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If you had told me, Back in September, this UB team would be ranked I would have been mildly surprised.
If you told me they would be ranked 18 straight weeks going into Cleveland I’d be shocked.
But here we are!
The Bulls climbed one spot this week, moving to #18 in the AP poll, just ahead of Wisconsin and Just behind Kansas.
| Rank | Trend | Team | Conference | Record | Points | Game scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Gonzaga Gonzaga | West Coast | 29-2 | 1,572(41) | _ |
| 2 | - | Virginia Virginia | ACC | 28-2 | 1,559(23) | vs Louisville W 73-68 |
| 3 | - | North Carolina North Carolina | ACC | 26-5 | 1,474 | vs Duke W 79-70 |
| 4 | ↑2 | Kentucky Kentucky | SEC | 26-5 | 1,373 | vs Florida W 66-57 |
| 5 | ↓1 | Duke Duke | ACC | 26-5 | 1,298 | @ North Carolina L 79-70 |
| 6 | ↑3 | Michigan State Michigan State | Big Ten | 25-6 | 1,226 | vs Michigan W 75-63 |
| 7 | ↑1 | Texas Tech Texas Tech | Big 12 | 26-5 | 1,211 | @ Iowa State W 80-73 |
| 8 | ↓3 | Tennessee Tennessee | SEC | 27-4 | 1,200 | @ Auburn L 84-80 |
| 9 | ↑1 | LSU LSU | SEC | 26-5 | 1,089 | vs Vanderbilt W 80-59 |
| 10 | ↓3 | Michigan Michigan | Big Ten | 26-5 | 1,041 | @ Michigan State L 75-63 |
| 11 | ↑1 | Houston Houston | American Athletic Conference (AAC) | 29-2 | 963 | @ Cincinnati W 85-69 |
| 12 | ↑2 | Florida State Florida State | ACC | 25-6 | 856 | @ Wake Forest W 65-57 |
| 13 | ↑2 | Purdue Purdue | Big Ten | 23-8 | 831 | @ Northwestern W 70-57 |
| 14 | ↑3 | Nevada Nevada | Mountain West | 28-3 | 684 | vs San Diego State W 81-53 |
| 15 | ↑3 | Kansas State Kansas State | Big 12 | 24-7 | 680 | vs Oklahoma W 68-53 |
| 16 | ↓1 | Virginia Tech Virginia Tech | ACC | 23-7 | 625 | vs Miami (FL) W 84-70 |
| 17 | ↓4 | Kansas Kansas | Big 12 | 23-8 | 602 | vs Baylor W 78-70 |
| 18 | ↑1 | Buffalo Buffalo | Mid-American Conference | 28-3 | 539 | vs Bowling Green W 84-73 |
| 19 | ↑2 | Wisconsin Wisconsin | Big Ten | 22-9 | 466 | @ Ohio State W 73-67 |
| 20 | ↑2 | Wofford Wofford | Southern | 28-4 | 387 | _ |
| 21 | ↑3 | Maryland Maryland | Big Ten | 22-9 | 319 | vs Minnesota W 69-60 |
| 22 | - | Auburn Auburn | SEC | 22-9 | 268 | vs Tennessee W 84-80 |
| 23 | ↓7 | Marquette Marquette | Big East | 23-8 | 109 | vs Georgetown L 86-84 |
| 24 | ↓4 | Cincinnati Cincinnati | American Athletic Conference (AAC) | 25-6 | 108 | vs Houston L 85-69 |
| 25 | ↓2 | Villanova Villanova | Big East | 22-9 | 80 | @ Seton Hall L 79-75 |