Nine SEC teams make up this week’s coaches poll. Outside of the representatives in the top five, Kentucky checks in at No. 7 this week, followed by Florida (No. 8), Texas A&M (No. 9), Mississippi State (No. 13), Oklahoma (No. 16), and Ole Miss (No. 22).

The coaches recognized this, finally, and Michigan basketball ended up being ranked in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, at No. 24, with a Tuesday game at NO. 21 UCLA up next. It has a loss to No. 16 Oklahoma and two more to unranked Wake Forest and Arkansas, but is undefeated in Big Ten play thus far.

Where are Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats in new AP Top 25 basketball poll and USA TODAY Coaches Poll ahead of their SEC game against Georgia?

The winning streak came to an end for Florida basketball on Saturday in Lexington, where the Kentucky Wildcats beat it for the first time this season in a 106-100 shootout to open up the Southeastern Conference schedule.

The Kansas State women's basketball team matched its highest ranking of the season in the USA Today Sports Coaches Poll on Tuesday, moving up one spot to No. 10. K-State currently has a 15-1 record and is tied with No.

Wisconsin basketball (11-3, 1-2 Big Ten) somehow remains outside the top 25 of the USA TODAY Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll. The latest edition was released on Jan. 6, three days after the Badgers’ statement win over Iowa. Wisconsin entered the ‘receiving votes’ category, tallying just three voting points. That total has the team tied for 36th.