Wichita State stays in Top 25, but drops following road loss
Wichita State has lost back-to-back road games and three of its last five overall, but the Shockers had enough good will with voters around the country to remained ranked in the Associated Press college basketball rankings Monday.
The Shockers (17-5, 7-3 American) fell six spots to No. 22 following an 81-79 overtime loss at Temple last Thursday. WSU is one of 10 schools that has been ranked in every AP poll this season, while WSU’s streak of 18 straight appearances in the top-25 is the NCAA’s eighth-longest streak.
This week will see No. 22 Wichita State attempt to snap out of its recent road woes on Tuesday at Memphis (14-9, 5-5) and then against Connecticut (11-12, 4-6) at Koch Arena on Saturday.
Villanova, Virginia, and Purdue remained the top three teams, while Michigan State and Xavier moved into No. 4 and No. 5. AAC foe Cincinnati (21-2, 10-0 American) moved up two spots to No. 6, its highest ranking of the season.
The Big 12 featured four teams in the rankings with No. 7 Texas Tech, No. 10 Kansas, No. 17 Oklahoma, and No. 19 West Virginia.
The Top Twenty Five
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Villanova (48) | 22-1 | 1608 | 1 |
2. Virginia (16) | 22-1 | 1572 | 2 |
3. Purdue (1) | 23-2 | 1500 | 3 |
4. Michigan St. | 22-3 | 1407 | 5 |
5. Xavier | 21-3 | 1350 | 6 |
6. Cincinnati | 21-2 | 1305 | 8 |
7. Texas Tech | 19-4 | 1182 | 10 |
8. Auburn | 21-2 | 1138 | 11 |
9. Duke | 19-4 | 1075 | 4 |
10. Kansas | 18-5 | 1015 | 7 |
11. Saint Mary’s (Cal) | 23-2 | 895 | 13 |
12. Gonzaga | 21-4 | 851 | 14 |
13. Arizona | 19-5 | 816 | 9 |
14. Ohio St. | 20-5 | 747 | 17 |
15. Tennessee | 17-5 | 739 | 18 |
16. Clemson | 19-4 | 720 | 20 |
17. Oklahoma | 16-6 | 636 | 12 |
18. Rhode Island | 19-3 | 486 | 22 |
19. West Virginia | 17-6 | 457 | 15 |
20. Michigan | 19-6 | 331 | 24 |
21. North Carolina | 17-7 | 304 | 19 |
22. Wichita St. | 17-5 | 295 | 16 |
23. Nevada | 20-4 | 205 | _ |
24. Kentucky | 17-6 | 133 | 21 |
25. Miami | 17-5 | 76 | _ |
Others receiving votes: Butler 65, Washington 54, Florida St. 27, New Mexico St. 23, Seton Hall 20, Creighton 18, Arizona St. 17, Texas 15, NC State 12, Alabama 8, Middle Tennessee 6, Nebraska 4, Florida 3, Houston 3, TCU 3, Oklahoma St. 2, ETSU 1, Vermont 1.
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This story was originally published February 5, 2018 at 11:40 AM with the headline "Wichita State stays in Top 25, but drops following road loss."