Men's Basketball: UConn Unranked in AP Poll Entering Matchup With No. 6 Maryland

Four teams will take center stage at Madison Square Garden Tuesday. UConn will be the only unranked among them.

Though the Huskies are on the cusp of the Top 25 once again. Now 5-2, UConn is 26th in voting in the AP Poll for the second week in a row, receiving 82 points in this week's voting.

The Huskies picked up 153 points last week after losing to Syracuse and Gonzaga. That would have put UConn in the poll at 25th this week. Utah is 25th with 108.

Losses by Kentucky and Maryland saw a shakeup at the top of the poll. Michigan State is the new No.1, receiving 62 of the 65 voters' first-place votes. Kansas and North Carolina round out the top three.

Maryland, the Huskies' opponent Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic, checks in at No. 6. Virginia and West Virginia will play before UConn and Maryland at Madison Square Garden Tuesday. The Cavaliers are No. 10, while the Mountaineers are No. 14.

How They Voted

• Dave Borges (UConn beat writer, New Haven Register): 21
• Seth Davis (CBS-Sports Illustrated): 16
• Dana O'Neil (ESPN): Unranked
• Dick Vitale (ESPN): Unranked
• Laura Keeley (Duke beat writer, The News & Observer): unranked
• Rick Bozich (WDRB): 22
• Jon Rothstein (CBS): Unranked
• Aaron Brenner (Clemson beat writer, the Post and Courier): Unranked
• Zac Boyer (The Washington Times): Unranked
• Chuck McGill (Sports Editor, Charleston (W. Va.) Gazzette-Mail): 22
• Jay Drew (BYU beat writer, The Salt Lake Tribune): 19
• Bob Sutton (Sports Editor, Burlington (N.C.) Times-News): 22

The full poll is listed below.

Associated Press Poll, Dec. 7, 2015

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS
1	Michigan State (62)	9-0	1,617
2	Kansas (1)	6-1	1,442
3	North Carolina (2)	7-1	1,425
4	Iowa State	6-0	1,347
5	Kentucky	7-1	1,325
6	Maryland	7-1	1,299
7	Oklahoma	5-0	1,283
8	Duke	8-1	1,243
9	Villanova	7-0	1,230
10	Virginia	7-1	1,003
11	Purdue	8-0	997
12	Xavier	8-0	930
13	Arizona	7-1	811
14	West Virginia	7-0	615
15	Providence	8-1	548
16	Baylor	6-1	488
17	Miami (FL)	7-1	469
18	Butler	6-1	416
19	SMU	6-0	413
20	Gonzaga	5-2	399
21	Vanderbilt	6-2	377
22	Louisville	6-1	373
23	Cincinnati	8-1	331
24	Oregon	6-1	241
25	Utah	7-1	108
Also Receiving Votes: Connecticut 82, Syracuse 78, Texas A&M 69, George Washington 60, UNLV 40, UCLA 19, South Carolina 15, Dayton 7, Arkansas-Little Rock 5, Georgetown 4, Florida 4, Pittsburgh 3, Iowa 3, Northwestern 2, Indiana 2, Notre Dame 1, Navy 1
Dropped Out: Syracuse 14, Texas A&M 18