When it comes to Arkansas Razorbacks basketball, the stock continues to rise.
The Razorbacks (23-6) won two key games last week, defeating a Florida team on the road who had just upset the Auburn Tigers, and taking down the Wildcats of Kentucky in front of a raucous crowd inside Bud Walton Arena.
1 | Gonzaga | 24-3 | 771 | 20 | 1 | — | 1/5 |
2 | Duke | 25-4 | 726 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1/9 |
3 | Arizona | 25-3 | 707 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2/NR |
4 | Baylor | 24-5 | 649 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1/11 |
5 | Auburn | 25-4 | 643 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 1/22 |
6 | Kentucky | 23-6 | 638 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3/21 |
7 | Kansas | 23-5 | 615 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 3/10 |
8 | Providence | 24-3 | 596 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8/NR |
9 | Purdue | 24-5 | 545 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 1/9 |
10 | Wisconsin | 23-5 | 522 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8/NR |
11 | Villanova | 21-7 | 458 | 0 | 8 | -3 | 4/22 |
12 | Texas Tech | 22-7 | 415 | 0 | 9 | -3 | 9/NR |
13 | Tennessee | 21-7 | 401 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 13/25 |
14 | Houston | 24-4 | 376 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7/15 |
15 | Arkansas | 23-6 | 356 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 9/NR |
16 | Southern California | 25-4 | 319 | 0 | 16 | — | 7/NR |
17 | Illinois | 20-8 | 271 | 0 | 14 | -3 | 10/NR |
18 | UCLA | 21-6 | 252 | 0 | 13 | -5 | 2/18 |
19 | Connecticut | 21-7 | 244 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 17/NR |
20 | Saint Mary’s | 24-6 | 220 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 20/NR |
21 | Texas | 21-8 | 195 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5/25 |
22 | Murray St. | 28-2 | 166 | 0 | 21 | -1 | 21/NR |
23 | Ohio St. | 18-8 | 104 | 0 | 19 | -4 | 12/NR |
24 | Alabama | 19-10 | 44 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8/NR |
25 | Michigan St | 19-9 | 42 | 0 | 24 | -1 | 9/NR |
25 | Iowa | 20-8 | 42 | 0 | NR | 4 | 25/NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Colorado St. 14; Boise St. 13; Notre Dame 10; Marquette 9; Wake Forest 8; Wyoming 6; Seton Hall 6; North Texas 4; San Francisco 3; North Carolina 3; Iowa State 2; Creighton 2; South Dakota State 1; San Diego St. 1; Miami-Florida 1
Arkansas looks to finish the regular season on a high note, as they face LSU on Wednesday at home, then travel to Tennessee to battle the Volunteers in a rematch on Saturday in Knoxville.