Men's Basketball Poll Watching Week 15: Houston Up to No. 3

The Big 12 has three teams in the Top 10 in this week's polls.

In this week's men's basketball polls, UConn and Purdue maintained their top two spots. The rest of the Top Ten had multiple changes after several of last week's Top 10 lost games last week.

Houston (21-3), which went 2-0 last week, jumped up two spots to No. 3 in both the AP Top 25 and the Coaches Poll. Marquette rounds out the Top Four. In the AP Top 25, Arizona holds the No. 5 spot, while in the Coaches Poll, that spot goes to North Carolina.

The Houston Cougars jumped up to the No. 3 spot in both polls this week.  :: © Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK

The TCU Horned Frogs (16-7, 5-5), which dropped out of both polls last week, remain in the "receiving votes" category in both polls, even after going 0-1 last week with a 71-59 loss at Iowa State. 

The Big 12 now has three teams ranked in the Top 10 - Houston, Kansas, and Iowa State. In addition, three other teams are ranked, and three others are receiving votes. The Big 12 also has the lowest NET ranking at 46.5. The nearest competition is the Big Ten at 61.4.

Big 12 Men's Basketball Teams Ranked or Receiving Votes - Week 15:

• Houston - No. 3 in both polls
• Kansas - No. 6 in the AP Top 25 and No. 8 in the Coaches Poll
• Iowa State - No. 10 in both polls
• Baylor - No. 12 in the AP Top 25 and No. 13 in the Coaches Poll
• BYU - No. 19 in the AP Top 25 and No. 17 in the Coaches Poll
• Oklahoma - No. 25 in the AP Top 25 and No. 21 (tied) in the Coaches Poll
• Texas Tech - Receiving votes in both polls (28/27)
• TCU - Receiving votes in both polls (40/33)
• Texas - Receiving votes in the AP Top 25 (41) - 

Here are the highlights from both the AP Top 25 poll and the Coaches Poll:

AP Top 25 Men's Basketball Week 15

1 - UConn (22-2), no change

2 - Purdue (22-2), no change

3 - Houston (21-3), up 2

4 - Marquette (18-5), up 3

5 - Arizona (19-5), up 3

6 - Kansas (19-5), down 2

7 - North Carolina (19-5), down 4

8 - Tennessee (17-6), down 2

9 - Duke (18-5), no change

10 - Iowa State (18-5), up 4

12 - Baylor (17-6), up 1

19 - BYU (17-6), up 2

25 - Oklahoma (18-6), previously not ranked

Dropped from the rankings - Utah State (#21), Florida Atlantic (#22), Texas Tech (#23), San Diego State (#24), New Mexico (#25)

Other Big 12 schools receiving votes -Texas Tech (#28), TCU (#33)

Coaches Poll Men's Basketball Week 15

1 - UConn (22-2), no change

2 - Purdue (22-2), no change

3 - Houston (21-3), up 2

4 - Marquette (18-5), up 3

5 - North Carolina (19-5), down 2

6 - Arizona (19-5), up 2

7 - Kansas (19-5), down 3 

8 - Duke (18-5), up 2

9 - Tennessee (17-6), down 3

10 - Iowa State (18-5), up 4

13 - Baylor (17-6), no change

17 - BYU (17-6), up 2

21 (tie) - Oklahoma (18-6), previously not ranked

Dropped from the rankings - Utah State (#22), Texas Tech (#23), San Diego State (#24), New Mexico (#25)

Other Big 12 schools receiving votes -Texas Tech (#27), TCU (#40), Texas (#41)

Bold teams = Big 12 Conference teams

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