College basketball rankings: Coaches Poll keeps Duke ahead of Virginia, while Gonzaga’s back at No. 1

February 25, 2019

CBS News,

The Gonzaga Bulldogs are now on top of the college basketball world.

The AP Top 25 and the newly released Coaches Poll both have Mark Few’s 27-2 team as No. 1 in college basketball. The change atop was catalyzed because of UNC’s win at Duke on Wednesday. Gonzaga is 14-0 in the WCC and can close out a perfect league slate this week if it wins at Pacific and at Saint Mary’s.

Meantime, Duke drops to No. 2 in the Coaches Poll; UNC is in the top five and joined by Virginia and Kentucky.

The only one-loss team in college basketball, the Houston Cougars, are No. 6. Tennessee’s loss to LSU didn’t drop the Vols too much; they’re seventh, followed by Michigan State, Marquette and Michigan.

On the back end of the poll, two newcomers from opposite ends of the country: Wofford (24-4) and Washington (22-5) tied for 25th in voting. Like Gonzaga, Wofford is unbeaten in league play. They’re the only two schools that can claim that.

Coaches Poll

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Previous

1	Gonzaga (26)	27-2	792	2
2	Duke	24-3	733	1
2	Virginia (2)	24-2	733	3
4	Kentucky (4)	23-4	726	4
5	North Carolina	22-5	657	9
6	Houston	26-1	600	8
7	Tennessee	24-3	586	5
8	Michigan State	23-5	582	11
9	Marquette	23-4	526	10
10	Michigan	24-4	498	7
11	Texas Tech	22-5	454	14
12	Purdue	20-7	445	13
13	Nevada	25-2	425	6
14	LSU	22-5	382	15
15	Kansas State	21-6	291	21
16	Kansas	20-7	269	12
17	Florida State	21-6	266	17
18	Wisconsin	19-8	223	23
19	Virginia Tech	21-6	206	18
20	Maryland	21-7	204	25
21	Iowa	21-6	189	19
22	Cincinnati	23-4	173	25
23	Buffalo	24-3	138	24
24	Louisville	18-10	71	22
25	Wofford	24-4	50	NR
25	Washington	22-5	50	NR