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College Basketball rankings: Week 12 AP poll released; Duke moves up

Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports
Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports

The AP has released their latest Top 10


Kentucky continues to soar defensively, Virginia maintains a top spot, Villanova goes down, and Wisconsin escaped Michigan on the road in overtime. With all these variables and more, the APĀ has released their new Top 10 rankings.

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The view at the top remains the same, but there have been some changes to the order. After falling to the Hoyas of Georgetown, Villanova has dropped from No. 4 to No. 7.

Arizona moved up to No. 6 and Kansas jumped into the No.9 spot after Iowa State fell out of the Top 10 after the Cyclones lost to Texas Tech.

Kentucky absolutely continues to dominate with a 19-0 record and has shown no signs of slowing down with their depth and two-lineup system that they use.

Virginia is also perfect, running rampant through the talented ACC at 19-0 as well. They have a big showdown with No. 4 Duke Saturday in Charlottesville.

If Virginia wins, they will probably maintain their No. 2 spot, but if Duke takes down the Cavaliers, they will probably flip-flop in the order.

Everyone’s favorite mid-major, Gonzaga, sits comfortably at 20-1 and will probably run the table til tournament time and try to continue to make their case for a No. 1 seed in the tournament.

The Badgers sit atop the Big 10 and had a gut check moment after escaping Ann Arbor with a 69-64 victory in overtime Saturday.

The Top 10 continues to feature the same team towards the top and it will be hard for anyone to dethrone the teams currently sitting up there.

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