Clemson receives votes in latest AP Top 25

Clemson is playing with a lot of confidence since ACC play

by Tony Crumpton - Assoc. Editor - Mon Jan 18 14:15:14 GMT-04:00 2016

The latest AP Top 25 Basketball poll was released on Monday afternoon and Clemson received the second most votes (53) outside of the Top 25.

The last time Clemson was ranked in the AP Poll was 1/18/2010 and the last time the school was ranked by any basketball poll was 1/25/2010 (#21, USA today) therefore this is the closest the team has been ranked near the Top 25 in the Brad Brownell era.

The Clemson basketball team has big-time victories over #15 Miami, #17 Louisville and #20 Duke with losses to #2 North Carolina and #24 South Carolina.

The Tigers defeated three ranked opponents in a row for the first time in school history. Clemson was also the 1st ACC basketball team to beat an AP Top 25 team in three consecutive games since Wake Forest did it the week of Feb. 15-22, 2003 according to the Clemson SID.

Clemson will face #13 Virginia (13-4) on the road on Tuesday, 1/19 at 8 pm on the ACC Network and then have a home game with Pittsburgh on Wednesday, 1/27 at 7 pm on RSN.

Latest AP Top 25

1 Oklahoma (65) 15-1 1,625

2 North Carolina 16-2 1,515

3 Kansas 15-2 1,499

4 Villanova 16-2 1,403

5 Xavier 16-1 1,321

6 West Virginia 15-2 1,278

7 Maryland 16-2 1,259

8 SMU 17-0 1,179

9 Iowa 14-3 1,167

10 Texas A&M 15-2 994

11 Michigan State 16-3 950

12 Arizona 15-3 801

13 Virginia 13-4 649

13 Baylor 14-3 649

15 Miami (FL) 13-3 645

16 Providence 15-3 609

17 Louisville 14-3 608

18 Butler 13-4 439

19 Iowa State 13-4 411

20 Duke 14-4 375

21 USC 15-3 338

22 Purdue 15-3 322

23 Kentucky 13-4 276

24 South Carolina 16-1 252

25 Indiana 15-3 210

Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 184, Clemson 53 , Wichita St 38, Valparaiso 30, Notre Dame 14, Dayton 9, Saint Mary's 8, Gonzaga 5, Utah 3, Hawaii 3, Arkansas-Little Rock 1, Monmouth 1, Navy 1, Oregon 1

Dropped from rankings: Pittsburgh 20, Gonzaga 25

Latest USA Today Top 25 Poll

USA Today Coaches Poll

RK TEAM RECORD PTS

1 Oklahoma (26) 15-1 763

2 North Carolina (4) 16-2 727

3 Kansas (1) 15-2 700

4 Villanova 16-2 674

5 Maryland 16-2 629

6 Xavier 16-1 616

7 West Virginia 15-2 585

8 Texas A&M 15-2 532

9 Iowa 14-3 494

10 Michigan State 16-3 461

11 Arizona 15-3 438

12 Duke 14-4 360

13 Virginia 13-4 340

14 Miami (FL) 13-3 319

15 Baylor 14-3 306

16 Louisville 14-3 288

17 Providence 15-3 269

18 South Carolina 16-1 231

19 Kentucky 13-4 206

20 Pittsburgh 15-2 179

21 Iowa State 13-4 173

22 Purdue 15-3 167

23 Indiana 15-3 162

24 Butler 13-4 156

25 USC 15-3 103

Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 35, Clemson 29, Dayton 29, Oregon 20, Valparaiso 16, Wichita St 16, Connecticut 12, Saint Mary's 10, Michigan 6, Washington 5, Arkansas-Little Rock 5, California 5, LSU 3, Monmouth 3, Seton Hall 2, UAB 1

Dropped from rankings: Gonzaga 21