Monday, February 3, 2025

St. John's Now Top 10 In The Nation

 

The scene at Madison Square Garden Saturday during St. John's win over Providence. Photo by Jason Schott.


The St. John's Red Storm made another massive jump in the Top 25 rankings on Monday, as they came in at No. 12 in the Associated Press poll, and No. 10 in the USA Today Coaches' poll.

St. John's is now 19-3 on the season, including 10-1 in Big East play, in sole possession of first place in the conference.

In the AP poll, the Red Storm jumped three spots from last week, and the No, 15 slot is the highest it has been in the poll since 2000. It is the highest mark in the poll since it was No. 9 in the final one of the 1999-2000 season, when St. John's won the Big East Tournament Championship.

In the USA Today poll, St. John's made an even bigger jump, four spots to No. 10, the highest ranking in it since the final one of the 1998-99 season, when they made it to the Elite Eight.

The only other Big East schools to appear in the polls are Marquette (No. 11 in both AP and USA Today) and UConn (No. 19 in AP and No. 18 in USA Today). In the USA Today poll, St. John's, as they should be, are the highest-ranked Big East team.

This week, St. John's hosts Marquette on Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. at Madison Square Garden, and they travel to UConn Friday night at 8:00 p.m.

AP TOP 25 MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL (released February 3):

RANKING - TEAM - RECORD - POINTS - FIRST-PLACE VOTES:

1. Auburn - 20-1 - 1550 - 62

2. Duke 19-2 - 1488

3. Alabama - 19-3 - 1422

4. Tennessee - 18-4 - 1295

5. Houston - 17-4 - 1245

6. Florida - 18-3 - 1183

7. Purdue - 17-5 - 1102

8. Iowa State - 17-4 - 1078

9. Michigan State - 18-3 - 1044

10. Texas A&M - 17-5 - 976

11. Marquette - 18-4 - 875

12. St. John's - 19-3 - 808

13. Texas Tech - 17-4 - 793

14. Kentucky - 15-6 - 747

15. Missouri - 17-4 - 717

16. Kansas - 15-6 - 599

17. Memphis - 18-4 - 530

18. Maryland - 17-5 - 390

19. UConn - 16-6 - 322

20. Arizona - 15-6 - 308

21. Wisconsin - 17-5 - 287

22. Mississippi State - 16-6 - 217

23. Illinois - 15-7 - 208

24. Michigan - 16-5 - 191

25. Ole Miss - 16-6 - 184

RECEIVED VOTES: Clemson (182), Saint Mary's (136), Louisville (86), Creighton (50), Oregon (39), UCLA (26), New Mexico (23), Drake (18), Gonzaga (11), Utah St. (8), Vanderbilt (4), Baylor (3), George Mason (3), Texas (1), Oklahoma (1).

USA TODAY SPORTS COACHES POLL (released February 3):

RANKING - TEAM - RECORD - POINTS - FIRST-PLACE VOTES:

1. Auburn - 20-1 - 773 - 29

2. Duke 19-2 - 745 - 2

3. Alabama - 19-3 - 710

4. Tennessee - 18-4 - 644

5. Houston - 17-4 - 613

6. Florida - 18-3 - 580

7. Purdue  - 17-2 - 583

8. Iowa State - 17-4 - 564

9. Michigan State - 18-3 - 501

10. St. John's - 19-3 - 473

11. Marquette - 18-4 - 439

12. Texas Tech - 17-4 - 436

13. Texas A&M - 17-5 - 410

14. Kentucky - 15-6 - 310

15. Memphis - 17-4 - 309

16. Missouri - 17-4 - 307

17. Kansas - 15-6 - 288

18. UConn - 16-6 - 178

19. Wisconsin - 17-5 - 151

20. Arizona - 15-6 - 148

21. Clemson - 18-4 - 145

22. Michigan - 16-5 - 117

23. Saint Mary's - 20-3 - 114

24. Maryland - 17-5 - 110

25. Illinois - 15-7 - 108

SCHOOLS DROPPED OUT: No. 13 Mississippi State, No. 18 Oregon, No. 22 Louisville, No. 23 Ole Miss.

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Mississippi State (88), Ole Miss (70), Louisville (50), Creighton (44), Oregon (31), New Mexico (18), UCLA (7),  West Virginia (6), Utah State (4), Gonzaga (4), Drake (2), BYU (2), UC Irvine (1), Baylor (1).

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