Illini ranked in both AP and Coaches Polls

by Joe Kutsunis on Nov 16, 2009 4:10 PM CST Comment 3 comments

Basketball Rankings

AP
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Rank	Team	Points
1	Kansas Jayhawks	1616
2	Michigan St. Spartans	1520
3	Texas Longhorns	1412
4	Kentucky Wildcats	1370
5	Villanova Wildcats	1353
6	North Carolina Tar Heels	1301
7	Purdue Boilermakers	1297
8	West Virginia Mountaineers	1139
9	Duke Blue Devils	1078
10	Tennessee Volunteers	938
11	Butler Bulldogs	859
12	Connecticut Huskies	830
13	California Golden Bears	792
14	Washington Huskies	783
15	Michigan Wolverines	598
16	Ohio St. Buckeyes	598
17	Oklahoma Sooners	490
18	Dayton Flyers	372
19	Georgetown Hoyas	358
20	Louisville Cardinals	344
21	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	320
22	Clemson Tigers	265
23	Illinois Fighting Illini	261
24	Minnesota Golden Gophers	170
25	Maryland Terrapins	167

Rank	Team	Points
1	Kansas Jayhawks	770
2	Michigan St. Spartans	738
3	Texas Longhorns	691
4	North Carolina Tar Heels	671
5	Kentucky Wildcats	640
6	Villanova Wildcats	617
7	Purdue Boilermakers	584
8	Duke Blue Devils	538
9	West Virginia Mountaineers	535
10	Butler Bulldogs	436
11	Tennessee Volunteers	433
12	California Golden Bears	396
13	Connecticut Huskies	388
14	Washington Huskies	366
15	Ohio St. Buckeyes	306
16	Michigan Wolverines	305
17	Oklahoma Sooners	260
18	Minnesota Golden Gophers	163
19	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	162
20	Georgetown Hoyas	158
21	Dayton Flyers	157
22	Louisville Cardinals	136
23	Clemson Tigers	111
24	Syracuse Orange	79
25	Illinois Fighting Illini	70

Maybe it was Brandon Paul's surprising performance, or maybe people just like our jerseys, but either way, the Illini did not have to wait too long to once again be ranked in both Polls, along with 5 other Big Ten teams. Yes, that means that more than half of the league is in the TOP 25, good times are here again.

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