UVA Basketball Snagged First Place Votes in Latest AP Poll

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The UVA basketball team was among four college basketball teams to receive first-place votes in the latest AP Top-25 Poll.

Through two games, the Virginia basketball program has gone undefeated with convincing wins over two local teams — Towson (73-42) and George Washington (76-57). With that, the folks voting on the latest AP Top-25 Poll gave the Hoos two first-place votes, making them one of four programs to do so. The others, it should be noted, are Duke, Kansas, and Tennessee.

Despite the first-place votes, UVA basketball sits at No. 4 in the rankings. While it’s not first place, it is a spot ahead of where they were when they started the season.

AP Top 25 Poll (11/12)

()= first-place votes

  1. Duke (48)
  2. Kansas (14)
  3. Gonzaga
  4. Virginia (2)
  5. Tennessee (1)
  6. Nevada
  7. North Carolina
  8. Villanova
  9. Auburn
  10. Kentucky
  11. Michigan State
  12. Kansas State
  13. Oregon
  14. Florida State
  15. Syracuse
  16. Virginia Tech
  17. Mississippi State
  18. Michigan
  19. Clemson
  20. UCLA
  21. TCU
  22. LSU
  23. Purdue
  24. Marquette
  25. Buffalo

Up next for the Hoos will be a game against another local DMV team — Coppin State — on November 16th. From there, things get a little more difficult. Most notably, the Wahoos will play against Maryland on November 28th in College Park, MD as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

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Conference play will begin on January 5th when UVA plays Florida State at JPJ.

 

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