Week 15 Poll: Notre Dame takes over No. 1 spot, USC Takes Down Crosstown Rival



*Week 15 rankings based on Feb. 19 games

*Key wins Top 75

1. Notre Dame (22-2)

Key Wins: USC, Texas, UConn, UNC, Georgia Tech, Louisville, California, Duke

Key Losses: TCU, Utah

2. Texas (26-2)

Key Wins: West Virginia, Richmond, Oklahoma, Alabama, Maryland, Tennessee, Mississippi, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Kentucky, LSU

Key Losses: Notre Dame, South Carolina

3. USC (23-2)

Key Wins: Mississippi, Oregon, UConn, Michigan, Nebraska, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio State, UCLA

Key Losses: Notre Dame, Iowa

4. UCLA (24-1)

Key Wins: Louisville, South Carolina, Creighton, Nebraska, Michigan, Indiana, Baylor, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan State

Key Losses: USC

5. UConn (24-3)

Key Wins: USF, UNC, Mississippi, Louisville, Iowa State, Creighton, South Carolina

Key Losses: Notre Dame, USC, Tennessee

6. South Carolina (23-3)

Key Wins: Michigan, NC State, Iowa State, Duke, , TCU, USF, Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma, LSU, Tennessee

Key Losses: UCLA, Texas, UConn

7. LSU (25-2)

Key Wins: NC State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, Tennessee

Key Losses: South Carolina, Texas

8. TCU (24-3)

Key Wins: NC State, Notre Dame, USF, Utah, Baylor, Iowa State

Key Losses: South Carolina, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

9. Ohio State (22-3)

Key Wins: Illinois, Michigan, Oregon, Maryland, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa

Key Losses: Penn State, UCLA, USC

10. Tennessee (19-6)

Key Wins: Florida State, Iowa, Richmond, Mississippi State, UConn, Mississippi

Key Losses: Oklahoma, LSU, Vanderbilt, Texas, South Carolina, LSU

11. UNC (23-4)

Key Wins: Indiana, Kentucky, Duke, California, Virginia Tech, NC State

Key Losses: UConn, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, FSU

12. NC State (20-5)

Key Wins: Mississippi, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Duke, FSU

Key Losses: South Carolina, TCU, LSU, California, UNC

13. Duke (20-6)

Key Wins: Kansas State, Oklahoma, Columbia, California, Georgia Tech

Key Losses: Maryland, South Carolina, USF, UNC, NC State, Notre Dame

14. Kansas State (24-4)

Key Wins: Creighton, Utah, Iowa State, TCU

Key Losses: Duke, Colorado, Oklahoma State, West Virginia

15. Kentucky (20-4)

Key Wins: Louisville, Illinois, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Oklahoma

Key Losses: UNC, Texas A&M, Mississippi, Texas

16. Oklahoma (19-6)

Key Wins: UNLV, Louisville, Michigan, Tennessee, Mississippi

Key Losses: Duke, Texas, Mississippi State, South Carolina, LSU, Kentucky

17. Illinois (21-5)

Key Wins: Florida State, Oregon, Iowa, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska

Key Losses: Kentucky, Ohio State, Washington, Minnesota, Michigan State

18. Maryland (19-6)

Key Wins: Duke, Michigan State, Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon, Michigan

Key Losses: USC, Texas, Ohio State, UCLA, Illinois, Nebraska

19. Alabama (21-5)

Key Wins: Michigan State, Richmond, Mississippi, Mississippi State

Key Losses: California, Texas, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Kentucky

20. Oklahoma State (20-5)

Key Wins: Iowa State, Baylor, West Virginia, TCU, Kansas State

Key Losses: Richmond, Kansas, Houston, West Virginia, BYU

21. Mississippi (17-8)

Key Wins: Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Kentucky

Key Losses: USC, UConn, NC State, Texas A&M, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee

22. Vanderbilt (19-7)

Key Wins: USF, Tennessee, Alabama

Key Losses: Michigan State, Kentucky, Mississippi, LSU, Mississippi, Texas, Mississippi State

