The Louisville Men’s basketball team is back into the national rankings after its 4-0 start to the 2020-2021 season. Louisville played one game last week, a 75-54 win over Western Kentucky. Louisville is ranked 25th in the AP poll and 24th in the USA today coaches poll.
Louisville is one of five programs to be ranked in the AP Top 25 in each of the past 19 seasons, excluding the preseason poll. The other four programs are Duke, Kansas, North Carolina and Gonzaga.
Louisville is one of only 🖐 schools to be ranked in the AP Top 25 poll at least once during each of the last 19 seasons, excluding preseason polls.#GoCards pic.twitter.com/W8aBCH84YD
— Louisville Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) December 7, 2020
Where does your team stand? 👀
NCAA Tournament projections, via @tkbrackets. pic.twitter.com/g51yXkc940
— Stadium (@Stadium) December 7, 2020
AP Poll
| RK |
TEAM
|
REC | PTS |
TREND
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 (54) |
3-0 | 1518 |
–
|
| 2 |
 (7) |
3-0 | 1470 |
–
|
| 3 |
 |
3-0 | 1385 |
–
|
| 4 |
 |
5-0 | 1296 |
4
|
| 5 |
 |
4-1 | 1195 |
2
|
| 6 |
 |
3-1 | 1104 |
1
|
| 7 |
 |
4-0 | 1090 |
3
|
| 8 |
 |
3-0 | 1068 |
1
|
| 9 |
 |
4-1 | 1033 |
3
|
| 10 |
 |
2-1 | 954 |
4
|
| 11 |
 |
4-1 | 918 |
–
|
| 12 |
 |
0-0 | 767 |
1
|
| 13 |
 |
3-1 | 750 |
9
|
 |
4-1 | 750 |
4
|
|
| 15 |
 |
4-0 | 688 |
1
|
| 16 |
 |
3-1 | 547 |
2
|
| 17 |
 |
4-1 | 541 |
–
|
| 18 |
 |
3-1 | 474 |
3
|
| 19 |
 |
2-0 | 419 |
–
|
| 20 |
 |
1-0 | 350 |
2
|
| 21 |
 |
3-0 | 293 |
3
|
| 22 |
 |
3-0 | 287 |
1
|
| 23 |
 |
3-1 | 218 |
2
|
| 24 |
 |
4-0 | 123 |
2
|
| 25 |
 |
4-0 | 122 |
1
|
Others receiving votes: Michigan 107, Saint Louis 94, Florida 90, Indiana 40, Oregon 26, Oklahoma State 26, Marquette 22, Missouri 19, UConn 12, Xavier 9, Clemson 7, Alabama 5, Washington State 3, Maryland 2, SMU 1, Oklahoma 1, UCLA 1
Dropped from rankings: K******* 20, Oregon 21
ESPN Coaches Poll
Top 25
| RK |
TEAM
|
REC | PTS |
TREND
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
(23) |
3-0 | 788 |
1
|
| 2 |
(8) |
3-0 | 774 |
1
|
| 3 |
(1) |
3-0 | 717 |
3
|
| 4 |
|
5-0 | 679 |
8
|
| 5 |
|
4-1 | 585 |
–
|
| 6 |
|
4-1 | 581 |
3
|
| 7 |
|
3-0 | 561 |
4
|
| 8 |
|
4-0 | 529 |
10
|
| 9 |
|
3-1 | 525 |
1
|
| 10 |
|
4-1 | 471 |
5
|
| 11 |
|
2-1 | 458 |
3
|
| 12 |
|
4-1 | 407 |
10
|
| 13 |
|
3-1 | 361 |
6
|
| 14 |
|
3-1 | 331 |
2
|
| 15 |
|
4-0 | 315 |
11
|
| 16 |
|
0-0 | 311 |
2
|
| 17 |
|
4-1 | 310 |
4
|
| 18 |
|
3-1 | 268 |
14
|
| 19 |
|
2-0 | 198 |
7
|
| 20 |
|
3-0 | 176 |
4
|
| 21 |
|
1-0 | 167 |
3
|
| 22 |
|
3-0 | 161 |
1
|
| 23 |
|
3-1 | 121 |
6
|
| 24 |
|
4-0 | 95 |
2
|
| 25 |
 |
3-0 | 83 |
1
|
Others receiving votes: Michigan 78, San Diego State 50, Saint Louis 44, UCLA 38, Oregon 34, Oklahoma State 30, Indiana 26, Marquette 16, Missouri 15, North Dakota 14, Oklahoma 13, LSU 13, Arkansas 11, Clemson 10, NC State 10, Maryland 6, UConn 6, Xavier 5, Drake 2, Memphis 2, SMU 1, Abilene Christian 1, Alabama 1, Western Kentucky 1, Kentucky 1
Dropped from rankings: Kentucky 9, Oregon 20, UCLA 21, Alabama 25
