College basketball rankings: Arizona 12th in Coaches poll, 13th in AP

Crawling back towards the top ten.

After a nice comeback win against the Gonzaga Bulldogs on Saturday, the Arizona Wildcats made some small progress in returning to the top ten in the college basketball rankings.

The Wildcats find themselves 12th in the latest coaches poll, and 13th in the AP. Here are the full rankings for both:

Coaches:

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS
1	Michigan State Spartans (26)	9-0	765
2	Iowa State Cyclones (2)	6-0	668
3	North Carolina Tar Heels	7-1	631
4	Kentucky Wildcats	7-1	626
5	Duke Blue Devils	8-1	620
6	Villanova Wildcats (2)	7-0	615
7	Kansas Jayhawks	6-1	613
8	Oklahoma Sooners	5-0	603
9	Maryland Terrapins (1)	7-1	602
10	Virginia Cavaliers	7-1	503
11	Purdue Boilermakers	8-0	490
12	Arizona Wildcats	7-1	407
13	Xavier Musketeers	8-0	399
14	West Virginia Mountaineers	7-0	371
15	Baylor Bears	6-1	248
16	Vanderbilt Commodores	6-2	242
17	Gonzaga Bulldogs	5-2	233
18	Providence Friars	8-1	230
19	Louisville Cardinals	6-1	199
20	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	7-1	198
21	Butler Bulldogs	6-1	179
22	Cincinnati Bearcats	8-1	151
23	Oregon Ducks	6-1	116
24	Utah Utes	7-1	63
25	Texas A&M Aggies	7-2	58
Also Receiving Votes: Syracuse 47, Connecticut 39, UNLV 33, South Carolina 29, Dayton 20, George Washington 17, Pittsburgh 12, Saint Mary's 11, Iowa 7, Davidson 6, Georgetown 6, UCLA 5, California 4, Florida 3, Indiana 2, LSU 2, Colorado 1, Kansas State 1
Dropped Out: No. 19 Syracuse

AP:

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS
1	Michigan State (62)	9-0	1,617
2	Kansas (1)	6-1	1,442
3	North Carolina (2)	7-1	1,425
4	Iowa State	6-0	1,347
5	Kentucky	7-1	1,325
6	Maryland	7-1	1,299
7	Oklahoma	5-0	1,283
8	Duke	8-1	1,243
9	Villanova	7-0	1,230
10	Virginia	7-1	1,003
11	Purdue	8-0	997
12	Xavier	8-0	930
13	Arizona	7-1	811
14	West Virginia	7-0	615
15	Providence	8-1	548
16	Baylor	6-1	488
17	Miami (FL)	7-1	469
18	Butler	6-1	416
19	SMU	6-0	413
20	Gonzaga	5-2	399
21	Vanderbilt	6-2	377
22	Louisville	6-1	373
23	Cincinnati	8-1	331
24	Oregon	6-1	241
25	Utah	7-1	108
Also Receiving Votes: Connecticut 82, Syracuse 78, Texas A&M 69, George Washington 60, UNLV 40, UCLA 19, South Carolina 15, Dayton 7, Arkansas-Little Rock 5, Georgetown 4, Florida 4, Pittsburgh 3, Iowa 3, Northwestern 2, Indiana 2, Notre Dame 1, Navy 1
Dropped Out: Syracuse 14, Texas A&M 18

Thanks to their win combined with an Oregon loss to UNLV, the Wildcats are once again the highest-ranked team in the Pac-12. Oregon and Utah are both hanging on in the top 25, and UCLA now has votes after beating last week's No. 1 team Kentucky.

Arizona is still ahead of Providence in both polls, which is weird, since the Friars were a much better team than the Wildcats in their meeting when Kris Dunn was on the floor. And Michigan State is now the consensus No. 1 team, making that missed opportunity to play them in Anaheim a little more frustrating.

Next Saturday, Arizona hosts UNLV on the same night as the New Mexico Bowl. There is a chance that the Runnin' Rebels will come in as a ranked team, as they are hanging out just short of the top 25 right now, at 28th and 30th in votes. That is the last decent non-conference team Arizona plays this year, so it will be imperative to get a big win.

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