Virginia returned to the rankings at No. 21 in the latest AP Top 25 Men's Basketball Poll released on Monday. Winners of eight-consecutive games, the Cavaliers are back in the Top 25 for the first time since December 18th and have a season-high ranking of No. 21.
UVA is one of three ACC teams ranked in this week's AP Top 25, joining No. 7 North Carolina and No. 9 Duke. Clemson received votes in this week's poll, as did two other teams Virginia has defeated this season in Florida and Texas A&M.
AP Top 25 Men's Basketball Poll - February 12th
- UConn (22-2)
- Purdue (22-2)
- Houston (21-3)
- Marquette (18-5)
- Arizona (19-5)
- Kansas (19-5)
- North Carolina (19-5)
- Tennessee (17-6)
- Duke (18-5)
- Iowa State (18-5)
- South Carolina (21-3)
- Baylor (17-6)
- Auburn (19-5)
- Illinois (17-6)
- Alabama (17-7)
- Dayton (19-4)
- Creighton (17-7)
- Saint Mary's (20-6)
- BYU (17-6)
- Wisconsin (16-8)
- Virginia (19-5)
- Kentucky (16-7)
- Indiana State (22-3)
- Florida Atlantic (19-5)
- Oklahoma (18-6)
Others receiving votes: Utah State (160), Colorado State (145), Texas Tech (111), San Diego State (84), Washington State (82), Clemson (57), Nevada (57), Gonzaga (50), New Mexico (27), Florida (19), Michigan State (17), Texas A&M (16), Grand Canyon (13), Mississippi (12), TCU (10), Texas (9), Memphis (8), South Florida (7), Northwestern (2), UNC Wilmington (1).
No. 21 Virginia (19-5, 10-3 ACC) is set to host Pittsburgh (15-8, 6-6 ACC) on Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena. Tipoff is set for 7pm on the ACC Network.
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