23. Louisville (18-7)

Key Wins: USF, Georgia Tech, California, Florida State

Key Losses: UCLA, Kentucky, Oklahoma, UConn, NC State, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame

24. Georgia Tech (21-5)

Key Wins: Oregon, Mississippi State, UNC, Nebraska

Key Losses: Virginia Tech, Louisville, Notre Dame, Duke, Clemson

25. Baylor (22-5)

Key Wins: UNLV, Colorado, Utah, West Virginia

Key Losses: Oregon, Indiana, Oklahoma State, UCLA, TCU

26. Michigan State (19-6)

Key Wins: California, Vanderbilt, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan

Key Losses: Alabama, Maryland,  Nebraska, Oregon, Michigan, UCLA

27. California (21-6)

Key Wins: Gonzaga, Alabama, NC State, Florida State

Key Losses: Michigan State, Clemson, Duke, UNC, Louisville, Notre Dame

28. Iowa (18-8)

Key Wins: Virginia Tech, Iowa State, USC, Minnesota, Nebraska

Key Losses: Tennessee, Michigan State, Maryland, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Oregon, Ohio State

29. West Virginia (21-5)

Key Wins: Colorado, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Key Losses: Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Baylor

30. Michigan (18-8)

Key Wins: Virginia Tech, Minnesota, Oregon, Nebraska, Michigan State, Indiana

Key Losses: South Carolina, Oklahoma, USC, UCLA, Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Maryland

31. Nebraska (17-9)

Key Wins: Minnesota, Michigan State, Iowa, Maryland

Key Losses: Creighton, Georgia Tech, UCLA, USC, Ohio State, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois

32. Oregon (18-8)

Key Wins: Baylor, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan State, Minnesota

Key Losses: Georgia Tech, San Dakota State, USC, Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan, Maryland, UCLA

33. Utah (20-5)

Key Wins: Notre Dame, Princeton, Iowa State, Colorado

Key Losses: Northwestern, Mississippi State, Kansas State, Baylor, TCU

34. Florida State (20-6)

Key Wins: Gonzaga, Virginia Tech, UNC

Key Losses: Illinois, Tennessee, Stanford, California, NC State, Louisville

35. Mississippi State (18-9)

Key Wins: Utah, USF, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt

Key Losses: Georgia Tech, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, LSU, Alabama, Florida

Honorable Mention:

Creighton (21-4)

Key Wins: Nebraska

Key Losses: South Dakota State, Kansas State, UCLA, UConn

South Dakota State (23-3)

Key Wins: Creighton, Oregon

Key Losses: Duke, Georgia Tech, Texas

Colorado (17-8)

Key Wins: West Virginia, Kansas State

Key Losses: Boise State, Louisville, TCU, Baylor, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Utah

Virginia Tech (16-9)

Key Wins: Georgia Tech, Louisville

Key Losses: Iowa, Michigan, Duke, Florida State, Virginia, NC State, Notre Dame, Syracuse, UNC

Indiana (16-9)

Key Wins: Columbia, Baylor, Iowa, Nebraska

Key Losses: Harvard, Butler, UNC, UCLA, Illinois, USC, Oregon, Minnestoa, Michigan

Minnesota (19-8)

Key Wins: Illinois, Indiana

Key Losses: Nebraska, Maryland, Michigan, USC, UCLA, Iowa, Ohio State, Oregon

Iowa State (18-9)

Key Wins: Colorado

Key Losses: UNI, South Carolina, Iowa, UConn, Oklahoma State, Utah, West Virginia, Kansas State, TCU

South Florida (18-8)

Key Wins: Duke

Key Losses: UConn, Vanderbilt, Louisville, Mississippi State, TCU, South Carolina, North Texas, UAB

Richmond (22-5)

Key Wins: Oklahoma State, Columbia

Key Losses: Georgetown, Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, Fordham

Harvard (19-3)

