412 | 21 |
21. St. Mary’s | 17-2 | 290 | 23 |
22. Maryland | 17-2 | 261 | 25 |
23. South Carolina | 15-4 | 171 | 24 |
24. Xavier | 14-5 | 146 | 22 |
25. Florida | 14-5 | 47 | 19 |
Others receiving votes: Kansas State 41, SMU 33, Northwestern 28, UNC Wilmington 14, Iowa State 12, Virginia Tech 7, Dayton 6, Southern Cal 6, Akron 1, Illinois State 1, Middle Tennessee 1, Utah 1
CLONINGER’S TOP 25
1. Kansas
2. Villanova
3. Baylor
4. Gonzaga
5. Kentucky
6. North Carolina
7. Arizona
8. UCLA
9. Creighton
10. Florida State
11. Virginia
12. Louisville
13. Butler
14. Oregon
15. Wisconsin
16. Purdue
17. Notre Dame
18. Duke
19. West Virginia
20. Cincinnati
21. South Carolina
22. St. Mary’s
23. Xavier
24. Maryland
25. Iowa State
USC women remain No. 5
The South Carolina women stayed at No. 5 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 and the rankings were unchanged for Monday’s immense matchup with No. 4 Mississippi State.
USC plays at Georgia on Thursday.
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINT | FIRST PLACE | BALLOTS | PREVIOUS |
1 | UConn | 18-0 | 825 | 33 | 33 | 1 |
2 | Baylor | 19-1 | 787 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
3 | Maryland | 19-1 | 743 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
4 | Mississippi State | 20-0 | 734 | 0 | 33 | 4 |
5 | South Carolina | 16-1 | 702 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
6 | Florida State | 19-2 | 657 | 0 | 33 | 7 |
7 | Washington | 19-2 | 616 | 0 | 33 | 8 |
8 | Notre Dame | 18-3 | 576 | 0 | 33 | 6 |
9 | Louisville | 18-4 | 545 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
10 | Stanford | 17-3 | 515 | 0 | 33 | 10 |
11 | Oregon State | 18-2 | 506 | 0 | 33 | 11 |
12 | Texas | 14-4 | 460 | 0 | 33 | 12 |
13 | UCLA | 15-4 | 434 | 0 | 33 | 13 |
14 | Duke | 17-3 | 405 | 0 | 33 | 15 |
15 | Ohio State | 17-5 | 384 | 0 | 33 | 16 |
16 | Arizona State | 14-5 | 271 | 0 | 32 | 18 |
17 | Miami | 14-5 | 254 | 0 | 33 | 14 |
18 | NC State | 15-5 | 247 | 0 | 33 | 21 |
19 | Virginia Tech | 16-3 | 221 | 0 | 33 | 17 |
20 | Oklahoma | 15-5 | 202 | 0 | 32 | 20 |
21 | DePaul | 16-5 | 159 | 0 | 28 | 19 |
22 | West Virginia | 15-5 | 104 | 0 | 23 | 24 |
23 | USF | 15-3 | 102 | 0 | 27 | 23 |
24 | Green Bay | 17-2 | 90 | 0 | 29 | NR |
25 | Kansas State | 15-5 | 54 | 0 | 16 | 22 |
Others receiving votes: Syracuse 44, Kentucky 15, Texas A&M 13, Temple 13, Tennessee 11, Michigan 10, Marquette 8, Northwestern 7, California 3, Drake 3, Wyoming 2, Oregon 2, Harvard 1
CLONINGER’S TOP 25
1. Connecticut
2. Baylor
3. South Carolina
4. Maryland
5. Mississippi State
6. Washington
7. Florida State
8. Notre Dame
9. Oregon State
10. Stanford
11. Texas
12. Louisville
13. Duke
14. Ohio State
15. Virginia Tech
16. DePaul
17. UCLA
18. Miami
19. NC State
20. USF
21. Arizona State
22. West Virginia
23. Texas A&M
24. Oklahoma
25. Green Bay
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