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Men’s AP Top 25 College Basketball Rankings Week 16: Syracuse Orange Vault to #1, Kansas Jayhawks and Kentucky Wildcats Follow
The Syracuse Orange capitalized on the fall of the country’s top three teams this week, moving past the Kansas Jayhawks, Kentucky Wildcats and Purdue Boilermakers to claim the top spot in the men’s AP Top 25 college basketball rankings.
Syracuse used a pair of convincing wins over Providence and Villanova to vault to #1 and made a convincing case for a number one seed come tournament time. With just St. John’s and Louisville left on their schedule before the Big East tournament the Orange should close the regular season as the top ranked team.
The Kansas Jayhawks fell from #1 to #2 after falling on the road to Oklahoma State. Kansas took care of Oklahoma earlier in the week but the Cowboys were too much for the Jayhawks.
Kentucky found themselves in the same boat as they picked up a conference win early in the week only to fall later. The Wildcats exacted some revenge with their win over South Carolina but then dropped a road game in Tennessee on Saturday.
While Kansas and Kentucky each fell one spot the Purdue Boilermakers weren’t as fortunate as dropped four spots to number seven with Duke, Kansas State and Ohio State jumping ahead of them in addition to Syracuse.
AP Top 25 College Basketball Week 16
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1. Syracuse (59) 27-2 1,618 |
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2. Kansas (6) 27-2 1,550 |
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3. Kentucky 27-2 1,493 |
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4. Duke 25-4 1,415 |
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5. Kansas State 24-4 1,377 |
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6. Ohio State 23-7 1,232 |
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7. Purdue 24-4 1,169 |
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8. New Mexico 27-3 1,151 |
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9. Villanova 23-5 1,143 |
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10. West Virginia 22-6 1,024 |
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11. Michigan State 22-7 960 |
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12. Butler 26-4 762 |
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13. Vanderbilt 22-6 741 |
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14. Brigham Young 26-4 633 |
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15. Wisconsin 21-7 625 |
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16. Tennessee 21-7 615 |
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17. Pittsburgh 22-7 612 |
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18. Gonzaga 24-5 554 |
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19. Georgetown 19-8 548 |
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20. Temple 24-5 547 |
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21. Baylor 22-6 393 |
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22. Maryland 21-7 249 |
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23. Texas A&M 20-8 210 |
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24. UTEP 22-5 124 |
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25. Xavier 21-7 101 |
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