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This was the year where the preseason top five was supposed to dominate college basketball from beginning to end. Instead, just one of those five teams will enter the postseason owning the same status it did four months ago.
It's not Kentucky, which became the first preseason No. 1 to fall out of the poll completely since 1980 today. It's also not Michigan State, Kansas or Duke.
Here's how things look six days before Selection Sunday:
AP Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida Gators (50) | 29-2 | 1610 | 1 |
| 2 | Wichita St. Shockers (15) | 34-0 | 1574 | 2 |
| 3 | Villanova Wildcats | 28-3 | 1454 | 6 |
| 4 | Arizona Wildcats | 28-3 | 1435 | 3 |
| 5 | Louisville Cardinals | 26-5 | 1237 | 11 |
| 6 | Virginia Cavaliers | 25-6 | 1186 | 5 |
| 7 | Duke Blue Devils | 24-7 | 1185 | 4 |
| 8 | Michigan Wolverines | 23-7 | 1143 | 12 |
| 8 | San Diego St. Aztecs | 27-3 | 1143 | 10 |
| 10 | Kansas Jayhawks | 23-8 | 1087 | 8 |
| 11 | Syracuse Orange | 27-4 | 1055 | 7 |
| 12 | Wisconsin Badgers | 25-6 | 973 | 9 |
| 13 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 26-5 | 922 | 15 |
| 14 | Creighton Bluejays | 24-6 | 752 | 13 |
| 15 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 23-8 | 709 | 14 |
| 16 | Iowa St. Cyclones | 23-7 | 572 | 16 |
| 17 | Oklahoma Sooners | 23-8 | 472 | 23 |
| 18 | Saint Louis Billikens | 26-5 | 433 | 17 |
| 19 | Memphis Tigers | 23-8 | 367 | 20 |
| 20 | New Mexico Lobos | 24-6 | 344 | 21 |
| 21 | Connecticut Huskies | 24-7 | 330 | 19 |
| 22 | Michigan St. Spartans | 23-8 | 318 | 22 |
| 23 | Va. Commonwealth Rams | 24-7 | 205 | 27 |
| 24 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | 23-8 | 165 | 33 |
| 25 | SMU Mustangs | 23-8 | 152 | 18 |
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Others Receiving Votes: Gonzaga 82, Stephen F. Austin 56, Oregon 39, Texas 31, Harvard 27, Kentucky 19, Baylor 18, UCLA 14, Nebraska 8, Iowa 4, Tennessee 2, George Washington 1, North Carolina Central 1 |
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| USA Today Coaches Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Florida (25) | 29-2 | 793 |
| 2 | Wichita State (7) | 34-0 | 775 |
| 3 | Villanova | 28-3 | 721 |
| 4 | Arizona | 28-3 | 678 |
| 5 | Louisville | 26-5 | 654 |
| 6 | Duke | 24-7 | 591 |
| 7 | San Diego State | 27-3 | 584 |
| 8 | Virginia | 25-6 | 581 |
| 9 | Michigan | 23-7 | 536 |
| 10 | Kansas | 23-8 | 509 |
| 11 | Syracuse | 27-4 | 497 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 26-5 | 447 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 25-6 | 440 |
| 14 | Creighton | 24-6 | 384 |
| 15 | North Carolina | 23-8 | 350 |
| 16 | Iowa State | 23-7 | 269 |
| 17 | Saint Louis | 26-5 | 252 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 23-8 | 221 |
| 19 | Memphis | 23-8 | 195 |
| 20 | New Mexico | 24-6 | 177 |
| 21 | Connecticut | 24-7 | 152 |
| 22 | Michigan State | 23-8 | 129 |
| 23 | Southern Methodist | 23-8 | 94 |
| 24 | Ohio State | 23-8 | 84 |
| 25 | Virginia Commonwealth | 24-7 | 71 |
- Others receiving votes: Kentucky 43, Gonzaga 32, Texas 27, Oregon 21, Southern Miss 21, Stephen F. Austin 17, Baylor 15, Iowa 10, Harvard 8, Massachusetts 8, Nebraska 5, Pittsburgh 3, Louisiana Tech 3, Kansas State 1, George Washington 1, Oklahoma State 1
- Dropped from rankings: Kentucky 24, Iowa 25
