UCLA, regular season Pac 12 champions for the first time since the 2012-13 season, are up one spot in this week’s SMP men’s basketball rankings. The Bruins defeated Colorado and Utah this week to advance to 25-4.
| Rank | Team | Points | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 Houston | 473 | – |
| 2 | 1 Alabama | 436 | – |
| 3 | UCLA | 431 | +1 |
| 4 | 1 Kansas | 421 | -1 |
| 5 | Marquette | 360 | +3 |
| 6 | Purdue | 344 | -1 |
| 7 | Arizona | 338 | -1 |
| 8 | Texas | 314 | +1 |
| 9 | Gonzaga | 311 | +3 |
| 10 | Baylor | 297 | – |
| 11 | Kansas State | 289 | +5 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 264 | -1 |
| 13 | UConn | 244 | +5 |
| 14 | Saint Mary’s | 227 | – |
| 15 | Indiana | 212 | – |
| 16 | Virginia | 191 | -9 |
| 17 | Miami (FL) | 184 | -4 |
| 18 | San Diego State | 161 | +3 |
| 19 | Xavier | 149 | -2 |
| 20 | Providence | 81 | +2 |
| 21 | TCU | 74 | +3 |
| 22 | Maryland | 52 | NR |
| 23 | Creighton | 46 | -3 |
| 24 | Kentucky | 45 | NR |
| 25 | Northwestern | 40 | -6 |
New entrants: Maryland (22), Kentucky (24)
Dropped out: Iowa State (25), Florida Atlantic (25)
Receiving votes: Florida Atlantic (39), Pitt (37), Arkansas (32), Texas A&M (23), Charleston (18), Oral Roberts (17), Duke (10), Boise State (8), Nevada (2), Rutgers (2), Arizona State (2), Illinois (1), Missouri (1), Mississippi State (1)
A full breakdown of individual ballots cast by each voter can be found here.
Photo: Steve Cheng, Bruin Report Online, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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