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A jump was expected with so many teams ahead of the Cards going down last week, but I didn't think it would be this extreme.
Here are your polls for this week:
| USA Today Coaches Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Arizona (30) | 15-0 | 798 |
| 2 | Syracuse (1) | 14-0 | 761 |
| 3 | Ohio State (1) | 15-0 | 741 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 13-1 | 687 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 15-0 | 687 |
| 6 | Wichita State | 15-0 | 632 |
| 7 | Iowa State | 13-0 | 543 |
| 8 | Louisville | 13-2 | 503 |
| 9 | Baylor | 12-1 | 488 |
| 10 | Villanova | 13-1 | 476 |
| 11 | Florida | 11-2 | 473 |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 12-2 | 446 |
| 13 | Duke | 11-3 | 399 |
| 13 | Oregon | 13-1 | 399 |
| 15 | San Diego State | 12-1 | 379 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 10-3 | 362 |
| 17 | Colorado | 13-2 | 272 |
| 18 | Gonzaga | 14-2 | 253 |
| 19 | Massachusetts | 12-1 | 225 |
| 20 | Kansas | 9-4 | 151 |
| 21 | Missouri | 12-1 | 113 |
| 22 | Memphis | 10-3 | 108 |
| 23 | Creighton | 12-2 | 90 |
| 23 | Iowa | 12-3 | 90 |
| 25 | UCLA | 12-2 | 66 |
- Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 65, North Carolina 40, Connecticut 35, Saint Louis 25, Oklahoma 17, Southern Miss 15, Illinois 14, Cincinnati 13, George Washington 11, Michigan 5, Kansas State 5, Toledo 5, New Mexico 3, Texas 3, Harvard 2
- Dropped from rankings: Connecticut 15, North Carolina 19
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Arizona (60) | 15-0 | 1,620 |
| 2 | Syracuse (5) | 14-0 | 1,550 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 15-0 | 1,470 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 15-0 | 1,427 |
| 5 | Michigan State | 13-1 | 1,378 |
| 6 | Wichita State | 15-0 | 1,203 |
| 7 | Baylor | 12-1 | 1,169 |
| 8 | Villanova | 13-1 | 1,141 |
| 9 | Iowa State | 13-0 | 1,076 |
| 10 | Florida | 11-2 | 1,052 |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | 12-2 | 934 |
| 12 | Louisville | 13-2 | 825 |
| 13 | San Diego State | 12-1 | 823 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 10-3 | 808 |
| 15 | Colorado | 13-2 | 752 |
| 16 | Duke | 11-3 | 745 |
| 17 | Oregon | 13-1 | 715 |
| 18 | Kansas | 9-4 | 367 |
| 19 | Massachusetts | 12-1 | 364 |
| 20 | Iowa | 12-3 | 261 |
| 21 | Missouri | 12-1 | 247 |
| 22 | Gonzaga | 14-2 | 241 |
| 23 | Illinois | 13-2 | 178 |
| 24 | Memphis | 10-3 | 126 |
| 25 | Kansas State | 11-3 | 112 |
- Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 103, Creighton 82, North Carolina 79, UCLA 79, Pittsburgh 44, Connecticut 41, Harvard 41, Saint Louis 19, Oklahoma 15, Michigan 11, George Washington 9, Southern Methodist 9, Xavier 3, Notre Dame 3, Toledo 2, Arkansas 1
- Dropped from rankings: Connecticut 17, North Carolina 19