Clemson Basketball Moves Up in Latest AP Poll

The latest AP poll has released for men’s college basketball and the Clemson Tigers have moved up two spots to No. 16 in the country.

Clemson is 11-1 with the strongest record in the ACC ahead of conference play kicking off the new year. The Tigers boast wins over Alabama, TCU, South Carolina and Pittsburgh after the first couple months.

Brad Brownell’s team is firing even while missing a couple cylinders in Jack Clark and Alex Hemenway. Still, Clemson is moving up the ranks before Wednesday’s tilt with Miami.

1 Purdue (12-1) Big Ten 1561 (49)
2 Kansas (12-1)Big 12 1497 (5)
3 Houston (13-0) Big 12 1477 (9)
4 UConn (11-2)Big East 1302 (0)
5 Tennessee (9-3)Southeastern 1234 (0)
6 Kentucky(10-2) Southeastern 1196 (0)
7 Marquette (11-3)Big East 1137 (0)
8 North Carolina (9-3)Atlantic Coast 1088 (0)
9 Illinois (10-2)Big Ten 980 (0)
10 Arizona (10-3)Pacific 12 975 (0)
11 Oklahoma (12-1)Big 12 898 (0)
12 BYU (12-1)Big 12 723 (0)
13 Colorado State (12-1)Mountain West 694 (0)
14 Duke (9-3)Atlantic Coast 662 (0)
15 Memphis (11-2)American Athletic 631 (0)
16 Clemson (11-1)Atlantic Coast 630 (0)
17 Florida Atlantic (10-3)American Athletic 603 (0)
18 Baylor (10-2)Big 12 589 (0)
19 James Madison (13-0)Sun Belt 469 (0)
20 Texas (10-2)Big 12 374 (0)
21 Wisconsin (9-3)Big Ten 355 (0)
22 Ole Miss (13-0)Southeastern 329 (0)
23 Providence(11-2)Big East 198 (0)
24 Gonzaga(9-4)West Coast 173 (0)
25 Auburn(10-2)Southeastern 168 (0)