The polls didn't trend in the favor of Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats and the Crimson Tide after last week's ranked win over Illinois .
After taking a loss to now-No. 12 Purdue in its first road game of the season, UA dropped from No. 2 in the nation to No. 7 in the last release of the coaches poll.
This week, Alabama (4-1) fell two spots from No. 7 to No. 9 with its 100-87 victory against the Fighting Illini in the C.M. Newton Classic . Illinois (4-1) dropped out of the poll from No. 20 following the outcome of last Wednesday's performance.
The No. 1 spot remains with Kansas , who took 25 of 31 first-place votes, while another undefeated squad in rival Auburn stays at No. 3.
A trip to Las Vegas, Nevada for the Players Era Festival will give UA a few more opportunities to work its way back up to seventh in the country, or better, starting with a Tuesday matchup against No. 7 Houston, up one spot after defeating Hofstra last Friday, at 7 p.m. CT.
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| Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
| 1 |
5-0 |
767 |
25 |
1 |
- |
1/1 |
|
| 2 |
4-0 |
717 |
2 |
2 |
- |
2/3 |
|
| 3 |
4-0 |
707 |
3 |
3 |
- |
3/11 |
|
| 4 |
5-0 |
689 |
1 |
4 |
- |
4/7 |
|
| 5 |
3-0 |
602 |
0 |
5 |
- |
5/7 |
|
| 6 |
6-0 |
587 |
0 |
9 |
+3 |
6/12 |
|
| 7 |
3-1 |
559 |
0 |
8 |
+1 |
4/10 |
|
| 8 |
5-0 |
539 |
0 |
11 |
+3 |
8/23 |
|
| 9 |
4-1 |
527 |
0 |
7 |
-2 |
2/9 |
|
| 10 |
4-1 |
502 |
0 |
10 |
- |
5/10 |
|
| 11 |
6-0 |
499 |
0 |
15 |
+4 |
11/17 |
|
| 12 |
5-1 |
429 |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
6/13 |
|
| 13 |
3-1 |
424 |
0 |
12 |
-1 |
10/13 |
|
| 14 |
5-0 |
330 |
0 |
16 |
+2 |
14/20 |
|
| 15 |
4-0 |
262 |
0 |
18 |
+3 |
15/18 |
|
| 16 |
6-0 |
260 |
0 |
19 |
+3 |
16/21 |
|
| 17 |
7-0 |
252 |
0 |
25 |
+8 |
17/NR |
|
| 18 |
4-2 |
244 |
0 |
14 |
-4 |
8/18 |
|
| 19 |
4-1 |
167 |
0 |
13 |
-6 |
13/19 |
|
| 20 |
4-1 |
146 |
0 |
22 |
+2 |
15/23 |
|
| 21 |
4-1 |
128 |
0 |
23 |
+2 |
16/23 |
|
| 22 |
5-0 |
85 |
0 |
NR |
+5 |
22/NR |
|
| 23 |
2-2 |
76 |
0 |
17 |
-6 |
8/23 |
|
| 24 |
5-0 |
73 |
0 |
NR |
+4 |
24/NR |
|
| 25 |
6-1 |
66 |
0 |
NR |
+5 |
25/NR |
No. 20 Illinois; No. 20 St. John's; No. 24 Texas Tech
BYU 60; Texas 43; Mississippi State 43; Illinois 42; St. John's 40; Texas Tech 39; Ohio State 38; Saint Mary's 33; Drake 23; Memphis 21; Nebraska 20; Oregon 8; Rutgers 7; Dayton 5; Michigan State 4; UCLA 3; Georgia 3; Nevada 2; Utah State 1; Penn State 1; Maryland 1; LSU 1
Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for the Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at esmarr@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Alabama basketball falls again in polls despite ranked win vs Illinois
