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We have a top five basketball program in College Station.
This week saw Texas A&M defeat LSU and Missouri to extend their winning streak to ten games, and it also saw an unusual amount of carnage at the top. When the dust settled, our Aggies found themselves ranked #5 in the latest USA Today Coaches poll.
Full poll included below:
AP Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma Sooners (36) | 16-2 | 1592 |
| 2 | North Carolina Tar Heels (29) | 19-2 | 1586 |
| 3 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 16-3 | 1473 |
| 4 | Kansas Jayhawks | 16-3 | 1369 |
| 5 | Texas A&M Aggies | 17-2 | 1332 |
| 6 | Villanova Wildcats | 17-3 | 1261 |
| 7 | Xavier Musketeers | 17-2 | 1186 |
| 8 | Maryland Terrapins | 17-3 | 1111 |
| 9 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 16-3 | 1105 |
| 10 | Providence Friars | 17-3 | 1005 |
| 11 | Virginia Cavaliers | 15-4 | 903 |
| 12 | Michigan State Spartans | 17-4 | 869 |
| 13 | SMU Mustangs | 18-1 | 838 |
| 14 | Iowa State Cyclones | 15-4 | 792 |
| 15 | Miami-Florida Hurricanes | 15-3 | 753 |
| 16 | Louisville Cardinals | 16-3 | 719 |
| 17 | Baylor Bears | 15-4 | 594 |
| 18 | Arizona Wildcats | 16-4 | 502 |
| 19 | Indiana Hoosiers | 17-3 | 466 |
| 20 | Kentucky Wildcats | 15-5 | 403 |
| 21 | Purdue Boilermakers | 17-4 | 328 |
| 22 | Wichita State Shockers | 14-5 | 151 |
| 23 | Oregon Ducks | 16-4 | 149 |
| 24 | Duke Blue Devils | 15-5 | 145 |
| 25 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 14-5 | 136 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Dayton 77, South Carolina 74, St. Mary's 42, Pittsburgh 38, USC 27, Butler 26, Clemson 18, VCU 17, Valparaiso 9, Hawaii 9, Utah 5, Connecticut 5, UAB 4, Chattanooga 2, Navy 1, Colorado 1, Grand Canyon 1, Michigan 1 | |||
USA Today Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina (23) | 18-2 | 791 |
| 2 | Oklahoma (9) | 16-2 | 766 |
| 3 | Kansas | 16-3 | 680 |
| 4 | Iowa | 16-3 | 677 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 17-2 | 650 |
| 6 | Villanova | 17-3 | 591 |
| 7 | Maryland | 17-3 | 581 |
| 8 | Xavier | 17-2 | 580 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 16-3 | 503 |
| 10 | Providence | 17-3 | 452 |
| 11 | Michigan St | 17-4 | 445 |
| 12 | Virginia | 15-4 | 430 |
| 13 | Miami-Florida | 15-3 | 412 |
| 14 | Louisville | 16-3 | 384 |
| 15 | Arizona | 16-4 | 341 |
| 16 | Iowa St. | 15-4 | 312 |
| 17 | Indiana | 17-3 | 290 |
| 18 | Baylor | 15-4 | 281 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 15-4 | 242 |
| 20 | Duke | 15-5 | 183 |
| 21 | Purdue | 17-4 | 150 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 17-2 | 137 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 16-3 | 118 |
| 24 | Oregon | 16-4 | 90 |
| 25 | Wichita St. | 14-5 | 60 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Dayton 49; Saint Mary's 31; Clemson 30; Notre Dame 20; Gonzaga 17; Butler 15; Southern California 14; Connecticut 11; California 10; Michigan 10; Washington 7; Valparaiso 6; Virginia Commonwealth 6; LSU 6; Arkansas-Little Rock 5; Alabama at Birmingham 4; Utah 4; Monmouth 3; Texas 3; St. Joseph?s 2; Oregon State 1. | |||
The Aggies' next game is this coming Wednesday night at Arkansas (6:00 pm; ESPNU)