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Week 15 College Basketball Rankings: Nevada Drops In AP Poll
The coaches poll to keep Wolf Pack at No. 6
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Associated Press has Nevada at seven
Being a mid-major team is tough for any school not named Gonzaga. The Nevada Wolf Pack have had a really good stretch of games where they have won by at least 15 points over their prior six games.
Despite the blowout wins, albeit over not the best competition, the AP voters dropped Nevada one spot to seventh and flipped them with went 2-0 this past week including a win over then-No. 19 Wisconsin.
The coaches poll kept the Wolf Pack at No. 6 but these rankings do not really matter all that much, or at all when it comes to NCAA Tournament seeding. That showed itself when Nevada was given a four-seed despite being a top-10 team in both major polls.
https://twitter.com/MWCwire/status/1094292150018224128
What will really change Nevada’s postseason seeding is earning as many quality wins as possible, but for them that is not going to easily happen as the schedule the rest of the way has only Utah State. Perhaps teams like Arizona State, BYU, Grand Canyon can get a few more wins to help the Wolf Pack’s cause.
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AP Top 25
1. Tennessee
2. Duke
3. Gonzaga
4. Virginia
5. Kentucky
6. Michigan
7. Nevada
8. North Carolina
9. Houston
10. Marquette
11. Michigan State
12. Purdue
13. Villanova
14. Kansas
15. Texas Tech
16. Louisville
17. Florida State
18. Kansas State
19. LSU
20. Wisconsin
21. Iowa
22. Virginia Tech
23. Iowa State
24. Maryland
25. Buffalo
USA TODAY TOP 25
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee (30) | 22-1 | 798 | 1 |
| 2 | Duke (2) | 21-2 | 768 | 2 |
| 3 | Gonzaga | 23-2 | 734 | 4 |
| 4 | Virginia | 20-2 | 689 | 3 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 20-3 | 667 | 5 |
| 6 | Nevada | 23-1 | 609 | 6 |
| 7 | Michigan | 22-2 | 607 | 7 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 19-4 | 583 | 8 |
| 9 | Houston | 23-1 | 517 | 12 |
| 10 | Marquette | 20-4 | 488 | 9 |
| 11 | Purdue | 17-6 | 430 | 15 |
| 12 | Michigan State | 19-5 | 420 | 11 |
| 13 | Villanova | 19-5 | 411 | 13 |
| 14 | Kansas | 18-6 | 320 | 14 |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 19-5 | 305 | 18 |
| 16 | Virginia Tech | 18-5 | 266 | 10 |
| 17 | Iowa | 19-5 | 250 | 20 |
| 18 | Kansas State | 18-5 | 233 | NR |
| 19 | Florida State | 18-5 | 211 | 24 |
| 20 | Louisville | 17-7 | 207 | 17 |
| 21 | Louisiana State | 19-4 | 200 | 22 |
| 22 | Iowa State | 18-6 | 194 | 16 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 17-7 | 174 | 19 |
| 24 | Buffalo | 20-3 | 86 | 25 |
| 25 | Maryland | 18-6 | 65 | N |
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