College Basketball Rankings

College Basketball Insiders Gary Parrish and Jeff Goodman rank the top teams in the nation. Rankings updated every Sunday night during the regular season. Records and results will refresh daily overnight.

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Rankings updated (02/11/2012) at 07:00 AM EST
Rank	Teams	Comments	Last Week	This Week
1	Kentucky Overall: 24-1 Conference: 10-0 Previous: 1	Anthony Davis has clearly established himself as a legitimate National Player of the Year candidate. He averaged 20 points, eight boards and 7.5 blocks last week in wins over Tennessee and South Carolina. Now the schedule gets interesting for the Wildcats, with Florida coming to Lexington on Tuesday.	W 69-44, Tennessee W 86-52, at South Carolina	W 78-58, Florida Feb. 11, at Vanderbilt
2	Syracuse Overall: 24-1 Conference: 11-1 Previous: 2	Fab Melo returned from a three-game academic suspension and wasted little time making an impact. The sophomore 7-footer had 14 points in 21 minutes in the Orange's win at St. John's.	W 95-70, at St. John's	W 64-61, Georgetown Feb. 11, Connecticut
3	Ohio State Overall: 21-3 Conference: 9-2 Previous: 3	Thad Matta finally got a win in Madison. The Buckeyes won Saturday at the Kohl Center for the first time since 2000 as Jared Sullinger went for 24 points and 10 boards.	W 58-52, at Wisconsin	W 87-84, Purdue Feb. 11, Michigan State
4	Missouri Overall: 22-2 Conference: 9-2 Previous: 4	Marcus Denmon finished with 29 points and hit huge shots in the final minutes to lead the Tigers to a comeback win against Kansas. The Tigers also got a nice road win in Austin early in the week and are in a three-way tie with the Jayhawks and Baylor atop the Big 12.	W 67-66, at Texas W 74-71, Kansas	W 71-68, at Oklahoma Feb. 11, Baylor
5	Baylor Overall: 21-3 Conference: 8-3 Previous: 5	The Bears won a couple of close calls last week. Pierre Jackson buried a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left to help beat Texas A&M and Perry Jones III had 16 points and 11 boards in a 64-60 victory at Oklahoma State.	W 63-60, at Texas A&M W 64-60, at Oklahoma State	L 68-54, Kansas Feb. 11, at Missouri
6	North Carolina Overall: 20-4 Conference: 7-2 Previous: 6	Tyler Zeller had a huge week, and an argument can be made he's the Tar Heels' most valuable player. He had 18 points and 18 boards in a win at Wake Forest and 22 and seven in a victory at Maryland. Harrison Barnes, playing with an ankle injury, had 18 points and eight rebounds in the win over the Terps.	W 68-53, at Wake Forest W 83-74, at Maryland	L 85-84, Duke Feb. 11, Virginia
7	Duke Overall: 20-4 Conference: 7-2 Previous: 7	The Blue Devils took a bad loss at home on Sunday. But their body of work is still better than the teams immediately below them in part because Coach K's team owns neutral court wins over both Michigan State and Kansas.	W 75-60, at Virginia Tech L 78-74, Miami (Fla.)	W 85-84, at North Carolina Feb. 11, Maryland
8	Michigan State Overall: 19-5 Conference: 8-3 Previous: 9	Draymond Green started for the Spartans on Sunday and helped them mostly cruise to a win over Michigan. They're now alone in second in the Big Ten standings behind only Ohio State.	L 42-41, at Illinois W 64-54, Michigan	W 77-57, Penn State Feb. 11, at Ohio State
9	Kansas Overall: 19-5 Conference: 9-2 Previous: 9	There's no shame in losing on the road to Missouri this season, but the Jayhawks blew a late lead. Thomas Robinson had 25 points and 13 boards, but he didn't touch the ball on the team's final three possessions. That's not good.	W 84-62, Oklahoma L 74-71, at Missouri	W 68-54, at Baylor Feb. 11, Oklahoma State
10	Florida Overall: 19-5 Conference: 7-2 Previous: 20	The Gators' got a pair of home wins -- against South Carolina and Vanderbilt -- despite getting virtually nothing from sophomore big man Patric Young. Next up is a huge game Tuesday at Kentucky.	W 74-66, South Carolina W 73-65, Vanderbilt	L 78-58, at Kentucky Feb. 11, Tennessee
11	Murray State Overall: 23-1 Conference: 11-1 Previous: 12	Isaiah Canaan hit some big shots en route to 32 points in a come-from-behind win over Southeast Missouri State. The Racers also took care of Tennessee-Martin and are the nation's only undefeated team.	W 81-73, Southeast Missouri State W 65-58, at Tennessee-Martin	L 72-68, Tennessee State Feb. 11, Austin Peay
12	Creighton Overall: 21-4 Conference: 11-3 Previous: 10	Doug McDermott was initially committed to Northern Iowa and its coach, Ben Jacobson, so the Panthers coach got a measure of revenge Saturday when Anthony James hit a buzzer-beater to knock off the Bluejays. Still, UNI could use McDermott. Everybody could.	W 102-74, Illinois State L 65-62, at Northern Iowa	L 65-57, at Evansville Feb. 11, Wichita State
13	San Diego State Overall: 20-3 Conference: 6-1 Previous: 13	Steve Fisher's Aztecs have now cracked the 20-win barrier for seven consecutive seasons after beating Boise State and TCU. Jamaal Franklin averaged 20 points in the two victories.	W 58-56, Boise State W 83-73, TCU	Feb. 11, at UNLV
14	Georgetown Overall: 18-5 Conference: 8-4 Previous: 14	The Hoyas had a terrific week pounding UConn and holding the Huskies to just 44 points. They also beat USF by 30 at home.	W 58-44, Connecticut W 75-45, South Florida	L 64-61, at Syracuse Feb. 12, St. John's
15	Florida State Overall: 16-7 Conference: 7-2 Previous: 24	The Seminoles got 21 points from Michael Snaer in a win over Georgia Tech, but he had just eight in a victory against Virginia. Okaro White led FSU with 13 points against the Cavs.	W 68-54, Georgia Tech W 58-55, Virginia	L 64-60, at Boston College Feb. 11, Miami (Fla.)
