Kentucky slid out of Monday's latest poll from No. 18 after losses to South Carolina and Florida, snapping a 30-game home winning streak for the Wildcats in Southeastern Conference play. That dropped coach John Calipari's Wildcats out for the first time since March 2014 and snapped a 68-week stretch in the poll.
The top three of Villanova, Virginia and Purdue remained the same, with Villanova staying at No. 1 for the third straight week. Duke inched up a spot to No. 4, while Kansas jumped five spots to No. 5 after winning at West Virginia.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Villanova (63) | 18-1 | 1623 | 1 |
| 2. Virginia (1) | 18-1 | 1537 | 2 |
| 3. Purdue (1) | 19-2 | 1499 | 3 |
| 4. Duke | 17-2 | 1439 | 5 |
| 5. Kansas | 16-3 | 1338 | 10 |
| 6. Michigan St. | 17-3 | 1243 | 9 |
| 7. West Virginia | 16-3 | 1217 | 6 |
| 8. Xavier | 18-3 | 1180 | 11 |
| 9. Cincinnati | 17-2 | 1087 | 12 |
| 10. North Carolina | 16-4 | 1014 | 15 |
| 11. Arizona | 16-4 | 974 | 14 |
| 12. Oklahoma | 14-4 | 917 | 4 |
| 13. Ohio St. | 17-4 | 787 | 22 |
| 14. Texas Tech | 15-4 | 763 | 8 |
| 15. Gonzaga | 17-4 | 610 | 13 |
| 16. Saint Mary's (Cal) | 19-2 | 571 | - |
| 17. Wichita St. | 15-4 | 547 | 7 |
| 18. Clemson | 16-3 | 474 | 20 |
| 19. Auburn | 17-2 | 470 | 17 |
| 20. Florida | 14-5 | 366 | - |
| 21. Arizona St | 15-4 | 353 | 16 |
| 22. Tennessee | 13-5 | 260 | 21 |
| 23. Nevada | 18-3 | 190 | - |
| 24. Rhode Island | 15-3 | 189 | - |
| 25. Michigan | 17-5 | 123 | 23 |
Others receiving votes: Miami 83, Louisville 81, TCU 45, Kentucky 38, Kansas St 35, Seton Hall 25, Creighton 20, Florida St. 14, Houston 5, New Mexico St. 4, Providence 2, Boise St. 2.
