Where are Louisville, Kentucky ranked in new college basketball polls?

Nairavoice | Nov 9, 2026 33m ago 43 0 2 min read

Where are Louisville, Kentucky ranked in new college basketball polls?

Undefeated through Week 1, where are Louisville and Kentucky basketball in the first polls of the regular season?

Pat Kelsey‘s Cardinals (2-0) went from 11th to 10th in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll on Nov. 9. Mark Pope‘s Wildcats (2-0), meanwhile, dropped out of the poll from 23rd.

Florida remained the consensus No. 1 team in the country. Duke, Illinois, UConn and Michigan State round out the top five.

UofL and UK face their first tests in Week 2, starting with the latter’s Champions Classic showdown against No. 14 Kansas at 9:30 p.m. Nov. 10 inside the United Center. Kentucky has dropped two in a row vs. the Jayhawks, including an 89-84 loss in the Champions Classic on Nov. 14, 2023.

The Cats began Year 3 under Pope with wins over Manhattan (85-57) and James Madison (89-80). They led the “Others Receiving Votes” with 101.

Following victories over Chattanooga (84-70) and Morehead State (107-57), Louisville travels to Memphis for the second game of a six-year series with the Tigers, who received 34 votes in the Nov. 9 edition of the Coaches Poll. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. Nov. 15.

The Cards haven’t visited FedExForum since March 1, 2014, and it should be rocking after coach Penny Hardaway’s team picked up wins over then-No. 14 Iowa State and VCU in Week 1. Memphis plays at No. 19 Vanderbilt on Nov. 10 before setting its sights on UofL.

Here’s a look at both of the Nov. 9 polls: