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The topsy turvy college basketball season continued this week with nearly half the top-10 losing and four new teams entering the poll. One of those teams is Rutgers, who now stands at 14-4 with a 5-2 conference record.
Elsewhere, Arizona and Iowa are back in the poll. Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars also enter the poll for the first time this season after a week of victories against SMU and Wichita State.
This week the poll could see some shake up depending on some big Big East and Big Ten matchups. There is also the SEC/Big 12 Challenge this Saturday.
Entered Poll
Arizona
Rutgers
Houston
Iowa
Dropped Out
Michigan
Arkansas
Wichita State
Ohio State
Biggest Rises
Michigan State +9
Arizona +6
Louisville +5
Biggest Falls
Auburn -10
Butler -10
Duke -9
1/27: BTPowerhouse Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | Last Week's Ranking | This Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Last Week's Ranking | This Week |
| 1 | Baylor (17-1) | 1 | 1/29 at Iowa State, 2/1 TCU |
| 2 | Gonzaga (21-1) | 2 | 1/30 at Santa Clara, 2/1 at San Francisco |
| 3 | Kansas (16-3) | 3 | 1/27 at Oklahoma State, 2/1 Texas Tech |
| 4 | Louisville (17-3) | 5 | 1/29 at Boston College, 2/1 at NC State |
| 5 | Villanova (16-3) | 6 | 1/28 at St. John's, 2/1 Creighton |
| 6 | Florida State (17-2) | 4 | 1/28 at Virginia, 2/1 at Virginia Tech |
| 7 | San Diego State (21-0) | 8 | 1/29 at New Mexico, 2/1 Utah State |
| 8 | Dayton (18-2) | 7 | 1/29 at Duquesne, 2/1 Fordham |
| 9 | Oregon (17-4) | 10 | 1/30 at California, 2/1 at Stanford |
| 10 | Kentucky (15-4) | 11 | 1/29 Vanderbilt, 2/1 at Kentucky |
| 11 | Duke (16-3) | 12 | 1/28 Pittsburgh, 2/1 at Syracuse |
| 12 | Michigan State (15-5) | 9 | 1/29 Northwestern, 2/1 at Wisconsin |
| 13 | Seton Hall (15-4) | 16 | 1/29 DePaul, 2/1 Xavier |
| 14 | Auburn (15-2) | 14 | 1/28 at Ole Miss, 2/1 Kentucky |
| 15 | Maryland (16-4) | 17 | 1/30 Iowa |
| 16 | West Virginia (16-3) | 18 | 1/29 at Texas Tech, 2/1 Kansas State |
| 17 | Illinois (15-5) | 20 | 1/30 Minnesota, 2/2 at Iowa |
| 18 | Butler (16-4) | 15 | 1/28 at Georgetown, 2/1 Providence |
| 19 | Iowa (14-5) | 22 | 1/27 Wisconsin, 1/30 at Maryland |
| 20 | Houston (16-4) | 21 | 1/29 at East Carolina, 2/1 at Cincinnati |
| 21 | Colorado (16-4) | 23 | 1/30 at UCLA, 2/1 at USC |
| 22 | Arizona (13-6) | 19 | 1/30 at Washington, 2/1 at Washington State |
| 23 | Penn State (14-5) | 25 | 1/29 Indiana, 2/1 at Nebraska |
| 24 | LSU (15-4) | NR | 1/29 Alabama, 2/1 Ole Miss |
| 25 | Rutgers (15-5) | 24 | 1/28 Purdue, 2/1 Michigan (neutral) |