College basketball rankings: Arizona drops to 23rd in AP poll, 20th in Coaches

The lowest AP ranking in four years

After a loss to the Oregon Ducks this week, the Arizona Wildcats remain ranked, sitting just inside the top 25 in both major polls ahead of their trip to Washington.

The ranking of 23rd is the lowest Arizona has been ranked in the AP poll since being unranked throughout most of the 2011-12 season. Being 20th in the coaches poll is the lowest the Wildcats have been in that one since the pre-NCAA Tournament ranking in March 2013.

Here's a look at the complete rankings:

AP Top 25

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Oklahoma Sooners (45)	18-2	1605
2	North Carolina Tar Heels (20)	20-2	1578
3	Villanova Wildcats	18-3	1384
4	Maryland Terrapins	19-3	1366
5	Iowa Hawkeyes	17-4	1362
6	Xavier Musketeers	19-2	1344
7	Kansas Jayhawks	17-4	1233
8	Texas A&M Aggies	18-3	1169
9	Virginia Cavaliers	17-4	1086
10	Michigan State Spartans	19-4	1018
11	Providence Friars	18-4	900
12	SMU Mustangs	19-1	853
13	Iowa State Cyclones	16-5	851
14	West Virginia Mountaineers	17-4	814
15	Baylor Bears	17-4	728
16	Oregon Ducks	18-4	551
17	Miami-Florida Hurricanes	16-4	537
18	Purdue Boilermakers	19-4	511
19	Louisville Cardinals	17-4	478
20	Kentucky Wildcats	16-6	429
21	Wichita State Shockers	16-5	323
22	Indiana Hoosiers	18-4	270
23	Arizona Wildcats	17-5	245
24	Dayton Flyers	18-3	168
25	South Carolina Gamecocks	19-2	87
Others Receiving Votes: St. Mary's (18-2) 63; Southern California (17-5) 40; VCU (16-5) 33; Utah (17-5) 33; Notre Dame (15-6) 21; Michigan (17-5) 21; Valparaiso (19-4) 7; Duke (15-6) 6; Pittsburgh (17-4) 4; Florida (14-7) 3; Saint Joseph's (18-3) 1; Stony Brook (17-4) 1; San Diego State (16-6) 1; Texas (14-7) 1

USA Today Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS
1	North Carolina (18)	19-2	786
2	Oklahoma (14)	18-2	780
3	Maryland	19-3	667
4	Villanova	18-3	657
5	Xavier	19-2	650
6	Kansas	17-4	627
7	Iowa	17-4	618
8	Texas A&M	18-3	594
9	Virginia	17-4	564
10	Michigan St	19-4	517
11	Providence	18-4	464
12	West Virginia	17-4	374
13	Baylor	17-4	366
14	Iowa St.	16-5	321
15	Miami-Florida	16-4	313
16	Purdue	19-4	278
17	Oregon	18-4	239
18	Louisville	17-4	237
19	Kentucky	16-5	223
20	Arizona	17-5	206
21	Indiana	18-4	200
22	Wichita St.	16-5	163
23	South Carolina	19-2	156
24	Dayton	18-3	120
25	St. Mary's	18-2	61
Others Receiving Votes: Pittsburgh 42; Duke 27; Utah 21; Michigan 19; Notre Dame 17; Southern California 16; Virginia Commonwealth 16; Gonzaga 13; Butler 8; Monmouth 8; Valparaiso 8; Texas 7; St. Joseph's 5; Florida 4; California 3; Clemson 2; Alabama at Birmingham 1; Seton Hall 1; Washington 1.

USC and Utah are sitting just outside both rankings. The Utes have been surging lately, not losing a game the past couple of weeks, while USC has been consistently good all year. Oregon didn't make a huge jump up, despite being just the second team to sweep a road weekend in the Pac-12 this year, and doing it dominant fashion.

Of note in the national picture, Duke is not ranked, and this is the first time in a long time that we can say that:

Duke has fallen out of the AP top 25 poll for the first time since 2007.

— SI College Hoops (@si_ncaabb) February 1, 2016

Arizona has been ranked each week the past four seasons. They'll need a good road trip to Washington to keep it that way. With the likely return of Allonzo Trier, the team should at least be in better shape heading into the second half of conference play than they have been the past few weeks.

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