Men’s NCAA Poll Positions
02/06/2024
By: Jeff Yoder
Purdue & UNC Hold Ground in Their Top-10 Tests With 1 Month to March
A big weekend of men’s college hoops pitted eight of the top-10 teams against each other — essentially every team except #1 UConn and #9 Marquette played another top-10 team. The victors earned some much-needed quality wins heading down the stretch into March. Purdue, North Carolina, Kansas and Tennessee were the four winners. However, the newly-anointed No. 4 Jayhawks got upset in overtime by Kansas State last night (75-70, OT) in the Sunflower Showdown. So KU should be dropping again next week. Duke and Houston still remain in the top-10. And the committee is going to have some tough questions to answer on the 2-, 3- and 4-lines next month.
Men’s AP Top-10
1. UConn (20-2) | —
2. Purdue (21-2) | —
3. North Carolina (18-4) | —
4. Kansas (18-5) | ↑4
5. Houston (19-3) | ↓1
6. Tennessee (16-5) | ↓1
7. Marquette (17-5) | ↑2
8. Arizona (17-5) | ↑3
9. Duke (16-5) | ↓2
10. Illinois (17-5) | ↑4
Women’s NCAA Poll
South Carolina Stays Perfect, Big Ten Rising & Pac-12 Continues to Devour Itself
In the women’s game, South Carolina is still clinging to that undefeated season with roughly 30 days to go. Outside of a date with #11 UConn on Sunday, the Gamecocks don’t have another ranked opponent the rest of the way. Two Big Ten teams are rising — Iowa and Ohio State. And the Pac-12 is just an absolute gauntlet with four top-10 teams and six in the top-20. Stanford, Colorado, UCLA and USC just keep beating up on each other.
Women’s AP Top-10
1. South Carolina (21-0) | —
2. Iowa (21-2) | ↑1
3. N.C. State (19-2) | ↑2
4. Colorado (19-3) | ↑2
5. Ohio State (19-3) | ↑3
6. Stanford (20-3) | ↓2
7. Texas (21-3) | ↑5
8. Kansas State (20-3) | ↓6
9. UCLA (17-4) | ↓2
10. USC (16-4) | ↑5