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Updating Clemson rankings in college basketball polls after Duke win, Georgia Tech loss
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CLEMSON — Clemson basketball rose from No. 21 to No. 19 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll released on Monday.
The Tigers (19-5, 11-2 ACC) earned 196 points and are the second highest-ranked ACC team, finishing behind No. 5 Duke. Georgia Tech upset them in three overtimes on Tuesday, but they rebounded to shock then-No. 2 Duke on Saturday .
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Clemson is tied for second in the ACC standings, one game away from first, and is on track to make the NCAA tournament in back-to-back seasons for the first time under coach Brad Brownell .
The Tigers are also 30th in the NET rankings , which evaluates a team's record and March Madness résumé. They have two games this week, hosting North Carolina (14-10, 7-5) on Monday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) at Littlejohn Coliseum and facing Florida State (14-9, 5-7) on Saturday (noon ET, CW Network) at Tucker Center.
Alabama is the No. 1 team in the poll, earning 758 points and 15 first-place votes. Auburn is second, receiving 16 first-place votes.
Only one ACC team that didn't make the Top 25 is receiving votes: Louisville (57).
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The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
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Clemson AP rankings update
In the AP poll, Clemson went from unranked to No. 23 after beating Duke on Saturday. It received 291 votes and is the second-highest ranked ACC team, behind No. 3 Duke.
ACC member Louisville received 53 votes but didn't make the Top 25.
Auburn is No. 1 in the AP poll, too, earning 1,479 points and 34 first-place votes. Alabama received 23 first-place votes, Florida has three and Tennessee earned one.
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College basketball rankings, Week 15
USA TODAY Sports men's basketball coaches poll
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Alabama (758 points)
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Auburn (741)
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Florida (688)
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Tennessee (669)
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Duke (665)
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Houston (639)
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Purdue (575)
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St. John's (558)
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Texas A&M (501)
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Iowa State (482)
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Michigan State (458)
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Texas Tech (369)
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Arizona (367)
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Memphis (357)
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Wisconsin (284)
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Marquette (248)
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Michigan (241)
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Kentucky (217)
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Clemson (196)
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Kansas (186)
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Creighton (148)
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Missouri (142)
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Ole Miss (127)
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UConn (96)
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Maryland (87)
AP poll
1. Auburn (1,479 points)
2. Alabama (1,470)
3. Florida, Duke (1,342)
5. Tennessee (1,315)
6. Houston (1,235)
7. Purdue (1,142)
8. Texas A&M (1,065)
9. St. John's (1,058)
10. Iowa State (880)
11. Michigan State (868)
12. Texas Tech (778)
13. Arizona (701)
14. Memphis (676)
15. Kentucky (558)
16. Wisconsin (488)
17. Kansas (469)
18. Marquette (442)
19. Ole Miss (415)
20. Michigan (350)
21. Missouri (333)
22. Mississippi State (292)
23. Clemson (291)
24. Creighton (198)
25. Maryland (196)
Derrian Carter covers Clemson athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email him at dcarter@gannett.com and follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DerrianCarter00
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