Everyone except Auburn (1), Duke (2), and Michigan State (8) remained in their respective positions in the AP Top 25 College Basketball Rankings, but two key teams caused everyone else to shift around.
Texas A&M has lost four straight games, two of them by double digits, and has dropped from 12 to 22.
That allowed a slew of teams to rise, but Louisville, which is on an eight-game winning streak and 17-1 in its last 18 games, kept them all in check. The Cardinals went from 19 to 14 this week, making them the hottest team.
AP Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll Top 25, Week 18
Others Receiving Votes: Creighton 53, Mississippi 28, Kansas 25, New Mexico 23, VCU 20, Oregon 20, UCLA 14, Drake 12, UC San Diego 8, Gonzaga 3, High Point 3, Illinois 3, Vanderbilt 2, Utah St. 1, Yale 1
25 Mississippi State
Record: 20-9
Last Week Rank: 24
Up Next: Texas, at Arkansas
24 Arizona
Record: 19-10
Last Week Rank: 22
Up Next: Arizona State, at Kansas
23 BYU
Record: 21-8
Last Week Rank: 25
Up Next: at Iowa State, Utah
22 Texas A&M
Record: 20-8
Last Week Rank: 12
Up Next: Auburn, at LSU
21 Saint Mary’s
Record: 27-4
Last Week Rank: 23
Up Next: WCC Tournament
20 Marquette
Record: 22-7
Last Week Rank: 21
Up Next: at UConn, St. John’s
19 Kentucky
Record: 18-9
Last Week Rank: 17
Up Next: LSU, at Missouri
18 Purdue
Record: 20-9
Last Week Rank: 20
Up Next: Rutgers, at Illinois
17 Michigan
Record: 22-7
Last Week Rank: 15
Up Next: Maryland, at Michigan State
16 Memphis
Record: 25-5
Last Week Rank: 18
Up Next: at UTSA, USF
15 Missouri
Record: 21-8
Last Week Rank: 14
Up Next: at Oklahoma, Kentucky
14 Louisville
Record: 23-6
Last Week Rank: 19
Up Next: Cal, Stanford
13 Maryland
Record: 22-7
Last Week Rank: 16
Up Next: at Michigan, Northwestern
12 Wisconsin
Record: 22-7
Last Week Rank: 11
Up Next: at Minnesota, Penn State
11 Clemson
Record: 24-5
Last Week Rank: 13
Up Next: at Boston College, Virginia Tech
10 Iowa State
Record: 22-7
Last Week Rank: 9
Up Next: BYU, at Kansas State
9 Texas Tech
Record: 22-7
Last Week Rank: 10
Up Next: Colorado, at Arizona State
8 Michigan State
Record: 24-5
Last Week Rank: 8
Up Next: at Iowa, Michigan
7 Alabama
Record: 22-5
Last Week Rank: 6
Up Next: Florida, at Auburn
6 St. John’s
Record: 26-4
Last Week Rank: 7
Up Next: at Marquette
5 Florida
Record: 25-4
Last Week Rank: 3
Up Next: at Alabama, Ole Miss
4 Tennessee
Record: 24-5
Last Week Rank: 5
Up Next: at Ole Miss, South Carolina
3 Houston
Record: 25-4
Last Week Rank: 4
Up Next: Kansas, at Baylor
2 Duke
Record: 26-3
Last Week Rank: 2
Up Next: Wake Forest, at North Carolina
1 Auburn
Record: 27-2
Last Week Rank: 1
Up Next: at Texas A&M, Alabama