Louisville's huge road win at Syracuse on Saturday nearly catapulted it back into the top five of this week's USA Today Poll. Instead the Cards - who picked up one first place vote - sit at No. 6, just behind Big East leader Georgetown.
A decisive win over Seton Hall wasn't enough impress the AP Top 25 voters, who kept Louisville at No. 10 for a second straight week. The Cards did manage to leapfrog Michigan State and move up to No. 9 in the coaches' poll.
When Louisville heads to New York later this week for the Big East Tournament, it will do so as the No. 4 team in the country.
Louisville's huge road win at Syracuse on Saturday nearly catapulted it back into the top five of this week's USA Today Poll. Instead the Cards - who picked up one first place vote - sit at No. 6, just behind Big East leader Georgetown.
A decisive win over Seton Hall wasn't enough impress the AP Top 25 voters, who kept Louisville at No. 10 for a second straight week. The Cards did manage to leapfrog Michigan State and move up to No. 9 in the coaches' poll.
A pair of victories and a handful of losses from teams in front of them have allowed Louisville to jump two spots to No. 10 in both sets of top 25 rankings. The Cards remain the highest-ranked team in the country with five losses.
Saturday night's five overtime loss to Notre Dame wound up not having much effect on Louisville's national ranking, as the Cards fell one spot to No. 12 in the coaches' poll and held at the same position in the AP Top 25.
A victory over Pitt and a dominating win over No. 25 Marquette only impressed the AP and coaches' poll voters enough to move Louisville up one spot in this week's college hoops polls.
Despite becoming the first team since 1989 to begin a three-game losing streak while ranked No. 1, Louisville managed to remain in the top 15 of both the Associated Press top 25 and USA Today coaches' poll for this week.
Louisville's stay at the No. 1 spot was short-lived thanks to its loss to Syracuse on Saturday, but that upset wasn't enough to knock the Cards out of the top five.
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On the merits of its Sugar Bowl upset of Florida, the Louisville football team rose to No. 13 in both the final AP and coaches' polls of the season.
The Cards will have a little No. 3 next to their name for both of their games this week.
Syracuse's loss to Temple on Saturday allowed Louisville to climb in both polls for the second consecutive week.
After a three-week hiatus, the Louisville Cardinals are back in the top five of both major polls.
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Louisville's loss to Duke in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game dropped the Cards to No. 5 in the Associated Press Top 25 and to No. 6 in the USA Today Poll.
Back-to-back losses have taken the Cards from a top ten national ranking to completely out of the Associated Press Top 25.