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Michigan State Still No. 1 In Latest Polls

The latest AP poll has a lot of shifting within the rankings, but little turnover from last week in terms of new teams to the fold. Only Utah and South Carolina join this week, while UConn and UCLA fall out. Utah's win over Duke on Saturday catapulted the Utes from 36th in votes last week to No. 24 this week.

South Carolina? It's yet to lose a game. Frank Martin's program earned a road win against Clemson on Friday night to push it into the polls for the first time under Martin's regime.

Elsewhere: Kentucky and Duke take big tumbles after their losses, while Maryland, Virginia, Xavier and Butler were the biggest risers this week.

For the third consecutive week, Michigan State is the No. 1 team in the country. But things are about to get tough for them with Denzel Valentine's injury.

The Spartans are out to a terrific start, and garnered 29 first-place votes in the latest coaches poll. Oklahoma is at No. 2, and the only other team with first-place votes. Kansas, Maryland, and Virginia round out the top five.

Xavier is No. 6 team, followed by North Carolina and Arizona, each of whom rose four spots. The next three are Iowa State, Duke and Kentucky, each of whom fell at least four spots, with Iowa State and Kentucky plummetting seven. Below them, Butler moved up six spots to No. 12.

This poll was a bit strange as well given the crazy weekend that just occurred, as no new teams entered the poll and no new teams fell out of the poll.

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