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The Mountain West does not have any teams ranked in the latest college basketball polls, but both New Mexico and Colorado State are getting recognized.
The Rams are 3-0 on the year and being undefeated is not why they are getting votes this week, but it has more to do with their first opponent in the year which was Northern Iowa.The Rams defeated the Panthers to start the year, but they have gone on to defeat a solid Stephen F. Austin team, but more notably they knocked off No. 1 North Carolina over the weekend.
Transitive property is dumb to use in sports but the Rams win is looking better as Northern Iowa is looking like a very good basketball team.
New Mexico is 3-1 on the year but they are getting some consideration. Their one loss so far was a 90-82 to loss to USC Saturday night, and they earned a solid win against rival New Mexico State the week prior.
Neither team is really that close to being ranked but getting votes early on is a good sign. Keep a look at for the next polls which could possibly see UNLV in the rankings if they are able to pull off a few upsets in this week's Maui Invitational.
| USA Today Coaches Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Kentucky (28) | 4-0 | 772 |
| 2 | Maryland (3) | 3-0 | 736 |
| 3 | Duke | 4-1 | 623 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 3-0 | 614 |
| 5 | Iowa State | 2-0 | 610 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 2-0 | 561 |
| 7 | Kansas | 1-1 | 555 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 3-1 | 554 |
| 9 | Villanova | 4-0 | 552 |
| 10 | Arizona | 4-0 | 530 |
| 11 | Gonzaga | 2-0 | 492 |
| 12 | Virginia | 4-1 | 488 |
| 13 | California | 3-0 | 377 |
| 14 | Indiana | 3-0 | 327 |
| 15 | Purdue | 5-0 | 262 |
| 16 | Vanderbilt | 3-0 | 260 |
| 17 | LSU | 3-0 | 220 |
| 18 | Notre Dame | 3-0 | 218 |
| 19 | Miami (FL) | 5-0 | 216 |
| 20 | Wichita St | 2-1 | 200 |
| 21 | Connecticut | 3-0 | 164 |
| 22 | West Virginia | 3-0 | 145 |
| 23 | Oregon | 4-0 | 124 |
| 24 | Cincinnati | 4-0 | 82 |
| 25 | Baylor | 2-1 | 77 |
- Others receiving votes: Utah 73, Louisville 51, Butler 47, Xavier 44, Texas A&M 41, Michigan 15, George Washington 12, Dayton 10, Tulsa 6, Washington 3, New Mexico 3, Iowa 3, Northern Iowa 3, Davidson 3, Georgetown 1, Colorado State 1
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Kentucky (59) | 4-0 | 1,619 |
| 2 | Maryland (6) | 3-0 | 1,518 |
| 3 | Michigan State | 3-0 | 1,448 |
| 4 | Iowa State | 2-0 | 1,297 |
| 5 | Kansas | 1-1 | 1,243 |
| 6 | Duke | 4-1 | 1,238 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 2-0 | 1,210 |
| 8 | Villanova | 4-0 | 1,153 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 3-1 | 1,141 |
| 10 | Gonzaga | 2-0 | 1,138 |
| 11 | Arizona | 4-0 | 970 |
| 12 | Virginia | 4-1 | 872 |
| 13 | Indiana | 3-0 | 846 |
| 14 | California | 3-0 | 746 |
| 15 | Miami (FL) | 5-0 | 724 |
| 16 | Purdue | 5-0 | 550 |
| 17 | Notre Dame | 3-0 | 480 |
| 18 | Connecticut | 3-0 | 432 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt | 3-0 | 431 |
| 20 | Wichita St | 2-1 | 423 |
| 21 | Oregon | 4-0 | 369 |
| 22 | LSU | 3-0 | 285 |
| 23 | Xavier | 3-0 | 143 |
| 24 | Cincinnati | 4-0 | 110 |
| 25 | Texas A&M | 4-0 | 100 |
| 25 | SMU | 3-0 | 100 |
- Others receiving votes: Utah 95, George Washington 85, Baylor 81, West Virginia 69, Butler 59, Louisville 40, Northern Iowa 23, Iowa 20, Dayton 18, Tulsa 17, Colorado State 13, Providence 8, Georgetown 4, Michigan 3, Valparaiso 2, Washington 1, Chattanooga 1