LSU takes slight dip in polls after home loss to Arkansas

A split of its two games last week only cost the LSU men’s basketball team a couple of spots in The Associated Press poll and three places in the USA Today coaches’ poll.

Ranked 19th in poll polls last week, the Tigers fell to No. 21 in the AP rankings and No. 22 in the coaches’ vote.

Following a comfortable road win against Texas A&M last Wednesday, LSU was upset at home by Arkansas, 90-89, to snap a 10-game winning streak Saturday.

LSU travels to Starkville on Wednesday to take on Mississippi State at 8 p.m. in a SEC contest to air on ESPN2.

LSU is No. 17 in Andy Katz’ Top 36 on NCAA.com and Jon Rothstein of CBSsports.com had LSU No. 20 in his Top 25 poll.

AP Top 25
Feb. 4, 2019

Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points
1, Tennessee (48), 20-1, 1,579
2, Duke (12), 19-2, 1,532
3, Virginia (4), 20-1, 1,478
4, Gonzaga, 21-2, 1,423
5, Kentucky, 18-3, 1,310
6, Nevada, 21-1, 1,228
7, Michigan, 20-2, 1,217
8, North Carolina, 17-4, 1,167
9, Michigan State, 18-4, 1,051
10, Marquette, 19-3, 1,029
11, Virginia Tech, 18-3, 948
12, Houston, 21-1, 838
13, Kansas, 17-5, 809
14, Villanova, 18-4, 801
15, Purdue, 16-6, 697
16, Louisville, 16-6, 561
17, Iowa State, 17-5, 545
18, Texas Tech, 17-5, 482
19, Wisconsin, 16-6, 462
20, Iowa, 17-5, 242
21, LSU, 17-4, 205
22, Florida State, 16-5, 180
23, Buffalo, 19-3, 153
24, Maryland, 17-6, 144
25, Cincinnati, 19-3, 142

Others Receiving Votes:
Others receiving votes: Washington 135, Mississippi St. 133, Auburn 128, Kansas St 114, Baylor 44, Wofford 15, Lipscomb 5, Syracuse 3.

Amway Coaches Poll

Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points, Previous
1, Tennessee (32), 20-1, 800, 1
2, Duke, 19-2, 755, 2
3, Virginia, 20-1, 734, 3
4, Gonzaga, 21-2, 717, 4
5, Kentucky, 18-3, 652, 6
6, Nevada, 21-1, 607, 7
7, Michigan, 20-2, 581, 5
8, North Carolina, 17-4, 563, 10
9, Marquette, 19-3, 546, 9
10, Virginia Tech, 18-3, 492, 11
11, Michigan State, 18-4, 463, 8
12, Houston, 21-1, 439, 13
13, Villanova, 18-4, 435, 14
14, Kansas, 17-5, 404, 12
15, Purdue, 16-6, 322, 18
16, Iowa State, 17-5, 279, 20
17, Louisville, 16-6, 240, 16
18, Texas Tech, 17-5, 238, 15
19, Wisconsin, 16-6, 185, 23
20, Iowa, 17-5, 158, 25
21, Mississippi State, 16-5, 106, 21
22, LSU, 17-4, 97, 19
23, Cincinnati, 19-3, 89, NR
24, Florida State, 16-5, 85, NR
25, Buffalo, 19-3, 76, 17

Schools Dropped Out
No. 22 NC State, No. 24 Maryland.

Others Receiving Votes
Kansas State 70; Baylor 55; Washington 54; Maryland 53; Auburn 50; Furman 12; North Carolina State 9; Mississippi 7; Arizona State 7; North Texas 7; Hofstra 6; Wofford 6; Texas 1.

List of Voters
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2018-19 season: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary’s; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Tad Boyle, Colorado; Todd Bozeman, Morgan State; Glenn Braica, St. Francis Brooklyn; Tim Cluess, Iona; Jon Coffman, Fort Wayne; Bryce Drew, Vanderbilt; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Fran Dunphy, Temple; Bill Evans, Idaho State; John Gallagher, Hartford; Steve Hawkins, Western Michigan; George Ivory, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Danny Kaspar, Texas State; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Matt McMahon, Murray State; Dan Monson, Long Beach State; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Matt Painter, Purdue; Dave Pilipovich, Air Force; Brett Reed, Lehigh; Kareem Richardson, Missouri-Kansas City; Doc Sadler, Southern Mississippi; Tubby Smith, High Point; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Mike Young, Wofford.