College basketball polls: Arizona ranked 12th in AP, 11th in coaches rankings

A lot of losses from everyone else certainly helped

After the Arizona Wildcats were one of the only teams in the top 25 to not lose a game this week, it's no surprise that they made a fairly significant jump in this week's polls.

Arizona is now ranked 12th in the AP, and 11th in the coaches.

Here's a look at how both rankings shook out after a very strange week in college basketball:

AP Top 25

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Oklahoma (65)	15-1	1,625
2	North Carolina	16-2	1,515
3	Kansas	15-2	1,499
4	Villanova	16-2	1,403
5	Xavier	16-1	1,321
6	West Virginia	15-2	1,278
7	Maryland	16-2	1,259
8	SMU	17-0	1,179
9	Iowa	14-3	1,167
10	Texas A&M	15-2	994
11	Michigan State	16-3	950
12	Arizona	15-3	801
13	Virginia	13-4	649
13	Baylor	14-3	649
15	Miami (FL)	13-3	645
16	Providence	15-3	609
17	Louisville	14-3	608
18	Butler	13-4	439
19	Iowa State	13-4	411
20	Duke	14-4	375
21	USC	15-3	338
22	Purdue	15-3	322
23	Kentucky	13-4	276
24	South Carolina	16-1	252
25	Indiana	15-3	210
Also Receiving Votes: Pittsburgh 184, Clemson 53, Wichita St 38, Valparaiso 30, Notre Dame 14, Dayton 9, Saint Mary's 8, Gonzaga 5, Utah 3, Hawaii 3, Arkansas-Little Rock 1, Monmouth 1, Navy 1, Oregon 1
Dropped Out: Pittsburgh 20, Gonzaga 25

USA TODAY Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Oklahoma (26)	15-1	763
2	North Carolina (4)	16-2	727
3	Kansas (1)	15-2	700
4	Villanova	16-2	674
5	Maryland	16-2	629
6	Xavier	16-1	616
7	West Virginia	15-2	585
8	Texas A&M	15-2	532
9	Iowa	14-3	494
10	Michigan State	16-3	461
11	Arizona	15-3	438
12	Duke	14-4	360
13	Virginia	13-4	340
14	Miami (FL)	13-3	319
15	Baylor	14-3	306
16	Louisville	14-3	288
17	Providence	15-3	269
18	South Carolina	16-1	231
19	Kentucky	13-4	206
20	Pittsburgh	15-2	179
21	Iowa State	13-4	173
22	Purdue	15-3	167
23	Indiana	15-3	162
24	Butler	13-4	156
25	USC	15-3	103
Also Receiving Votes: Gonzaga 35, Clemson 29, Dayton 29, Oregon 20, Valparaiso 16, Wichita St 16, Connecticut 12, Saint Mary's 10, Michigan 6, Washington 5, Arkansas-Little Rock 5, California 5, LSU 3, Monmouth 3, Seton Hall 2, UAB 1
Dropped Out: Gonzaga 21

The other good news for the Pac-12 is that the Wildcats are finally joined by another conference mate. That team is USC. The Trojans are 21st in the AP , and 25th in the coaches. Oregon is the only other team from the Pac-12 receiving votes in both polls.

According to College Poll Tracker, Arizona is ranked anywhere from 8th (Kevin McNamara) to 22nd (Scott Wolf), with most of their votes falling at 12th, which was their ultimate ranking.

The Wildcats travel to the Bay Area this week to take on Stanford on Thursday, and Cal on Saturday.

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