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Week 8 College Basketball Rankings

The new AP Poll is out and three Big Ten teams are ranked in the Top 25 to start conference play.

Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports

The Week 8 College Basketball rankings are out and the 10-3 Illinois Fighting Illini, again, haven't received any votes in the AP Top 25. The Kentucky Wildcats remain the unanimous No. 1 selection while the No. 4 Wisconsin Badgers, No. 12 Maryland Terrapins, and No. 20 Ohio State Buckeyes represent the Big Ten; Penn State, Indiana, and Minnesota also received some votes.

Here's the updated AP Top 25 in its entirety:

AP TOP 25
RANKINGS UPDATED (12/29/2014)
RANK TEAM (FIRST PLACE VOTES) SCHEDULES/RESULTS POINTS PREV
1 Kentucky (65)
Overall: 13-0
Conference: 0-0
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1625 1
2 Duke
Overall: 10-0
Conference: 0-0
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12/29 Toledo 7:00 PM EST
12/31 Wofford 3:00 PM EST
01/03 Boston College 4:00 PM EST
1559 2
3 Virginia
Overall: 11-0
Conference: 0-0
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12/30 Davidson 6:00 PM EST
01/03 at Miami (Fla.) 5:30 PM EST
1457 5
4 Wisconsin
Overall: 12-1
Conference: 0-0
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12/31 Penn State 1:00 PM EST
01/04 at Northwestern 8:30 PM EST
1395 6
5 Louisville
Overall: 11-1
Conference: 0-0
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12/30 Long Beach State 4:00 PM EST
01/04 at Wake Forest 8:00 PM EST
1327 4
6 Villanova
Overall: 12-0
Conference: 0-0
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12/31 Butler 2:30 PM EST
01/03 at Seton Hall 12:00 PM EST
1316 7
7 Gonzaga
Overall: 12-1
Conference: 1-0
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12/29 at San Diego 11:00 PM EST
01/03 at Portland 9:30 PM EST
1249 8
8 Arizona
Overall: 12-1
Conference: 0-0
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01/04 Arizona State 7:00 PM EST
1243 3
9 Iowa State
Overall: 9-1
Conference: 0-0
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12/31 Mississippi Valley State 7:00 PM EST
01/03 vs. South Carolina 6:00 PM EST
1005 12
10 Utah
Overall: 9-2
Conference: 0-0
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12/30 Carroll (Mont.) 9:30 PM EST
01/02 Southern California 10:00 PM EST
01/04 UCLA 4:00 PM EST
956 14
11 Texas
Overall: 10-2
Conference: 0-0
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12/29 Rice 1:00 PM EST
01/03 at Texas Tech 2:00 PM EST
903 9
12 Maryland
Overall: 12-1
Conference: 0-0
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12/30 at Michigan State 5:00 PM EST
01/03 Minnesota 12:00 PM EST
869 15
13 Kansas
Overall: 9-2
Conference: 0-0
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12/30 Kent State 8:00 PM EST
01/04 UNLV 1:30 PM EST
775 10
14 Notre Dame
Overall: 12-1
Conference: 1-0
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12/30 Hartford 7:30 PM EST
01/03 Georgia Tech 2:30 PM EST
709 16
15 St. John's
Overall: 11-1
Conference: 0-0
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12/31 at Seton Hall 12:00 PM EST
01/03 Butler 4:00 PM EST
690 17
16 Wichita State
Overall: 10-2
Conference: 0-0
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12/31 at Drake 6:05 PM EST
01/04 Illinois State 5:30 PM EST
630 11
17 West Virginia
Overall: 11-1
Conference: 0-0
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12/30 Virginia Tech 2:00 PM EST
01/03 at TCU 4:00 PM EST
584 18
18 Oklahoma
Overall: 8-3
Conference: 0-0
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12/31 George Mason 5:00 PM EST
01/03 Baylor 4:00 PM EST
530 19
19 North Carolina
Overall: 9-3
Conference: 0-0
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12/30 William & Mary 7:00 PM EST
01/03 at Clemson 8:15 PM EST
483 20
20 Ohio State
Overall: 11-2
Conference: 0-0
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12/30 Iowa 1:00 PM EST
01/03 Illinois 3:30 PM EST
435 21
21 Washington
Overall: 11-1
Conference: 0-0
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01/02 at California 10:00 PM EST
01/04 at Stanford 10:00 PM EST
253 13
22 Baylor
Overall: 10-1
Conference: 0-0
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12/30 Norfolk State 8:00 PM EST
01/03 at Oklahoma 4:00 PM EST
238 22
23 Northern Iowa
Overall: 11-1
Conference: 0-0
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01/01 at Evansville 8:00 PM EST
01/04 Loyola-Chicago 3:30 PM EST
216 23
24 Colorado State
Overall: 13-0
Conference: 0-0
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12/31 Boise State 9:00 PM EST
01/03 at New Mexico 8:00 PM EST
194 24
25 Georgetown
Overall: 8-3
Conference: 0-1
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12/31 at Xavier 10:00 PM EST
01/03 Creighton 4:30 PM EST
140 26
Others Receiving Votes: TCU (12-0) 132; Virginia Commonwealth (9-3) 101; San Diego State (10-3) 40; Arkansas (10-2) 27; George Washington (9-3) 7; LSU (9-2) 7; Old Dominion (10-1) 7; Penn State (12-1) 5; UNLV (9-3) 5; Indiana (10-3) 4; Florida (7-4) 2; Minnesota (11-2) 2; Stanford (7-3) 2; Army (9-2) 1; California (10-3) 1; Davidson (9-1) 1