The Cougars took a tumble in the AP Poll this week – dropping from 5th to 11th after a one-point loss at Tulsa on Tuesday night. Moving down is hardly surprising but other top-10 teams that lost were treated differently.
After a 25-point home loss, their second loss of the year, Kansas dropped just three spots to 6th. WVU had two losses over two weeks and only fell seven spots total (7 to 14th). Houston’s convincing 14-point road win at previously-undefeated SMU did not do much to sway voters, it seems.
Jeff Call of the Deseret News plunged the Coogs from 5th to 15th while only nudging Kansas from 3rd to 6th. Jeff Borzello of ESPN dropped the Coogs 8 spots but thought Kansas should fall only two. Steve Hewitt of the Boston Herald pushed Houston from 6 to 13 but love-tapped the Jayhawks, moving them from 3rd to 4th. Shannon Ryan of the Chicago Tribune popped the Coogs from 7th to 20th while moving Kansas down just three spots.
Zach Klein from WSB in Atlanta jilted the Cougars, moving them from 4th to 14th but voted Kansas 3rd – the same as he did the week before. In all, 10 voters moved the Cougars down 8 spots or more.
John Feinstein did not vote.
| Pollster | Organization | 1/4 | 12/28 | 12/21 | 12/14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Ballou | CBS Austin | 12 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chris Basnett | Lincoln JS | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Mark Berman | Roanoke Times | 11 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Sam Blum | Dallas News | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| David Borges | Connecticut Insider | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Rick Bozich | WDRB (KY) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Jeff Borzello | ESPN (NYC) | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Kevin Brockway | Gainesville Sun (FL) | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Lauren Brownlow | WRAL (NC) | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Joe Buettner | Norman Transcript | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Jeff Call | Deseret News (UT) | 15 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Jerry Carino | Gannett (NJ) | 11 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| David Cloninger | The State (SC) | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Clayton Collier | WATN (TN) | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| James Crepea | Oregonian | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Seth Davis | The Athletic (NYC) | 19 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
| Luke DeCock | News & Observer (VA) | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Donna Ditota | Syracuse P-S | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Doug Doughty | Roanoke Times | 9 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| Jack Ebling | WSYM (MI) | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Wayne Epps | Richmond T-D (VA) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Marcus Fuller | St. Paul PP (MN) | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Geoff Grammer | ABQ Journal (NM) | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Adam Grosbard | Orange County Register | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Jordan Hansen | Missoulian (MT) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Steve Hewitt | Boston Herald | 13 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Brian Holland | WVLA Baton Rouge | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Bob Holt | Arkansas D-G | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Donald Hunt | Philly Tribune | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Cecil Hurt | Tuscaloosa News | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| David Jablonski | Dayton News | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Justin Jackson | Morgantown DP | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ethan Joyce | W-S Journal (NC) | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Joe Juliano | Philly Inquirer | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Lauren Kirschman | News Tribune (WA) | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| Paul Klee | Denver Gazette | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Zach Klein | WSB (Atlanta) | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Chad Leistikow | DM Register (IA) | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Dave Matter | St. Louis P-D | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Kevin McNamara | Providence Journal | 14 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Stephen Means | Cleveland.com | 13 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Craig Meyer | Pittsburgh P-G | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Sheldon Mickles | BR Advocate (LA) | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Chris Murray | Nevada Sports Net | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Matt Murschel | Orlando Sentinel | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Jesse Newell | KC Star | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Bruce Pascoe | Arizona D-S | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Dave Preston | WTOP Radio (DC) | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Troy Provost-Heron | Knoxville DT | 13 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Jeff Rabjohns | 247 Sports (IN) | 14 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| BJ Rains | Idaho P-T | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Scott Richey | News Gazette (IL) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Jon Rothstein | CBS Sports (NYC) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Shannon Ryan | Chicago Tribune | 20 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Ben Steele | Milwaukee JS | 13 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Nick Suss | Clarion Ledger (MS) | 10 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Edgar Thompson | Orlando Sentinel | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Stephen Tsai | Honolulu Advertiser | 5 | 7 | 8 | NV |
| Dick Vitale | ESPN (FL) | 12 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Josh Vitale | Mont Advertiser (AL) | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Ken Weinman | 105.7 The Fan (MD) | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| John Werner | Waco T-H | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Scott Wolf | LA Daily News | 11 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Jon Wilner | San Jose MN | 12 | 8 | 13 | 14 |
| Point Total: | 977 | 1313 | 1272 | 1169 | |
| Total Voters | 64 | 64 | 64 | 62 | |
| Final Ranking: | 11 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
UH was also 11th in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
