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Written by Dave Ruthenberg   
Monday, February 25 2008
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ImageFresh off their upset 65-57 victory over then 20th-ranked St. Mary's late Saturday night in the 2008 ESPNU O'Reilly BracketBuster event, the Kent State Golden Flashes have made their first ever appearance in the Top 25 rankings.

The Golden Flashes come in at number 23 in the weekly Associated Press writers poll released today, Monday, February 25, and are also ranked  24th in this week's ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The appearance by Kent State is also the first apperance by a school from the Mid-American Conference in the weekly top 25 polls since Ball State spent four weeks in the polls in late 2001.

Kent State's victory over the 20th-ranked St. Mary's Gaels Saturday was also the first regular season victory over a ranked opponent by the Golden Flashes.  

This week's complete polls:

AP Top 25
 1. Tennessee (69) 25-2 1,797
 2. Memphis 26-1 1,682
 3. North Carolina (2) 26-2 1,668
 4. UCLA (1) 24-3 1,593
 5. Texas 23-4 1,478
 6. Kansas 24-3 1,368
 7. Duke 23-3 1,344
 8. Stanford 22-4 1,264
 9. Xavier 24-4 1,228
10. Wisconsin 23-4 1,175
11. Georgetown 22-4 1,101
12. Indiana 23-4 969
13. Louisville 22-6 828
14. Butler 25-3 752
15. Connecticut 21-6 688
16. Purdue 21-6 655
17. Notre Dame 21-5 630
18. Vanderbilt 23-4 627
19. Michigan State 22-5 625
20. Drake 24-3 621
21. Marquette 20-6 389
22. Washington State 21-6 364
23. Kent State 23-5 125
24. Gonzaga 21-6 94
25. Saint Mary's 23-4 77
Others Receiving Votes
Miami (FL) 62, Davidson 40, Clemson 26, Texas A&M 21, Brigham Young 20, South Alabama 14, Kansas State 14, Arizona 11, USC 11, Mississippi State 8, Pittsburgh 7, Stephen F. Austin 7, Virginia Commonwealth 4, Western Kentucky 3, Kentucky 3, Florida 3, Arizona State 1, Cornell 1, UAB 1, New Mexico 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Texas A&M 22, Kansas State 24.

 

ESPN/USA Today Poll
 1. Tennessee (31) 25-2 775
 2. North Carolina 26-2 726
 3. Memphis 26-1 714
 4. UCLA 24-3 669
 5. Texas 23-4 635
 6. Duke 23-3 590
 7. Kansas 24-3 581
 8. Stanford 22-4 546
 9. Wisconsin 23-4 523
10. Georgetown 22-4 501
11. Xavier 24-4 475
12. Indiana 23-4 424
13. Butler 25-3 365
14. Vanderbilt 23-4 346
15. Michigan State 22-5 287
16. Connecticut 21-6 285
17. Notre Dame 21-5 272
18. Louisville 22-6 268
19. Purdue 21-6 263
20. Drake 24-3 259
21. Marquette 20-6 173
22. Washington State 21-6 138
23. Saint Mary's 23-4 89
24. Kent State 23-5 30
25. Brigham Young 21-6 27
Others Receiving Votes
Mississippi State 21, Gonzaga 18, Texas A&M 15, Davidson 12, Clemson 9, Arizona 8, Miami (FL) 8, South Alabama 7, USC 6, Kentucky 4, Kansas State 2, UNLV 2, New Mexico 1, Florida 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Texas A&M 22, Kansas State 25.

 

 
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