Thanks to Syracuse's loss at Notre Dame, the Kentucky Wildcats are the new No. 1 team in the country.
Jan 23, 2012 - Kentucky, the only team ranked in the top four not to lose last week, is back at No. 1 in both major sets of college basketball rankings.
The Wildcats earned all 31 first-place votes in the coaches' poll, and were No. 1 on 61 of the 65 ballots cast by the Associated Press. UK was No. 1 in both polls for two weeks in December before being upset by Indiana.
Missouri, which received two first-place votes in the AP rankings, jumped from fifth to second in both polls. Previous No. 1 Syracuse slipped to third in the AP - where it also received the other two first-place votes - and fourth in the coaches' poll.
Murray State, the lone remaining unbeaten in Division-I, moved up to No. 9 in the coaches' poll and No. 11 in the AP rankings.
Here are your full rankings for this week:
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
| 1 | Kentucky(61) | 19-1 | 1620 | 2 |
| 2 | Missouri (2) | 18-1 | 1532 | 5 |
| 3 | Syracuse(2) | 20-1 | 1506 | 1 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 17-3 | 1411 | 6 |
| 5 | Kansas | 16-3 | 1383 | 7 |
| 6 | Baylor | 17-2 | 1234 | 3 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 16-3 | 1232 | 8 |
| 8 | Duke | 16-3 | 1176 | 4 |
| 9 | Georgetown | 16-3 | 1045 | 10 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 16-4 | 1009 | 9 |
| 11 | Murray State | 20-0 | 925 | 12 |
| 12 | UNLV | 18-3 | 886 | 14 |
| 13 | San Diego State | 17-2 | 832 | 16 |
| 14 | Florida | 15-4 | 709 | 17 |
| 15 | Creighton | 18-2 | 682 | 19 |
| 16 | Indiana | 16-4 | 609 | 11 |
| 17 | Marquette | 16-4 | 517 | 21 |
| 18 | Mississippi State | 16-4 | 422 | 18 |
| 19 | Virginia | 15-3 | 414 | 15 |
| 20 | Michigan | 15-5 | 396 | 20 |
| 21 | Saint Mary's | 19-2 | 345 | 24 |
| 22 | Kansas State | 14-4 | 252 | 25 |
| 23 | Florida State | 13-6 | 244 | 38 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 14-5 | 203 | 13 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 16-5 | 182 | 27 |
| Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia96, Gonzaga82, Vanderbilt40, Louisville35, Harvard32, Wichita State28, Cincinnati20, Illinois11, Middle Tennessee9, Dayton3, Iona2, Long Beach State1 | ||||
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
| 1 | Kentucky(31) | 19-1 | 775 | 2 |
| 2 | Missouri | 18-1 | 725 | 5 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 17-3 | 687 | 6 |
| 4 | Syracuse | 20-1 | 686 | 1 |
| 5 | Kansas | 16-3 | 660 | 7 |
| 6 | Duke | 16-3 | 571 | 4 |
| 7 | Baylor | 17-2 | 569 | 3 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 16-3 | 565 | 8 |
| 9 | Murray State | 20-0 | 502 | 10 |
| 10 | Georgetown | 16-3 | 498 | 12 |
| 11 | Michigan State | 16-4 | 453 | 9 |
| 12 | San Diego State | 17-2 | 403 | 16 |
| 13 | Florida | 15-4 | 396 | 14 |
| 14 | Creighton | 18-2 | 343 | 18 |
| 15 | UNLV | 18-3 | 337 | 20 |
| 16 | Mississippi State | 16-4 | 236 | 15 |
| 17 | Indiana | 16-4 | 230 | 13 |
| 18 | Marquette | 16-4 | 213 | 22 |
| 19 | Connecticut | 14-5 | 203 | 11 |
| 20 | Saint Mary's | 19-2 | 193 | 23 |
| 21 | Virginia | 15-3 | 171 | 17 |
| 22 | Michigan | 15-5 | 165 | 19 |
| 23 | Harvard | 16-2 | 99 | 24 |
| 24 | Kansas State | 14-4 | 80 | 27 |
| 25 | Louisville | 15-5 | 49 | 21 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 16-5 | 49 | 29 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Florida State41, Gonzaga34, West Virginia33, Wichita State29, Middle Tennessee28, Vanderbilt20, Nevada12, Illinois6, Cincinnati4, UCF3, Southern Miss3, Iowa State2, Dayton1, New Mexico1 | ||||
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