2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Nov. 23)

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The USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Top 25 college basketball coaches' poll, with number of first-place votes and record in parentheses, total points and previous ranking. Team records are through the date the poll was released:

NCAA Division I: ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1.Kansas (28)3-07721
 Last Week: Def. Hofstra 101-65 (11/13), Def. Memphis 57-55 (11/17), Def. Central Arkansas 94-44 (11/19)
This Week: Def. Oakland 89-59 (11/25)  Tickets
2.Michigan State (2)4-07342
 Last Week: Def. Florida Gulf Coast 97-58 (11/13), Def. Gonzaga 75-71 (11/17)
This Week: Def. Toledo 75-62 (11/20), Def. Valparaiso 90-60 (11/22)  Tickets
3.Texas 2-06983
 Last Week: Def. UC Irvine 89-42 (11/15), Def. Western Carolina 73-41 (11/18)
This Week: Def. Iowa 85-60 (11/23), Def. Pittsburgh 78-62 (11/24)  Tickets
4.Villanova 5-06556
 Last Week: Def. Fairleigh Dickinson 84-61 (11/13), Def. Pennsylvania 103-65 (11/16), Def. George Mason 69-68 (11/19)
This Week: Def. Dayton 71-65 (11/20), Def. Mississippi 79-67 (11/22)  Tickets
5.Kentucky 4-06425
 Last Week: Def. Morehead State 75-59 (11/13), Def. Miami (OH) 72-70 (11/16), Def. Sam Houston State 102-92 (11/19)
This Week: Def. Rider 92-63 (11/21), Def. Cleveland State 73-49 (11/24), Def. Stanford 73-65 (11/25)  Tickets
6.Purdue 3-05887
 Last Week: Def. Cal State Northridge 89-64 (11/13)
This Week: Def. South Dakota State 74-63 (11/20), Def. Saint Joseph's 85-60 (11/22), Def. No. 11 Tennessee 73-72 (11/23)  Tickets
7.Duke (1)4-05878
 Last Week: Def. UNC Greensboro 96-62 (11/13), Def. Coastal Carolina 74-49 (11/16), Def. Charlotte 101-59 (11/17)
This Week: Def. Radford 104-67 (11/21), Def. Arizona State 64-53 (11/25)  Tickets
8.West Virginia 1-05329
 Last Week: Def. Loyola (MD) 83-60 (11/15)
This Week: Def. Citadel 69-50 (11/24), 11/26 at Long Beach State (3-1)  Tickets
9.Syracuse 4-048124
 Last Week: Def. No. 12 California 95-73 (11/19)
This Week: Def. No. 12 North Carolina 87-71 (11/20), Def. Cornell 88-73 (11/24)  Tickets
10.Butler 3-047510
 Last Week: Def. Davidson 73-62 (11/14), Def. Northwestern 67-54 (11/18)
This Week: Def. Evansville 64-60 (11/21), 11/26 vs. No. 16 Minnesota (3-0)  Tickets
11.Tennessee 4-046411
 Last Week: Def. Austin Peay 83-54 (11/13), Def. North Carolina-Asheville 124-49 (11/17)
This Week: Def. East Carolina 105-66 (11/20), Def. DePaul 57-53 (11/22), Lost to No. 6 Purdue 73-72 (11/23)  Tickets
12.North Carolina 4-14474
 Last Week: Def. Valparaiso 88-77 (11/15), Def. No. 15 Ohio State 77-73 (11/19)
This Week: Lost to No. 9 Syracuse 87-71 (11/20), Def. Gardner-Webb 93-72 (11/23)  Tickets
13.Connecticut 3-040513
 Last Week: Def. William & Mary 75-66 (11/13), Def. Colgate 77-63 (11/16), Def. Hofstra 76-67 (11/17)
This Week: Def. LSU 81-55 (11/25)  Tickets
14.Washington 4-038314
 Last Week: Def. Wright State 74-69 (11/13), Def. Belmont 96-78 (11/14), Def. Portland State 111-55 (11/15)
This Week: Def. San Jose State 80-70 (11/20)  Tickets
15.Michigan 2-033916
 Last Week: Def. Northern Michigan 97-50 (11/14)
This Week: Def. Houston Baptist 77-55 (11/20), 11/26 vs. Creighton (2-1)  Tickets
