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NCAA Basketball Rankings: 4 ACC Teams Crack AP Top 25 Polls This Week

The ACC has 4 teams in the AP's Top 25 poll this week, whereas the SEC only has two teams represented in this week's coaches and writers poll.

By Eddie Maisonet

The ACC has been accused of being a down conference in college basketball over the last 3-4 years as teams outside of Duke and North Carolina has struggled to stay consistently successful. However, with the Virginia Cavaliers cracking the AP's Top 25 poll, the ACC can claim four teams in the writer's poll.

Conversely, the SEC only has two teams ranked in the consensus No. 1 ranked Kentucky Wildcats and the Florida Gators who are No. 11 in the ESPN/Coaches poll and No. 12 in the AP Poll.

Here are both polls for the week of February 20th:

Basketball Rankings

Rank Team Points
1 Kentucky Wildcats 775
2 Syracuse Orange 744
3 Missouri Tigers 713
4 Duke Blue Devils 662
5 Kansas Jayhawks 644
6 Michigan St. Spartans 613
7 North Carolina Tar Heels 592
8 Georgetown Hoyas 539
9 Ohio St. Buckeyes 504
10 Marquette Golden Eagles 485
11 Florida Gators 454
12 Murray St. Racers 416
13 Michigan Wolverines 377
14 Baylor Bears 374
15 Wisconsin Badgers 292
16 Florida St. Seminoles 290
17 Louisville Cardinals 277
18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 223
19 Wichita St. Shockers 183
20 UNLV Runnin' Rebels 174
21 New Mexico Lobos 142
22 Temple Owls 114
23 St. Mary's, Calif. Gaels 101
24 Indiana Hoosiers 81
25 San Diego St. Aztecs 76
AP
Rank Team Points
1 Kentucky Wildcats 1623
2 Syracuse Orange 1559
3 Missouri Tigers 1498
4 Kansas Jayhawks 1377
5 Duke Blue Devils 1359
6 Michigan St. Spartans 1317
7 North Carolina Tar Heels 1261
8 Ohio St. Buckeyes 1139
9 Georgetown Hoyas 1085
10 Marquette Golden Eagles 1013
11 Michigan Wolverines 869
12 Florida Gators 860
13 Baylor Bears 859
14 Murray St. Racers 765
15 Florida St. Seminoles 620
16 Wisconsin Badgers 615
17 Louisville Cardinals 495
18 New Mexico Lobos 469
19 Wichita St. Shockers 467
20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 457
21 UNLV Runnin' Rebels 325
22 Temple Owls 281
23 Indiana Hoosiers 246
24 San Diego St. Aztecs 176
25 Virginia Cavaliers 153

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Photographs by coka_koehler used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.