How Far Did Mississippi State Basketball Fall in Latest Polls?

Frustrating week? That's a given. One in which the team can use as motivation for the rest of the season? Possibly, but obviously we'll have to wait and see. 

When Mississippi State took its first loss of the season, 67-59, at Georgia Tech in the ACC/SEC Challenge, Bulldogs fans knew that there was a good chance that the team ranked No. 21 was probably going to fall out of the polls. 

But then Mississippi State dropped a close contest at home, 60-59, to Southern University on Sunday. 

"This is going to stay with us all year long, there's no way around it," head coach Chris Jans said. "We're going to have to figure out how we move forward as a group, and it's going to be hard. It's going to be tough. It's going to challenge the fabric of the program."

Here's the first ramification: 

AP Top 25

Rank, Team, Record, votes (first), Last week

1. Arizona 7-0, 1571 (59) 2
2. Kansas 7-1, 1460 (1) 5
3. Houston 8-0, 1432 (3) 3
4. Purdue 7-1, 1407, 1
5. UConn 7-1, 1340, 4
6. Baylor 8-0 1234, 9
7. Gonzaga 6-1, 1146, 11
8. Marquette 6-2, 1134, 3
9. North Carolina 7-1, 1004, 17
10. Creighton 7-1, 921, 15
11. Florida Atlantic 7-1, 901, 13
12. Texas 6-1, 763, 16
13. Colorado State 8-0, 755, 20
14. BYU 7-0, 732, 19
15. Miami, 6-1 638, 8
16. Kentucky 6-2, 544, 12
17. Tennessee 4-3, 509, 10
18. James Madison 8-0, 381, 18
19. Oklahoma 7-0, 355, NR
20. Illinois 6-1, 322, 24
21. Texas A&M 6-2, 306, 14
22. Duke 5-3, 296, 7
23. Wisconsin 6-2, 245 NR
24. Clemson 7-0, 227, NR
25. San Diego St., 7-1, 168 NR

Also receiving votes: Virginia 148, Ohio St. 122, TCU 87, Northwestern 77, Alabama 50, Michigan St. 46, Princeton 35, UCLA 23, Cincinnati 21, Mississippi 15, Arkansas 14, Providence 13, South Carolina 9, Villanova 8, Colorado 5, Memphis 5, Nevada 4, Georgia Tech 2.

Coaches Poll

Rank, Team, Record, votes (first), Last week

1. Arizona 7-0, 792 (26) 2
2. Houston 8-0, 742 (5) 5
3. Kansas 7-1, 738 (1) 6
4. Purdue 7-1, 706, 1
5. UConn 7-1, 668, 4
6. Baylor 8-0 630, 9
7. Marquette 6-2, 583, 3
8. Gonzaga 6-1, 579 10
9. Florida Atlantic 7-1 477, 17
10. North Carolina 7-1, 476, 16
11. Creighton 7-1, 475, 14
12. Colorado State 8-0, 376 21
13. (tie) Tennessee 4-3, 352, 11
14. (tie) BYU 7-0, 352, 19
15. Miami, 6-1 263, 8
16. Texas 6-1, 252, 18
17. Kentucky 6-2, 229, 12
18. Illinois 6-1, 207, 24
19. Texas A&M 6-2, 194, 13
20. Clemson 7-0, 180, NR
21. Duke 5-3, 175, 7
22. Oklahoma 7-0, 136, NR
23. Virginia 7-1, 134, NR
24. James Madison 8-0, 132, 23
25. Ohio State 7-1, 101, NR

Dropped out: No. 15 Villanova; No. 20 Alabama; No. 22 Mississippi State; No. 25 Michigan State.

Also receiving votes: Wisconsin 66; Alabama 55; TCU 53; Michigan State 42; Princeton 38; San Diego State 34; Northwestern 24; Ole Miss 23; Iowa State 23; Auburn 21; UCLA 17; Nevada 13; Memphis 9; Florida State 8; Cincinnati 8; Villanova 5; Utah 5; USC 5; Mississippi State 2

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