Mick Cronin no longer needs to have that look on his face because Cincinnati has become a top 25 team according to both of the college basketball polls. They are also ranked 20 on Ken Pom which seems just as important.
The Cats are ranked 19th by the AP and 23 by the USA Today Coaches Poll. As mentioned, it's their first time being ranked in either. UC has been ranked in each of the last 3 seasons, getting to as high as number 8 last December.
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Arizona (61) | 17-0 | 1,621 |
| 2 | Syracuse (4) | 16-0 | 1,560 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | 16-0 | 1,482 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 15-1 | 1,442 |
| 5 | Wichita State | 17-0 | 1,300 |
| 6 | Villanova | 15-1 | 1,289 |
| 7 | Florida | 13-2 | 1,205 |
| 8 | Iowa State | 14-1 | 1,048 |
| 9 | Oklahoma State | 14-2 | 1,046 |
| 10 | San Diego State | 14-1 | 1,020 |
| 11 | Ohio State | 15-2 | 979 |
| 12 | Baylor | 13-2 | 952 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 12-3 | 912 |
| 14 | Iowa | 14-3 | 831 |
| 15 | Kansas | 11-4 | 686 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 14-1 | 579 |
| 17 | Memphis | 12-3 | 536 |
| 18 | Louisville | 14-3 | 525 |
| 19 | Cincinnati | 15-2 | 405 |
| 20 | Creighton | 14-2 | 329 |
| 21 | Colorado | 14-3 | 328 |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 15-1 | 299 |
| 23 | Duke | 12-4 | 193 |
| 24 | Saint Louis | 15-2 | 148 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 13-3 | 103 |
| 25 | UCLA | 13-3 | 103 |
- Others receiving votes: Missouri 42, Oregon 39, Connecticut 35, Kansas State 25, Gonzaga 17, Michigan 11, California 10, Virginia 6, Louisiana Tech 5, Xavier 3, Illinois 3, New Mexico 3, Harvard 3, George Washington 2
- Dropped from rankings: Oregon 17, Missouri 21, Gonzaga 22, Illinois 23, Kansas State 25
| USA Today Coaches Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Arizona (30) | 17-0 | 798 |
| 2 | Syracuse (1) | 16-0 | 766 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | 16-0 | 724 |
| 4 | Michigan State (1) | 15-1 | 718 |
| 5 | Wichita State | 17-0 | 666 |
| 6 | Villanova | 15-1 | 598 |
| 7 | Florida | 13-2 | 573 |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 14-2 | 517 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 15-2 | 516 |
| 10 | Iowa State | 14-1 | 495 |
| 11 | San Diego State | 14-1 | 481 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 12-3 | 424 |
| 13 | Baylor | 13-2 | 413 |
| 14 | Louisville | 14-3 | 393 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 14-1 | 330 |
| 16 | Iowa | 14-3 | 297 |
| 17 | Memphis | 12-3 | 274 |
| 18 | Kansas | 11-4 | 272 |
| 19 | Creighton | 14-2 | 216 |
| 20 | Duke | 12-4 | 163 |
| 21 | Pittsburgh | 15-1 | 144 |
| 22 | Colorado | 14-3 | 103 |
| 23 | Cincinnati | 15-2 | 87 |
| 24 | Gonzaga | 14-3 | 82 |
| 25 | UCLA | 13-3 | 74 |
- Others receiving votes: Saint Louis 68, Oregon 51, Missouri 43, Oklahoma 39, Kansas State 15, Michigan 9, New Mexico 9, California 9, Connecticut 8, George Washington 6, Harvard 6, Southern Miss 5, Virginia 4, Virginia Commonwealth 2, Xavier 2
- Dropped from rankings: Oregon 13, Missouri 21
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