College basketball rankings: Arizona moves up one spot in AP, coaches polls

Inching up

After a 94-82 in Tempe over the weekend, the Arizona Wildcats have moved up one spot in both of the major national polls.

Arizona now sits at 7th in the AP Poll, and 6th in the Coaches Poll.

Here's a look at how the Top 25's shake out:

AP Poll

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Kansas Jayhawks (44)	12-1	1,598
2	Oklahoma Sooners (21)	12-0	1,574
3	Maryland Terrapins	13-1	1,459
4	Virginia Cavaliers	12-1	1,409
5	Michigan State Spartans	14-1	1,400
6	North Carolina Tar Heels	13-2	1,275
7	Arizona Wildcats	13-1	1,126
8	Providence Friars	14-1	1,108
9	Kentucky Wildcats	11-2	1,039
10	Xavier Musketeers	13-1	1,001
11	Villanova Wildcats	12-2	979
12	Miami-Florida Hurricanes	12-1	921
13	Iowa State Cyclones	11-2	844
14	Duke Blue Devils	12-2	830
15	SMU Mustangs	13-0	731
16	Louisville Cardinals	12-2	568
17	West Virginia Mountaineers	12-1	558
18	Butler Bulldogs	11-3	516
19	Iowa Hawkeyes	11-3	456
20	Purdue Boilermakers	13-2	450
21	Texas A&M Aggies	11-2	420
22	South Carolina Gamecocks	13-0	286
23	Connecticut Huskies	10-3	107
24	Pittsburgh Panthers	12-1	103
25	Dayton Flyers	11-2	100
Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 61, California 54, Texas Tech 40, George Washington 38, Saint Mary's 23, Baylor 22, Oregon State 4, Colorado 4, Seton Hall 4, Saint Joseph's 3, Wichita St 3, Utah 3, Cincinnati 2, Indiana 2, Michigan 2, Akron 1, Oregon 1

USA Today Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS	PREV
1	Oklahoma (20)	12-0	781	2
2	Kansas (11)	12-1	769	3
3	Maryland	13-1	732	4
4	Virginia	12-1	698	5
5	Michigan St (1)	14-1	676	1
6	Arizona	13-1	618	7
7	North Carolina	13-2	592	8
8	Kentucky	11-2	526	11
9	Providence	14-1	509	13
10	Duke	12-2	487	12
11	Miami-Florida	12-1	444	15
12	Xavier	13-1	442	6
13	Villanova	12-2	434	16
14	Iowa St.	11-2	402	9
15	West Virginia	12-1	350	17
16	Louisville	12-2	282	18
17	Texas A&M	11-2	265	19
18	Purdue	13-2	248	14
19	Butler	11-3	238	10
20	South Carolina	13-0	232	20
21	Pittsburgh	12-1	121	25
22	Gonzaga	12-3	112	24
23	Iowa	11-3	110	NR
24	Connecticut	10-3	81	26
25	Baylor	10-3	61	21
Others Receiving Votes: California 52; Dayton 28; George Washington 23; Cincinnati 19; Saint Mary's 18; Texas Tech 17; Vanderbilt 6; Oregon 6; Utah 5; Indiana 5; Colorado 4; Oregon State 3; Southern California 2; Houston 2.

After a weekend of upsets from around the conference, Arizona is now the only Pac-12 team that is ranked.

Oklahoma and Kansas play each other on Monday night, so that'll be fun to see a game between the top-two teams in the country.

Arizona past opponents Providence and Gonzaga remain ranked, and some are wondering why Providence isn't in front of the Wildcats.

Zero sense. Providence should be ranked ahead of Arizona. https://t.co/fAOJevdCLL

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) January 4, 2016

That's all well and good if rankings were based off one-game samples. But there have been many more games outside of just that one meeting this year for both teams, and Arizona has been the better team as a whole:

Look at how Providence barely beat Rider and Bryant at home and tell me that it's somehow indefensible to rank them 11th

— David Potts (@dpottzzz) January 4, 2016

According to College Poll Tracker, Arizona is ranked as high as 6th and as low as 17th on AP voter ballots. The guy who has Arizona 17th is Charleston, SC's Aaron Brenner, and his ballot is a dumpster fire anyway.

The Wildcats are back in action on Thursday, as they open the L.A. trip with the UCLA Bruins at 7 PM MST on ESPN2.

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