Kentucky, Virginia, Gonzaga, Duke and Wisconsin Make Up Top Five In AP and Coaches Polls

It’s not all that often that both the AP and Coaches’ polls agree on the top five teams in America this late in the college basketball season. However, in the latest editions of both polls, the top fives are similar: the No. 1 squad in America is the Kentucky Wildcats, the only other undefeated team in the country—the Virginia Cavaliers—are sitting at No. 2 and Gonzaga, Duke and Wisconsin round out the top five.

While next week’s top-fives will be different because the Blue Devils and the Cavaliers will face off at UVA on Saturday, here is how this week’s AP Poll shakes out, from ESPN:

1. Kentucky (64 first-place votes)
2. Virginia (1)
3. Gonzaga
4. Duke
5. Wisconsin
6. Arizona
7. Villanova
8. Notre Dame
9. Kansas
10. Louisville
11. Utah
12. Wichita State
13. North Carolina
14. VCU
15. Iowa State
16. Maryland
17. West Virginia
18. Northern Iowa
19. Texas
20. Baylor
21. Georgetown
22. Indiana
23. Miami (FL)
24. Oklahoma
25. Butler

And here is this week’s Coaches’ Poll:

1. Kentucky (32)
2. Virginia
3. Gonzaga
4. Duke
5. Wisconsin
6. Arizona
7. Villanova
8. Notre Dame
9. Louisville
10. Utah
11. Kansas
12. Wichita State
13. Maryland
14. North Carolina
15. VCU
16. Iowa State
17. West Virginia
18. Northern Iowa
19. Baylor
20. Texas
21. Indiana
22. Georgetown
23. Miami (FL)
24. Colorado State
25. Arkansas