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Sean Miller's team begins its NIT Season Tip-Off run tonight against Fairleigh Dickinson as the tournament favorite, at least as far as the Associated Press pollsters are concerned. The Arizona Wildcats moved from sixth to fifth in the poll after the Duke Blue Devils lost to the Kansas Jayhawks last week.
Now, Duke finds itself ranked sixth after previously holding the fourth-place tag.
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Arizona opens NIT Season Tip-Off against Fairleigh Dicksinson
The Michigan State Spartans moved from second to first after defeated previous the No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats. Kansas, Louisville and Kentucky follow and are ranked ahead of Arizona.
Also representing the Pac-12 is Oregon, which comes in at No. 17. The UCLA Bruins are ranked 22nd.
In the USA Today Coaches poll, the Wildcats moved from fifth to fourth place and jumped Kentucky and Duke.
Below is the AP poll followed by the USA Today Coaches poll.
AP Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan State | 3-0 | 1,608 | 2 |
| 2 | Kansas | 2-0 | 1,523 | 5 |
| 3 | Louisville | 3-0 | 1,511 | 3 |
| 4 | Kentucky | 3-1 | 1,410 | 1 |
| 5 | Arizona | 3-0 | 1,339 | 6 |
| 6 | Duke | 2-1 | 1,320 | 4 |
| 7 | Oklahoma State | 3-0 | 1,198 | 8 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 3-0 | 1,172 | 10 |
| 9 | Syracuse | 3-0 | 1,135 | 9 |
| 10 | VCU | 3-0 | 928 | 14 |
| 11 | Memphis | 1-0 | 871 | 13 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 3-0 | 763 | 20 |
| 13 | Gonzaga | 3-0 | 710 | 15 |
| 14 | Wichita State | 4-0 | 705 | 16 |
| 14 | Michigan | 2-1 | 705 | 7 |
| 16 | Florida | 2-1 | 619 | 11 |
| 17 | Oregon | 2-0 | 613 | 18 |
| 18 | Connecticut | 4-0 | 600 | 19 |
| 19 | New Mexico | 2-0 | 353 | 22 |
| 20 | Baylor | 3-0 | 342 | 23 |
| 21 | Iowa State | 3-0 | 296 | 21 |
| 22 | UCLA | 2-0 | 291 | 24 |
| 23 | Creighton | 3-0 | 246 | 26 |
| 24 | North Carolina | 2-1 | 213 | 12 |
| 25 | Marquette | 2-1 | 144 | 17 |
Others receiving votes: Iowa 122, Indiana 109, Virginia 77, Harvard 72, Boise State 28, Belmont 18, Arizona State 13, Villanova 11, Xavier 10, Tennessee 9, Pittsburgh 7, Colorado 6, Missouri 5, Florida State 4, Minnesota 4, Saint Louis 4, Cincinnati 3, BYU 2, Indiana State 2, UMass 2, George Washington 1, Notre Dame 1.
USA Today Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | FIRST PLACE VOTES | PREVIOUS RANK | CHANGE | HI/LOW* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan State Spartans | 3-0 | 789 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 |
| 2 | Louisville Cardinals | 3-0 | 761 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2/3 |
| 3 | Kansas Jayhawks | 2-0 | 735 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3/6 |
| 4 | Arizona Wildcats | 3-0 | 684 | 5 | 1 | 4/5 | |
| 5 | Kentucky Wildcats | 3-1 | 658 | 1 | 4 | 1/5 | |
| 6 | Duke Blue Devils | 2-1 | 630 | 4 | 2 | 4/6 | |
| 7 | Syracuse Orange | 3-0 | 601 | 7 | 7/7 | ||
| 8 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 3-0 | 597 | 9 | 1 | 8/10 | |
| 9 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 3-0 | 541 | 12 | 3 | 9/12 | |
| 10 | Virginia Commonwealth Rams | 3-0 | 443 | 14 | 4 | 10/15 | |
| 11 | Memphis Tigers | 1-0 | 404 | 13 | 2 | 11/13 | |
| 12 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 3-0 | 381 | 15 | 3 | 12/15 | |
| 13 | Michigan Wolverines | 2-1 | 362 | 8 | 5 | 8/13 | |
| 14 | Florida Gators | 2-1 | 359 | 10 | 4 | 8/14 | |
| 15 | Wisconsin Badgers | 3-0 | 332 | 19 | 4 | 15/21 | |
| 16 | Wichita State Shockers | 4-0 | 330 | 16 | 16/16 | ||
| 17 | Oregon Ducks | 2-0 | 275 | 18 | 1 | 17/18 | |
| 18 | Connecticut Huskies | 4-0 | 265 | 20 | 2 | 18/20 | |
| 19 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 2-1 | 208 | 11 | 8 | 11/19 | |
| 20 | New Mexico Lobos | 2-0 | 180 | 21 | 1 | 20/21 | |
| 21 | Baylor Bears | 3-0 | 131 | 25 | 4 | 21/NR | |
| 22 | Indiana Hoosiers | 4-0 | 129 | 23 | 1 | 22/24 | |
| 23 | Creighton Bluejays | 3-0 | 111 | NR | 23/NR | ||
| 24 | UCLA Bruins | 2-0 | 105 | 24 | 23/24 | ||
| 25 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 4-0 | 74 |