WVU basketball falls to No. 14 in new AP Top 25
February 10, 2020 by Tom Bragg
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West Virginia’s poor showing on the road over the weekend at Oklahoma did not cost the Mountaineers much ground in this week’s Associated Press Top 25. WVU dropped one spot and checks in at No. 14 this week’s poll, released Monday afternoon.
The Mountaineers appeared as high as No. 10 on one ballot and as low as No. 22 on another this week. You can see a breakdown of this week’s voting for WVU here.
Despite the loss to the Sooners, West Virginia remained among the nation’s top 10 teams in several prominent computer rankings — WVU is currently No. 9 according to the NCAA NET rankings and No. 7 on KenPom.
The Mountaineers have a tough week ahead, with a game at home against No. 3 Kansas on Wednesday and a Saturday trip to No. 1 Baylor. This week’s full AP Top 25 is posted below.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 9, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Baylor (48) | 21-1 | 1583 | 1 |
| 2. Gonzaga (15) | 25-1 | 1546 | 2 |
| 3. Kansas (1) | 20-3 | 1450 | 3 |
| 4. San Diego St. | 24-0 | 1422 | 4 |
| 5. Louisville | 21-3 | 1331 | 5 |
| 6. Dayton | 21-2 | 1255 | 6 |
| 7. Duke | 20-3 | 1211 | 7 |
| 8. Florida St. | 20-3 | 1170 | 8 |
| 9. Maryland | 19-4 | 1057 | 9 |
| 10. Seton Hall | 18-5 | 1013 | 12 |
| 11. Auburn | 21-2 | 998 | 11 |
| 12. Kentucky | 18-5 | 853 | 15 |
| 13. Penn St. | 18-5 | 787 | 22 |
| 14. West Virginia | 18-5 | 721 | 13 |
| 15. Villanova | 17-6 | 581 | 10 |
| 16. Colorado | 19-5 | 567 | 24 |
| 17. Oregon | 18-6 | 497 | 14 |
| 18. Marquette | 17-6 | 425 | – |
| 19. Butler | 18-6 | 414 | 19 |
| 20. Houston | 19-5 | 402 | 25 |
| 21. Iowa | 17-7 | 374 | 17 |
| 22. Illinois | 16-7 | 235 | 20 |
| 23. Creighton | 18-6 | 213 | 21 |
| 24. Texas Tech | 15-8 | 169 | – |
| 25. LSU | 17-6 | 160 | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 124, Rhode Island 57, N Iowa 44, BYU 43, Arizona 34, Purdue 27, Ohio St. 14, Cincinnati 6, Stephen F Austin 6, Michigan 3, Rutgers 2, Virginia 2, ETSU 2, Wright St. 1, Winthrop 1.