The top five of the USA Today coaches poll released on Monday is completely revamped.
After last week's second and fourth ranked teams lost this weekend, the new order -- which again begins with Villanova at No. 1 -- is Virginia, Purdue, Wichita State and Duke to round out the new-look top five.
Trailing closely behind in the six through 10 slots are four Big 12 teams and the struggling Spartans: No. 6 Oklahoma, No. 7 West Virginia, No. 8 Texas Tech, No. 9 Michigan State and No. 10 Kansas.
With Kansas set to play West Virginia on Monday and Oklahoma scheduled for two challenging road tilts this week, there's a good chance that the order might again be reshuffled come next week in a conference race that has a four-way tie for first place entering Monday.
New to the coaches poll this week is Ohio State and Michigan, both of which have notched wins over Michigan State over the past eight days to fuel momentum in Big Ten play. The Buckeyes improved to 6-0 in the league with a win over Rutgers on Sunday -- good for a first-place tie in the standings alongside Purdue while Michigan bounced back with a 1-point loss to Purdue last Tuesday with its best win on the season Saturday over Michigan State.
USA Today Coaches Poll
RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
1 | Villanova | 16-1 | 798 | 1 |
2 | Virginia | 16-1 | 757 | 3 |
3 | Purdue | 17-2 | 678 | 7 |
4 | Wichita State | 15-2 | 664 | 5 |
5 | Duke | 15-2 | 638 | 6 |
6 | Oklahoma | 14-2 | 632 | 9 |
7 | West Virginia | 15-2 | 624 | 2 |
8 | Texas Tech | 15-2 | 607 | 8 |
9 | Michigan State | 16-3 | 513 | 4 |
10 | Kansas | 14-3 | 501 | 12 |
11 | 15-2 | 446 | 13 | |
12 | 16-3 | 442 | 10 | |
13 | 16-3 | 414 | 14 | |
14 | 14-4 | 298 | 18 | |
15 | 14-3 | 298 | 11 | |
16 | 14-3 | 272 | 20 | |
17 | 14-4 | 271 | 21 | |
18 | 15-2 | 242 | 17 | |
19 | 15-3 | 239 | 15 | |
20 | 16-1 | 213 | 24 | |
21 | 12-4 | 187 | 23 | |
22 | Ohio State | 15-4 | 109 | NR |
23 | Miami | 13-3 | 108 | 19 |
24 | Michigan | 15-4 | 107 | NR |
25 | 13-4 | 103 | 16 |
Others receiving votes: Creighton 77; Saint Mary's 43; Florida State 34; Nevada 23; Notre Dame 18; Rhode Island 16; Boise State 7; Florida 5; UCLA 5; Baylor 4; Middle Tennessee 2; Oklahoma State 2; New Mexico State 2; Louisiana-Lafayette 1.