College basketball rankings: Xavier enters top 5 of coaches poll; Duke, Kentucky fall

Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Arizona all plunged in the coaches poll after taking losses on Saturday

By Kyle Boone

Feb 5, 2018 at 2:23 pm ET • 1 min read

The coaches poll has tabbed Xavier as a new addition to join Villanova, Virginia, Purdue and Michigan State in the top five of the college basketball rankings after Duke dropped a stunner on Saturday at St. John's. The Musketeers (19-4) survived close calls against St. John's and Georgetown this week and now sit firmly in second place in the Big East behind Villanova.

Duke, which was ranked fifth last week, dropped three spots to No. 8 and now sit behind Cincinnati and Texas Tech in the latest rankings. Auburn and Kansas round out the new-look top-10.

Villanova received 22 first-place votes, Virginia received eight, and Purdue, winners of 19-straight games, received one.

USA Today Coaches Poll

RANK	SCHOOL	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Villanova (22)	22-1	765	1
2	Virginia (8)	22-1	751	2
3	Purdue (1)	23-2	716	3
4	Michigan State	22-3	662	4
5	Xavier	21-3	649	6
6	Cincinnati	21-2	622	8
7	Texas Tech	19-4	549	10
8	Duke	19-4	494	5
9	Auburn	21-2	461	13
10	Kansas	18-5	451	7
11	Gonzaga	21-4	441	12
12	St. Mary's	23-2	436	14
13	Arizona	19-5	351	9
14	Tennessee	17-5	348	19
15	Clemson	19-4	334	20
16	Ohio State	20-5	322	18
17	West Virginia	17-6	283	11
18	Oklahoma	16-6	255	15
19	Rhode Island	19-3	252	21
20	Michigan	19-6	168	25
21	Wichita State	17-5	163	16
22	North Carolina	17-7	150	17
23	Nevada	20-4	103	27
24	Kentucky	17-6	73	22
25	Miami	17-5	59	28