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Week 5 College Basketball Rankings

The Week 5 College Basketball rankings are out and Illinois ranked #25 in the Coaches Poll.

Mike Granse-USA TODAY Sports

The updated Coaches Poll has been released and the the Illinois Fighting Illini have cracked the top 25 despite losing at #15 Miami last week. The 7-1 Illini are one of five Big Ten teams ranked in the poll; they're joined by #6 Wisconsin, #12 Ohio State, #20 Maryland, and #23 Michigan State. Iowa, Michigan, and Nebraska also received votes.

Unfortunately, the Illinois fell from #24 to NR in this week's AP Poll. However they were second in votes received with 91.

Illinois will take on #7 Villanova (8-0) on Tuesday night in the annual Jimmy V Classic.

Here are both polls in their entirety:

AP Poll:

1
Kentucky (64)
Record: 9-0
PV Rank
1
Points
1,600
2
Record: 8-0
4
1,518
3
Record: 8-0
3
1,486
4
Record: 7-0
5
1,319
5
Record: 8-1
2
1,316
6
Record: 9-0
7
1,285
7
Record: 8-0
10
1,173
8
Record: 7-1
6
1,155
9
Record: 7-1
9
1,145
10
Record: 6-1
11
1,083
11
Record: 5-1
8
929
12
Record: 6-1
14
808
13
Record: 6-1
25
717
14
Record: 5-1
20
668
15
Record: 7-1
23
593
16
Record: 5-2
22
557
17
Record: 7-0
35
428
18
Record: 6-2
13
390
19
Record: 8-1
21
370
20
Record: 8-1
15
359
21
Record: 6-2
12
350
22
Record: 8-1
16
313
23
Record: 8-0
26
232
24
Record: 6-1
39
211
25
Record: 8-1
47
200

Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 120, Illinois 91, Georgetown 62, Iowa 60, Seton Hall 57, Baylor 49, TCU 45, Colorado St. 28, Arkansas 22, California 19, Michigan 14, Creighton 7, VCU 6, LSU 5, Indiana 3, NC State 3, Old Dominion 2, Dayton 1, Yale 1.

Coaches Poll:

FULL RANKINGS

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 5

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 1ST PLACE VOTES PREV CHANGE HI/LOW
1 Kentucky 9-0 798 30 1 0 1/1
2 Duke 8-0 761 1 2 0 2/3
3 Arizona 8-0 742 1 3 0 2/4
4 Louisville 7-0 676 0 5 1 5/9
5 Virginia 9-0 654 0 6 1 6/9
6 Wisconsin 8-1 639 0 4 -2 3/4
7 Villanova 8-0 606 0 9 2 9/12
8 Gonzaga 7-1 562 0 8 0 8/13
9 Texas 7-1 558 0 7 -2 7/10
10 Kansas 6-1 515 0 11 1 5/12
11 Wichita State 5-1 447 0 10 -1 10/13
12 Ohio State 6-1 400 0 13 1 13/20
13 Iowa St. 5-1 349 0 19 6 13/19
14 Utah 6-1 238 0 27 13
15 Oklahoma 5-2 232 0 20 5 18/21
16 San Diego State 6-1 230 0 14 -2 14/17
17 Washington 7-0 225 0 32 15
18 North Carolina 6-2 204 0 12 -6 6/12
19 Butler 7-1 199 0 29 10
20 Maryland 8-1 198 0 22 2 22/NR
21 West Virginia 8-1 168 0 17 -4 17/NR
21 Miami 8-1 168 0 15 -6 15/NR
23 Michigan State 6-3 111 0 18 -5 18/19
24 Northern Iowa 8-0 110 0 30 6
25 Illinois 7-1 104 0 25 0 25/NR