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

Slowly moving back up

After another weekend sweep, and a winning streak that has now reached five games, the Arizona Wildcats have moved up to 12th in both of the latest polls.

Here's a look at the Top 25s:

AP Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Points
1	Villanova Wildcats (44)	22-3	1601
2	Kansas Jayhawks (21)	21-4	1578
3	Oklahoma Sooners	20-4	1471
4	Iowa Hawkeyes	20-5	1349
5	North Carolina Tar Heels	21-4	1343
6	Maryland Terrapins	22-4	1248
7	Virginia Cavaliers	20-5	1188
8	Xavier Musketeers	22-3	1174
8	Michigan State Spartans	21-5	1174
10	West Virginia Mountaineers	20-5	1094
11	Miami-Florida Hurricanes	20-4	1036
12	Arizona Wildcats	21-5	823
13	Iowa State Cyclones	18-7	742
14	Kentucky Wildcats	19-6	692
15	Dayton Flyers	21-3	681
16	Oregon Ducks	20-6	529
17	Purdue Boilermakers	20-6	497
18	Louisville Cardinals	19-6	494
19	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	18-7	489
20	Duke Blue Devils	19-6	462
21	SMU Mustangs	21-3	441
22	Indiana Hoosiers	20-6	232
23	Providence Friars	19-7	125
24	Texas Longhorns	16-9	123
25	Baylor Bears	18-7	97

USA Today Coaches PoIl

Rank	Team	Record	Points
1	Villanova (25)	22-3	785
2	Kansas (7)	21-4	764
3	Oklahoma	20-4	680
4	North Carolina	21-4	674
5	Maryland	22-4	636
6	Iowa	20-5	624
7	Xavier	22-3	615
8	Virginia	20-5	489
9	Michigan State	21-5	560
10	Miami	20-4	558
11	West Virginia	20-5	488
12	Arizona	21-5	425
13	Dayton	21-3	382
14	Kentucky	19-6	346
15	Iowa State	18-7	319
16	Purdue	20-6	298
17	Oregon	20-6	259
18	Notre Dame	18-7	203
19	Duke	19-6	183
20	Providence	19-7	161
21	Indiana	20-6	154
22	Baylor	18-7	109
23	South Carolina	21-4	108
24	Texas A&M	18-7	106
25	Texas	16-9	73

The Pac-12 is back down to two ranked teams after a winless weekend for the USC Trojans in Arizona. Oregon also had a rough go, dropping them down the rankings a bit.

There is so much parity in basketball this year that the rankings are going to continue to be free-flowing like they have been. The fact that Villanova has now lasted two weeks at the top is kind of surprising considering how many top-ranked teams have fallen, and not to just other ranked teams, but unranked squads.

Arizona only plays one game over the next nine days, and that is Arizona State on Wednesday in Tucson. If the Wildcats can stay at five losses, I'd expect them to move even further up before a trip to the Mountain schools in two weeks.

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