NCAA Top 25: Duke remains No. 1
As predicted, the Week 8 NCAA Top 25 polls have been completely shaken up, with the exception of the top two spots, Duke and Michigan. With last week’s No. 3 Syracuse getting bumped off by unranked Temple, the Orangemen took the biggest tumble of the week falling to No. 9 on the AP poll and No. 7 in the Coaches’ poll. Ohio State’s loss to Kansas dropped the Buckeyes from No. 7 to No. 10 and moved Kansas from AP No. 9 to No. 6 (No. 8 to No. 6 on the Coaches’ poll). Florida dropped from AP No. 8 to No. 14 (Coaches’ poll – No. 9 to No. 11) on their loss to unranked Kansas State, who cracked into the Top 25 with the AP voters and landed in No. 25.
Missouri and Cincinnati moved into the Top 10 with impressive weeks. Missouri’s win over Illinois moved the Tigers from No. 12 to No.7 on the AP poll and No. 9 on the Coaches’ poll. The loss dropped the Fighting Illini out of the Top 10 to No. 12. Cincinnati moved from No. 11 to No. 8 of wins over Xavier and Wright State.
Duke picked up one additional first place vote in this weeks AP poll, earning 63 of 65 this week while Michigan loses one to drop from 3 to 2. Duke’s votes on the coaches poll were exactly the same this week as they were last week, picking up 30 or 31 first place votes and 774 total votes. Michigan earned one first place vote, while losing two overall votes, down from 745 to 743.
The Associated Press Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous | +/- |
| 1 | Duke (63) | 11-0 | 1623 | 1 | – |
| 2 | Michigan (2) | 12-0 | 1551 | 2 | – |
| 3 | Arizona | 11-0 | 1463 | 4 | +1 |
| 4 | Louisville | 11-1 | 1422 | 5 | +1 |
| 5 | Indiana | 11-1 | 1383 | 6 | +1 |
| 6 | Kansas | 10-1 | 1309 | 9 | +3 |
| 7 | Missouri | 10-1 | 1157 | 12 | +5 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 12-0 | 1144 | 11 | +3 |
| 9 | Syracuse | 10-1 | 1140 | 3 | -6 |
| 10 | Ohio State | 9-2 | 965 | 7 | -3 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 12-1 | 878 | 13 | +2 |
| 12 | Illinois | 12-1 | 875 | 10 | -2 |
| 13 | Gonzaga | 11-1 | 824 | 14 | +1 |
| 14 | Florida | 8-2 | 772 | 8 | -6 |
| 15 | Georgetown | 10-1 | 674 | 15 | – |
| 16 | Creighton | 11-1 | 589 | 17 | +1 |
| 17 | San Diego State | 11-1 | 557 | 18 | +1 |
| 18 | Butler | 9-2 | 512 | 19 | +1 |
| 19 | Michigan State | 11-2 | 416 | 20 | +1 |
| 20 | UNLV | 11-1 | 382 | 21 | +1 |
| 21 | Notre Dame | 12-1 | 337 | 22 | – |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | 10-1 | 318 | 24 | +2 |
| 23 | North Carolina State | 9-2 | 264 | 25 | +2 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | 12-1 | 189 | 27 | +3 |
| 25 | Kansas State | 9-2 | 152 | ||
| Others Receiving Votes: New Mexico 66, Kentucky 37, Temple 36, Wyoming 28, North Carolina 16, Virginia Commonwealth 16, Wichita State 11, Maryland 7, Oregon 6, Connecticut 6 | |||||
Division I Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous | +/- |
| 1 | Duke (30) | 11-0 | 774 | 1 | – |
| 2 | Michigan (1) | 12-0 | 745 | 2 | – |
| 3 | Louisville | 11-1 | 682 | 4 | +1 |
| 3 | Arizona | 11-0 | 682 | 5 | +1 |
| 5 | Indiana | 11-1 | 648 | 6 | +1 |
| 6 | Kansas | 10-1 | 642 | 8 | +2 |
| 7 | Syracuse | 10-1 | 559 | 3 | -4 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 12-0 | 543 | 11 | +3 |
| 9 | Missouri | 10-1 | 537 | 12 | +3 |
| 10 | Ohio State | 9-2 | 480 | 7 | -3 |
| 11 | Florida | 8-2 | 406 | 9 | -2 |
| 12 | Creighton | 11-1 | 395 | 13 | +1 |
| 13 | Gonzaga | 11-1 | 391 | 14 | +1 |
| 14 | Minnesota | 12-1 | 345 | 16 | +2 |
| 15 | Illinois | 12-1 | 330 | 10 | -5 |
| 16 | San Diego State | 11-1 | 327 | 15 | -1 |
| 17 | UNLV | 11-1 | 240 | 18 | +1 |
| 18 | Georgetown | 10-1 | 217 | 21 | +3 |
| 19 | Michigan State | 11-2 | 207 | 19 | – |
| 20 | Notre Dame | 12-1 | 181 | 22 | +2 |
| 21 | Butler | 9-2 | 136 | 25 | +4 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | 10-1 | 129 | 24 | +2 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 8-3 | 108 | 23 | – |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | 12-1 | 97 | 27 | +3 |
| 25 | North Carolina State | 9-2 | 87 | 26 | +1 |
| Others Receiving Votes: New Mexico 62, North Carolina 34, Kansas State 22, Virginia Commonwealth 22, Wyoming 20, Connecticut 6, Oregon 6, Temple 5, Wichita State 3, Colorado 3, Maryland 3, Colorado State 1 | |||||
Comparison Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | AP | Coaches | Avg |
| 1 | Duke | 11-0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Michigan | 12-0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Arizona | 11-0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| 4 | Louisville | 11-1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Indiana | 11-1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| 6 | Kansas | 10-1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 12-0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Syracuse | 10-1 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
| Missouri | 10-1 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | |
| 10 | Ohio State | 9-2 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| 11 | Florida | 8-2 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 |
| Minnesota | 12-1 | 11.0 | 14.0 | 12.5 | |
| 13 | Gonzaga | 11-1 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| 14 | Illinois | 12-1 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 13.5 |
| 15 | Creighton | 11-1 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 |
| 16 | San Diego State | 11-1 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 16.5 |
| Georgetown | 10-1 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 16.5 | |
| 18 | UNLV | 11-1 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 |
| 19 | Michigan State | 11-2 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 |
| 20 | Butler | 9-2 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 19.5 |
| 21 | Notre Dame | 12-1 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 20.5 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | 10-1 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 |
| 23 | North Carolina State | 9-2 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 |
| Pittsburgh | 12-1 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | |
| 25 | Kentucky | 8-3 | 27.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 |