Murray State Only Ohio Valley Entry at #9 in Latest AP Poll: Feb 6th, 2012

Filed under Top 25 Update on February 6th, 2012

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Murray State (#9) is the lone Ohio Valley team in this week's AP Top 25 poll.

Murray State moves up one spot in the poll following a week that began with a win at home over Southeast Missouri State, 81-73. After that came another win at Tennessee-Martin, 65-58.

Kentucky hangs on to number one for the second straight week. Louisville enters the Top 25 at #24 with a win at home over Rutgers, 78-66. Harvard comes in at #25 with wins against Columbia, 57-52 and Cornell, 71-60. Gonzaga falls out of the rankings this week with an upset loss at Brigham Young, 83-73 and a win at Pepperdine, 72-60. Vanderbilt drops out after losses to then-12th ranked Florida, 73-65 and Arkansas, 82-74.

Florida State is a big mover this week to #15 after a win at home over Georgia Tech, 68-54 and an upset win at home over then-16th ranked Virginia, 58-55. Creighton tanked four spots to #17 after a win against Illinois State, 102-74 and a loss to Northern Iowa, 65-62. Florida jumped up 4 spots to #8 after wins against then-25th ranked Vanderbilt and South Carolina, 74-66.

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AP Top 25
1.	Kentucky	23-1
2.	Syracuse	23-1
3.	OSU	20-3
4.	Missouri	21-2
5.	UNC	20-3
6.	Baylor	21-2
7.	Kansas	18-5
8.	Florida	19-4
9.	MURRAY	23-0
10.	Duke	19-4
11.	MSU	18-5
12.	GTOWN	18-4
13.	SDSU	20-3
14.	UNLV	21-4
15.	FSU	16-6
16.	SMC	22-2
17.	CREI	21-3
18.	MARQ	19-5
19.	Virginia	18-4
20.	MState	18-5
21.	WISC	18-6
22.	Michigan	17-7
23.	Indiana	18-6
24.	Lville	18-5
25.	Harvard	20-2
Poll in Motion

AP Top 25 By Conference

Conf	Top 25 Teams	Conf Teams	Pct in Top 25
Big Ten	5	12	41.7%
Big East	4	16	25.0%
ACC	4	12	33.3%
SEC	3	12	25.0%
Big 12	3	10	30.0%
Mountain West	2	8	25.0%
Ohio Valley	1	11	9.1%
West Coast	1	9	11.1%
Missouri Valley	1	10	10.0%
Ivy League	1	8	12.5%