It was a fairly quiet week on the shake-up in men’s college basketball. Thus the summit of new USA TODAY survey on sports coaches is largely unchanged.
Tennessee remains No. 1 with 20 of 31 first-place votes. There was less drama for the Volunteers after a blowout win over Illinois the previous Saturday. Auburn received the other 11 first-place votes and sits in second place overall, helped by a drubbing of Purdue Iowa State which remains in third place.
Kentucky, the highest-rated team to suffer a loss this week to Ohio State, falls six spots to No. 10. The rest of last week’s top 10 teams maintain the same order by moving up a notch, led by No. 4 Duke. and No. 5 Florida.
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Among other changes in the rankings, Oklahoma moved up four spots to No. 11. Mississippi State improves six spots to No. 19 after losing to Memphis. Purdue slips eight places but clings to last place in the standings.
No. 22 Illinois, No. 23 Baylor and No. 24 St. John’s join the ballot. Dropping out this week are Michigan, Memphis and Dayton.
This article was originally published on USA TODAY: College basketball coaches poll: Tennessee leads, Purdue tumbles
