Kentucky stays hot; remains unanimous No. 1 in latest AP poll

Devin Booker

After holding UCLA to just seven first-half points en route to a blowout, Kentucky remains the unanimous No. 1 in the latest AP poll.

Duke and Arizona hang onto their second- and third-place rankings for Week 7, while Louisville remains at No. 4. Entering the top five for the first time this season is Virginia, which had a Kentucky-like performance Sunday against Harvard in holding the Crimson to eight first-half points.

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The Big 12 leads all conferences with seven ranked teams including previously unranked Baylor and TCU. The ACC had the second-most teams in the top-25 with five squads — three of them in the top five. 

Notre Dame was the biggest mover of Week 7, jumping up five spots from No. 21 to No. 16 after dominating in-state rival Purdue, 94-63, on Saturday. 

Michigan State (8-4) dropped out of the top 25 following a rare home loss to 2-8 Texas Southern. The same fate met then-No. 18 Miami, which fell at home 72-44 to Eastern Kentucky (6-4). Also falling out of the top 25 was then-No. 19 San Diego State, which lost to unranked Cincinnati on Wednesday, 71-62.

Week 7 Poll

1. Kentucky (65 first-place votes)

2. Duke     

3. Arizona     

4. Louisville     

5. Virginia    

6. Wisconsin     

7. Villanova    

8. Gonzaga     

9. Texas     

10. Kansas    

11. Wichita State

12. Iowa St.    

13. Washington    

14. Utah     

15. Maryland     

16. Notre Dame     

17. St. John's    

18. West Virginia     

19. Oklahoma    

20. North Carolina    

21. Ohio State

22. Baylor   

23. Northern Iowa     

24. Colorado State

25. TCU   

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