College basketball rankings: Week 17 AP Poll released; Gonzaga drops to No. 7

The latest college basketball AP Poll was released on Monday, the first one as we move into the month of March

We have officially hit the month of March, which means that it’s time to really get excited about the sport of college basketball as one of the most entertaining tournaments in sports every year is about to take place. However, we are still in the regular season portion of the year, and with that being said, we have our first AP Poll for the month of March.

Monday afternoon the Week 17 AP Poll was released, and once again, to the shock of none, the Kentucky Wildcats are the unanimous No. 1 team in the country as they remain the only undefeated program in the country at this point. As of right now, it does indeed appear that Kentucky will be finishing this regular season campaign unbeaten.

The most notable movement we have at the front of the rankings this week is the Gonzaga Bulldogs dropping all the way down to No. 7 following their loss to BYU this past week. While the Bulldogs are in a good position still for the tournament, the loss was a bit of a setback in terms of potentially gaining a No. 1 seed in March Madness.

Here is a look at the complete Week 17 college basketball AP Poll:


1	Kentucky (65) SEC Record: 29-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,625
2	Virginia ACC Record: 27-1	2 1,547
3	Duke ACC Record: 26-3	4 1,501
4	Villanova Big East Record: 27-2	6 1,417
5	Arizona Pac-12 Record: 26-3	7 1,338
6	Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 26-3	5 1,318
7	Gonzaga West Coast Record: 29-2	3 1,244
8	Wichita State Missouri Valley Record: 27-3	11 1,104
9	Kansas Big 12 Record: 23-6	8 1,087
10	Maryland Big Ten Record: 24-5	14 1,035
11	UNI Missouri Valley Record: 27-3	10 908
12	Notre Dame ACC Record: 24-5	9 879
13	Utah Pac-12 Record: 22-6	13 823
14	Baylor Big 12 Record: 22-7	19 801
15	Oklahoma Big 12 Record: 20-8	16 759
16	Louisville ACC Record: 23-6	17 728
17	Iowa State Big 12 Record: 20-8	12 536
18	Arkansas SEC Record: 23-6	18 515
19	North Carolina ACC Record: 20-9	15 435
20	West Virginia Big 12 Record: 22-7	20 389
21	Butler Big East Record: 21-8	23 359
22	SMU American Athletic Conference (AAC) Record: 23-6	21 210
23	Ohio State Big Ten Record: 21-8	30 114
24	Providence Big East Record: 20-9	25 91
25	Murray State Ohio Valley Record: 26-4	28 7