16	Virginia Overall: 19-4 Conference: 6-3 Previous: 15	Mike Scott had 23 points and 10 boards in a close win against Clemson and 16 and 11 against Florida State. But the latter wasn't enough to steal a win in Tallahassee.	W 65-61, Clemson L 58-55, at Florida State	W 68-44, Wake Forest Feb. 11, at North Carolina
17	Wisconsin Overall: 19-6 Conference: 8-4 Previous: 17	The Badgers lost yet again at home -- this time to Ohio State for the first time since 2000. Even crazier is that Jordan Taylor had three turnovers -- that's a big number for him.	W 52-46, at Penn State L 58-52, Ohio State	W 68-61, at Minnesota
18	UNLV Overall: 21-4 Conference: 5-2 Previous: 11	The Rebels took care of Colorado State but lost on the road against Wyoming in a game in which Mike Moser and Chase Stanback combined for just four first-half points. Nobody is going to beat a solid team on the road with star performances like that.	W 82-63, Colorado State L 68-66, at Wyoming	Feb. 11, San Diego State
19	Michigan Overall: 18-7 Conference: 8-4 Previous: 19	Tim Hardaway Jr. missed his first six shots Sunday, and that's not the recipe for winning at the Breslin Center. But it was a good week overall, because splitting with Indiana and Michigan State is about the best that could be reasonably expected.	W 68-56, Indiana L 64-54, at Michigan State	W 62-46, at Nebraska Feb. 12, Illinois
20	Marquette Overall: 20-5 Conference: 9-3 Previous: 16	Jae Crowder had 20 points and 12 boards in a win over Seton Hall but managed just four points in a loss at Notre Dame. In other words, he didn't have a consistent week.	W 66-59, Seton Hall L 76-59, at Notre Dame	W 89-76, at DePaul Feb. 11, Cincinnati
21	Mississippi State Overall: 19-5 Conference: 6-3 Previous: 21	Rick Stansbury's frontcourt duo of Arnett Moutrie and Renardo Sidney combined for 38 points in a 91-88 win over Auburn in Starkville, the Bulldogs' lone game of the week.	W 91-88, Auburn	W 70-60, Mississippi Feb. 11, Georgia
22	St. Mary's Overall: 22-3 Conference: 11-1 Previous: 22	The Gaels are now 11-0 in the West Coast Conference and have reeled off 12 consecutive victories. They haven't clinched the league yet, but that day seems to be coming.	W 84-73, San Diego	L 73-59, at Gonzaga Feb. 11, Santa Clara
23	Indiana Overall: 19-6 Conference: 7-6 Previous: 18	The Hoosiers didn't get anything from Will Sheehey and Verdell Jones in a road loss at Michigan, but Tom Crean's team got a much-needed and impressive victory at Purdue on Saturday. It was IU's first road win over a school not named Penn State.	L 68-56, at Michigan W 78-61, at Purdue	W 84-71, Illinois
24	Notre Dame Overall: 16-8 Conference: 8-3 Previous: NR	The Irish have been great lately. They're on a four-game winning streak that started with a win over Syracuse. They beat Marquette on Saturday and also own a victory over Connecticut.	W 76-59, Marquette	W 55-51, at West Virginia Feb. 11, DePaul
25	Iowa State Overall: 17-7 Conference: 7-4 Previous: NR	The Mayor and his band of second-chance kids have come together after a slow start. Royce White hit the game-winner against K-State and Melvin Ejim went for 21 points and nine boards in a victory at Oklahoma. ISU seems headed for the NCAA tournament.	W 72-70, Kansas State W 77-70, at Oklahoma	L 69-67, at Oklahoma State Feb. 11, Texas A&M
26	Southern Miss Overall: 20-4 Conference: 7-2 Previous: NR	Larry Eustachy finally got a win over Memphis as the Golden Eagles snapped an 18-game losing streak to the Tigers. Kentucky castoff Darnell Dodson had 23 points in that win for Southern Miss. And it should be noted that nobody has played Murray State as close as USM. The Golden Eagles took the Racers to double-overtime.	W 75-72, Memphis	L 71-61, at UAB Feb. 11, UCF