16.Louisville 3-023322
 Last Week: Def. Arkansas 96-66 (11/17)
This Week: Def. East Tennessee State 69-56 (11/21), Def. Morgan State 90-81 (11/22), Def. Appalachian State 80-53 (11/23)  Tickets
16.Minnesota 3-023318
 Last Week: Def. Tennessee Tech 87-50 (11/13), Def. Stephen F. Austin 82-42 (11/16), Def. Utah Valley 76-51 (11/19)
This Week: 11/26 at No. 10 Butler (3-0)  Tickets
18.Ohio State 3-121915
 Last Week: Lost to No. 4 North Carolina 77-73 (11/19)
This Week: Def. No. 23 California 76-70 (11/20), Def. Lipscomb 84-64 (11/24)  Tickets
19.Clemson 3-020523
 Last Week: Def. Presbyterian 84-41 (11/13), Def. Liberty 79-39 (11/17)
This Week: Def. UNC Greensboro 89-67 (11/20), Def. Winthrop 102-66 (11/23), 11/26 vs. Texas A&M (3-0)  Tickets
19.Georgetown 3-020520
 Last Week: Def. Tulane 74-58 (11/13), Def. Temple 46-45 (11/17)
This Week: Def. Savannah State 63-44 (11/21)  Tickets
21.Illinois 3-013125
 Last Week: Def. SIU-Edwardsville 96-69 (11/13), Def. Northern Illinois 80-61 (11/17)
This Week: Def. Presbyterian 94-48 (11/21), Def. Wofford 78-64 (11/24)  Tickets
22.Maryland 3-099NR
 Last Week: Def. Charleston Southern 89-51 (11/13), Def. Fairfield 71-42 (11/17)
This Week: Def. New Hampshire 82-55 (11/20), Def. Chaminade 79-51 (11/23), Lost to Cincinnati 69-57 (11/24), Lost to Wisconsin 78-69 (11/25)  Tickets
23.California 2-27112
 Last Week: Lost to No. 24 Syracuse 95-73 (11/19)
This Week: Lost to No. 18 Ohio State 76-70 (11/20), Def. Jacksonville 79-47 (11/24)  Tickets
24.Vanderbilt 2-067NR
 Last Week: Def. Lipscomb 95-73 (11/16)
This Week: Def. Saint Mary's 72-70 (11/20), Lost to Cincinnati 67-58 (11/23), Def. Chaminade 68-41 (11/24), Def. Arizona 84-72 (11/25)  Tickets
25.Georgia Tech 3-15619
 Last Week: Def. Florida A&M 100-59 (11/14), Lost to No. 21 Dayton 63-59 (11/19)
This Week: Def. George Mason 70-62 (11/20), Def. Boston University 85-67 (11/22)  Tickets
Others Receiving Votes
Oklahoma 53, Wake Forest 40, Gonzaga 26, Oklahoma State 24, Brigham Young 23, Florida State 20, Notre Dame 18, Dayton 18, UNLV 18, Miami (FL) 16, LSU 15, Pittsburgh 12, Xavier 12, Tulsa 12, Memphis 11, Mississippi 10, Kansas State 8, Texas A&M 8, Florida 3, Missouri 3, Saint Mary's 2, Siena 1, New Mexico 1.

Dropped From Rankings
Oklahoma 17, Dayton 21.

The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2009-10 season: Mike Adras, Northern Arizona; Dana Altman, Creighton; Tommy Amaker, Harvard; Tevester Anderson, Jackson State; Ronnie Arrow, South Alabama; Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Rick Byrd, Belmont; Charlie Coles, Miami (Ohio); Steve Fisher, San Diego State; Greg Graham, Boise State; Rob Jeter, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Billy Kennedy, Murray State; Billy Lange, Navy; Dan Leibovitz, Hartford; Fran McCaffery, Siena; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Bob McKillop, Davidson; Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's; Ron "Fang" Mitchell, Coppin State; Matt Painter, Purdue; Tom Pecora, Hofstra; John Pelphrey, Arkansas; Mike Rice, Robert Morris; Doc Sadler, Nebraska; Herb Sendek, Arizona State; Scott Sutton, Oral Roberts; Bob Williams, UC-Santa Barbara; Gary Williams, Maryland; Doug Wojcik, Tulsa.