Kentucky loss doesn’t hurt Gamecocks’ poll position | The State

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.

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

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.

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

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