BATON ROUGE — In week 2 of the national rankings, the LSU men’s basketball team remained No. 19 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and moved to No. 23 in the AP Top 25 released Monday afternoon.
LSU (1-0) takes on Kennesaw State (0-1) Monday at 8 p.m. CT in the first of two Legends Classic games held at the Maravich Center prior to the Tigers’ trip to New York for a pair of games at the Barclays Center.
The game will be televised by ESPNU and broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network beginning at 7:30 p.m.
AP Top 25
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points
1, North Carolina (37), 2-0, 1,571
2, Kentucky (8), 2-0, 1,520
3, Maryland (14), 1-0, 1,496
4, Kansas (5), 1-0, 1,415
5, Duke, 2-0, 1,348
6, Virginia (1), 1-0, 1,341
7, Iowa State, 1-0, 1,189
8, Oklahoma, 0-0, 1,095
9, Wichita St, 1-0, 1,043
10, Gonzaga, 0-0, 1,040
11, Villanova, 1-0, 1,013
12, Arizona, 1-0, 973
13, Michigan State, 1-0, 837
14, Indiana, 1-0, 763
15, California, 1-0, 761
16, Utah, 1-0, 514
17, Vanderbilt, 1-0, 462
18, Notre Dame, 1-0, 414
19, Connecticut, 1-0, 373
20, Baylor, 1-0, 368
21, Purdue, 2-0, 291
22, Butler, 1-0, 284
23, LSU, 1-0, 283
24, Michigan, 1-0, 141
25, Oregon, 1-0, 121
Others receiving votes: SMU 105, Texas A&M 83, West Virginia 78, Cincinnati 72, Louisville 39, Miami (FL) 37, Wisconsin 25, Providence 14, Dayton 12, Florida State 10, Xavier 10, Valparaiso 8, Iowa 8, Texas 6, Rhode Island 5, BYU 4, Western Illinois 4, Oklahoma State 2, Old Dominion 2, UC Irvine 2, Colorado State 1, Yale 1, Washington 1
Dropped from rankings: Wisconsin 17
USA Today Coaches Poll
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points
1, North Carolina (16), 2-0, 762
2, Kentucky (8), 2-0, 759
3, Maryland (3), 1-0, 724
4, Duke (3), 2-0, 709
5, Kansas (2), 1-0, 680
6, Virginia, 1-0, 649
7, Iowa State, 1-0, 563
8, Oklahoma, 0-0, 523
8, Villanova, 1-0, 523
10, Arizona, 1-0, 494
11, Wichita St, 1-0, 465
12, Gonzaga, 0-0, 462
13, Michigan State, 1-0, 413
14, California, 1-0, 365
15, Indiana, 1-0, 314
16, Utah, 1-0, 253
17, Vanderbilt, 1-0, 223
18, Notre Dame, 1-0, 217
19, LSU, 1-0, 208
20, Butler, 1-0, 183
21, Baylor, 1-0, 177
22, West Virginia, 1-0, 136
23, Purdue, 2-0, 135
24, Connecticut, 1-0, 132
25, Michigan, 1-0, 105
Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 45, Oregon 42, Louisville 34, Texas A&M 34, Florida State 18, Wisconsin 13, NC State 8, Xavier 7, Dayton 6, Providence 4, Belmont 4, Davidson 3, Miami (FL) 2, San Diego State 2, Georgetown 1, New Mexico 1, Old Dominion 1, Washington 1
Dropped from rankings: Wisconsin 17