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Chaos returned to college basketball again last week as 13 of the 25 teams in the poll lost at least once. Baylor retained the top spot, while LSU continued its meteoric rise after its 7-0 start in SEC play. For the Big Ten, Maryland and Penn State were the biggest rises while Rutgers fell out of the poll.
Entered Poll
Creighton
Dropped Out
Rutgers
Biggest Rises
LSU +7
Maryland +4
Penn State +4
Biggest Falls
Butler -5
Villanova -4
Oregon -3
2/3 BT Powerhouse Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | Last Week's Ranking | This Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Last Week's Ranking | This Week |
| 1 | Baylor (19-1) | 1 | 2/3 at Kansas State, 2/8 Oklahoma State |
| 2 | Kansas (18-3) | 3 | 2/3 Texas 2/8 at TCU |
| 3 | Gonzaga (23-1) | 2 | 2/6 Loyola Marymount, 2/8 at St. Mary's |
| 4 | Louisville (19-3) | 4 | 2/5 Wake Forest, 2/8 Virginia |
| 5 | San Diego State (23-0) | 7 | 2/8 at Air Force |
| 6 | Dayton (20-2) | 8 | 2/8 Saint Louis |
| 7 | Duke (18-3) | 11 | 2/4 at Boston College, 2/8 at North Carolina |
| 8 | Florida State (18-3) | 6 | 2/3 North Carolina, 2/8 Miami (FL) |
| 9 | Villanova (17-4) | 5 | 2/5 at Butler, 2/8 Seton Hall |
| 10 | Auburn (19-2) | 14 | 2/4 at Arkansas, 2/8 LSU |
| 11 | Maryland (18-4) | 15 | 2/4 Rutgers, 2/7 at Illinois |
| 12 | Oregon (18-5) | 9 | 2/8 at Oregon State |
| 13 | Kentucky (16-5) | 10 | 2/4 Mississippi State, 2/8 at Tennessee |
| 14 | Michigan State (16-6) | 12 | 2/4 Penn State, 2/8 at Michigan |
| 15 | Seton Hall (16-5) | 13 | 2/5 at Georgetown, 2/8 at Villanova |
| 16 | West Virginia (17-4) | 16 | 2/5 Iowa State, 2/8 at Oklahoma |
| 17 | LSU (17-4) | 24 | 2/5 at Vanderbilt, 2/8 at Auburn |
| 18 | Arizona (15-6) | 22 | 2/6 USC, 2/8 UCLA |
| 19 | Penn State (16-5) | 23 | 2/4 at Michigan State, 2/8 Minnesota |
| 20 | Iowa (15-6) | 19 | 2/5 at Purdue, 2/8 Nebraska |
| 21 | Illinois (16-6) | 17 | 2/7 Maryland |
| 22 | Houston (17-5) | 20 | 2/6 Tulane, 2/9 Wichita State |
| 23 | Butler (17-5) | 18 | 2/5 Villanova, 2/9 at Marquette |
| 24 | Colorado (17-5) | 21 | 2/6 Cal, 2/8 Stanford |
| 25 | Creighton (17-5) | NR | 2/5 at Providence, 2/8 St. John's |