College basketball rankings: UCLA falls behind Villanova, Kansas in coaches poll

Four teams are receiving first-place votes in the final college basketball rankings of the regular season

By Matt Norlander

Mar 6, 2017 at 2:02 pm ET • 1 min read

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The final coaches poll of the regular season has Kansas still on top but UCLA falls to No. 3 after being tied with Villanova at No. 2.

And how about this newcomer to the rankings: Middle Tennessee is now a top-25 team. The Blue Raiders are the favorites to win the C-USA Tournament.

Elsewhere, Butler’s home loss to Seton Hall results in the Bulldogs taking the biggest drop this week, going from 15th to 20th.

And there are three Pac-12 teams in the top seven.

Here’s the coaches poll in full, with a league-by-league tally below:

Coaches poll

The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 5, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

	Record	Points	Previous
1. Kansas (27)	28-3	795	1
2. Villanova (2)	28-3	743	2
3. UCLA (2)	28-3	737	2
4. Gonzaga (1)	30-1	674	4
5. Oregon	27-4	655	6
6. North Carolina	26-6	649	5
7. Arizona	27-4	600	8
8. Kentucky	26-5	581	9
9. Louisville	24-7	544	7
10. Baylor	25-6	516	11
11. West Virginia	24-7	462	10
12. Purdue	25-6	391	16
13. Florida	24-7	347	12
14. Duke	23-8	345	14
15. SMU	27-4	303	19
16. Notre Dame	23-8	301	13
17. Florida State	24-7	278	17
18. Cincinnati	27-4	262	20
18. Saint Mary’s	27-3	262	18
20. Butler	23-7	249	15
21. Virginia	21-9	189	23
22. Wichita State	30-4	184	22
23. Wisconsin	23-8	82	21
24. Iowa State	20-10	63	24
25. Middle Tennessee	27-4	30	NR