Both Kansas Basketball teams are ranked in both polls.

Followers of the Kansas Jayhawks two issues within the polls this week that they don’t seem to be used to. First, the lads’s crew fell within the ballot regardless of a completely dominant victory over the Missouri Tigers. However extra importantly, the Kansas girls’s crew is ranked for the primary time because the 2013 season, after a dominating win on the street over a ranked Arizona crew was adopted up by one other blowout victory, this time at residence towards the Wichita State Shockers.

On the lads’s aspect, losses by the highest two groups supplied a fairly large shakeup within the rankings, with Purdue, Virginia and UConn listed as the highest three in each polls. Alabama advert Houston occupy the following two spots, however are flipped, with the Crimston Tide fourth within the AP Ballot and Houston fourth within the Coaches Ballot. Each polls have Tennessee one spot forward of Texas, however within the AP Kansas dropped from sixth final week to eighth this week, whereas they maintained their spot in sixth within the Coaches Ballot. Arizona and Arkansas spherical out the Prime Ten. Baylor falls simply outdoors the highest ten at 1th in every ballot.

The Large 12 nonetheless solely has 4 groups within the polls, with Iowa State dropping out solely to see TCU soar again in at #21 within the AP Ballot and #22 within the Coaches Ballot. Iowa State is the best convention crew within the “Others Receiving Votes” class, with West Virginia, Texas Tech and Kansas State additionally receiving votes.

On the ladies’s aspect, the highest of the ballot noticed little motion, with South Carolina getting the entire first-place votes, and Stanford, Ohio State , Indiana and Notre Dame making up the remainder of the highest 5.

Iowa State is the best Large 12 crew within the ballot, coming in at #14 within the AP Ballot and #12 within the Coaches Ballot. They’re joined by Baylor (#18 in each polls), Kansas (#22 in AP, #24 in Coaches) and Oklahoma (#24 in AP, #20 in Coaches). Kansas State fell out of each polls this week however are nonetheless receiving votes. Texas continues to be receiving votes within the AP Ballot.

These polls have given us some massive matchups this week, with a number of video games between two ranked groups. On the lads’s aspect, we now have #16 UCLA at #20 Maryland on Wednesday and Saturday is full of #14 Indiana at #8 Kansas, #4 Alabama because the “street” crew at a “impartial” website in Birmingham towards #15 Gonzaga, #5 Houston at #2 Virginia, #16 UCLA vs #13 Kentucky in Madison Sq. Backyard and #6 Tennessee at #9 Arizona to cap off the weekend.

On the ladies’s aspect, it is all concerning the weekend, as Saturday has #21 Arkansas at #16 Creighton after which Sunday provides us a couple of extra. #14 Iowa State performs #25 Villanova at Mohegan Solar in CT, #5 Notre Dame visits #6 Virginia Tech and #20 Arizona performs #18 Baylor in Dallas. 

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