New AP top 25 college basketball poll released – Feb. 02 2021

The new college basketball top 25 poll from the Associated Press has just been released following another weekend of hoops action.

Alabama remains entrenched in the top 10 as the Crimson Tide are the lone team from the SEC that is ranked near the top of the poll.

Arkansas continues to climb the poll as the Razorbacks are now No. 20 in the AP’s poll. Arkansas is set to host Alabama this week in Fayetteville.

Outside of those two teams, Missouri and Tennessee are the only other two SEC teams ranked in the updated poll. LSU can be located in the “others receiving votes” category.

Here is the updated AP top 25 poll:

#1 Gonzaga

#2 Baylor

#3 Michigan

#4 Ohio State

#5 Illinois

#6 Alabama

#7 Oklahoma

#8 Villanova

#9 Iowa

#10 West Virginia

#11 Florida State

#12 Houston

#13 Creighton

#14 Texas

#15 Virginia

#16 Virginia Tech

#17 Kansas

#18 Texas Tech

#19 USC

#20 Arkansas

#21 Loyola Chicago

#22 San Diego State

#23 Wisconsin

#24 Missouri

#25 Tennessee

Others receiving votes:

Oklahoma State 92, Belmont 80, Purdue 53, Oregon 53, LSU 32, BYU 19, Drake 19, UCLA 17, Clemson 13, Colorado 8, North Carolina 6, Wichita State 6, Boise State 5, Toledo 4, UC Santa Barbara 2, Western Kentucky 2, Winthrop 2, Xavier 2

SDS Staff

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