Key Wins: Indiana, Columbia

Key Losses: Quinnipiac, Princeton, Columbia

Top 75 Watchlist:

James Ma1dison (23-4)

Key Wins: None

Key Losses: Notre Dame, Northern Arizona, Texas, NC State

Gonzaga (19-8)

Key Wins: None

Key Losses: Stanford, California, Missouri State, Texas Tech, Florida State, Colorado State, San Francisco, Oregon State

Columbia (18-5)

Key Wins: FGCU, Harvard, Princeton

Key Losses: Villanova, Indiana, Duke, Richmond, Harvard

Princeton (18-5)

Key Wins: Harvard

Key Losses: Duq, Quinnipiac, Portland, Utah, Columbia,

UNLV (21-5)

Key Wins: None

Key Losses: Arizona, Oklahoma, Baylor, Northwestern, SDSU

FGCU (23-3)

Key Wins: None

Key Losses: Davidson, Columbia, Montana State

Seton Hall (18-7)

Key Wins: Marquette

Key Losses: Princeton, USC, LSU, Creighton, UConn, Creighton, Marquette

Marquette (17-8)

Key Wins: Seton Hall

Key Losses: UCF, Illinois, Bowling Green State, UConn, Creighton, Seton Hall, Villanova

Arizona (15-12)

Key Wins: UNLV, Cincinnati, West Virginia

Key Losses: NAU, Vanderbilt, California, GCU, Utah, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma State, TCU

Cincinnati (14-10)

Key Wins: Colorado

Key Losses: Seton Hall, FGCU, Kansas State, TCU, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, West Virginia

Villanova (15-11)

Key Wins: Columbia, Marquette

Key Losses: Princeton, UNC, Baylor, Temple, Fairfield, James Madison, Seton Hall, UConn, Marquette, UConn, Creighton

MTSU (19-6)

Key Wins: GCU

Key Losses: Tennessee, Iowa State, Belmont, Kansas State, Princeton, Western Kentucky

UTSA (22-3)

Key Wins: North Texas

Key Losses: Texas A&M, Stanford, USF

North Texas (19-7)

Key Wins: USF

Key Losses: Oregon, New Mexico, Santa Clara, SMU, Tulane, USF, UTSA

George Mason (23-3)

Key Wins: None

Key Losses: Maryland, St. Joes, Richmond

St. Joseph’s (20-5)

Key Wins: George Mason

Key Losses: Utah, Villanova, Duq, VCU, Richmond

Montana State (24-2)

Key Wins: FGCU

Key Losses: Utah, Oral Roberts

Northern Arizona (21-6)

Key Wins: Arizona, Montana State

Key Losses: UNLV, South Dakota, Fresno State, GCU, Montana State, Montana State

Fairfield (21-3)

Key Wins: Villanova, Quinnipiac

Key Losses: Richmond, Oklahoma State, St. John’s

Quinnipiac (21-3)

Key Wins: Harvard, Princeton

Key Losses: Miami FL, MSM, Fairfied

Portland (24-3)

Key Wins: Princeton

Key Losses: Oregon State, Gonzaga, Gonzaga

Grand Canyon (24-2)

Key Wins: Arizona

Key Losses: MTSU, Oregon

Missouri State (20-5)

Key Wins: Gonzaga

Key Losses: UTM, FSU, TTU, UIC, Illinois State

Norfolk State (22-4)

Key Wins: None

Key Losses: Alabama, Washington State, Green Bay, UNC

Green Bay (23-5)

Key Wins: Norfolk State, Drake

Key Losses: Kansas State, UNI, Virginia, PFW, Creighton

Belmont (17-8)

Key Wins: MTSU

Key Losses: Kansas State, Ohio State, Duke, Michigan, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Missouri State, UNI, Drake

Drake (17-8)

Key Wins: Belmont

Key Losses: Creighton, Iowa, Iowa State, Wyoming, Green Bay, Belmont, Murray State, Missouri State