New Polls & Conference Crowns

02/28/2023

By: Jeff Yoder

Men’s Top-5 Stays In Tact While Women’s Top-5 Shuffles, Plus An Updated Look at Conference Standings

Here it is, team. The last set of AP Polls before March has set the tone for the first four months of the college basketball season. The men’s top five stayed locked while everyone is chasing South Carolina in the women’s poll. Let’s do one last pre-March power poll and take a look at the projected winners of each conference regular season crown roughly one week before conference tournaments tip off.

 

Men’s AP Top-10

1. Houston (27-2) | —

2. Alabama (25-4) | —

3. Kansas (24-5) | —

4. UCLA (25-4) | —

5. Purdue (24-5) | —

6. Marquette (23-6) | ↑4

7. Baylor (21-8) | ↑2

8. Arizona (24-5) | ↓1

9. Texas (22-7) | ↓1

10. Gonzaga (25-5) | ↑2

Full Men’s AP Top-25

 

Men’s Projected Conference Winners/Leaders (Conf. Record)

ACC: #25 Pittsburgh (14-4), #16 Miami (14-5), #13 Virginia (13-5)

Big 12: #3 Kansas (12-4), #9 Texas (11-5)

Big East: #6 Marquette (15-3)

Big Ten: #5 Purdue (13-5)

Pac-12: #4 UCLA (16-2)

SEC: #2 Alabama (15-1)

 

Women’s AP Top-10

1. South Carolina (29-0) | —

2. Indiana (26-2) | —

3. Utah (25-3) | ↑5

4. LSU (27-1) | ↑1

5. Maryland (24-5) | ↑2

6. Stanford (27-4) | ↓3

7. Iowa (23-6) | ↓1

8. Virginia Tech (24-4) | ↑1

9. UConn (25-5) | ↓5

10. Notre Dame (24-4) | —

Full Women’s AP Top-25

 

Women’s Projected Conference Winners/Leaders (Conf. Record)

ACC: #10 Notre Dame (15-3), #8 Virginia Tech (14-4), #13 Duke (14-4)

Big 12: #12 Texas (13-3), #16 Oklahoma (12-4)

Big East: #9 UConn (17-2), #11 Villanova (16-3)

Big Ten: #2 Indiana (16-2), #5 Maryland (15-3), #7 Iowa (15-3)

Pac-12: #3 Utah (15-3), #6 Stanford (15-3)

SEC: #1 South Carolina (16-0), #4 LSU (15-1)

 

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