Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, December 21, 2015

Big Ten preseason favorite Maryland is back in the top 5 of the latest AP and Coaches polls, released Monday.

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The Terrapins come in at No. 4 in both polls, this after being No. 6 (AP) and No. 7 (Coaches) last week.

Undefeated Michigan State (12-0), one win away from setting its best start in program history, remains No. 1 for the third consecutive week.

Purdue, fresh off its first loss of the season, drops five spots in each poll, to No. 14 (AP) and No. 13 (Coaches).

View both polls below:

AP Rankings
Rankings as of 12/21/2015
Rank School Record Votes Prev
1 Michigan State Spartans 12-0 1623 (64) 1
2 Kansas Jayhawks 9-1 1537 (1) 2
3 Oklahoma Sooners 8-0 1495 3
4 Maryland Terrapins 10-1 1428 6
5 Virginia Cavaliers 9-1 1350 8
6 Xavier Musketeers 11-0 1287 10
7 North Carolina Tar Heels 9-2 1215 11
8 Arizona Wildcats 11-1 1056 13
9 Butler Bulldogs 9-1 947 17
10 Providence Friars 11-1 911 14
11 Iowa State Cyclones 9-1 907 5
12 Kentucky Wildcats 9-2 856 4
13 Miami (FL) Hurricanes 9-1 851 15
14 Purdue Boilermakers 11-1 833 9
15 Duke Blue Devils 9-2 809 7
16 Louisville Cardinals 9-1 652 19
17 Villanova Wildcats 8-2 649 12
18 SMU Mustangs 9-0 628 18
19 West Virginia Mountaineers 9-1 470 20
20 George Washington Colonials 10-1 366 21
21 Texas A&M Aggies 9-2 327 24
22 Cincinnati Bearcats 10-2 315 23
23 Baylor Bears 8-2 141 16
24 Utah Runnin' Utes 9-2 107 NR
25 South Carolina Gamecocks 10-0 87 NR
UCLA Bruins 8-4 49 22
Connecticut Huskies 7-3 46 25
Oregon Ducks 9-2 34 NR
Gonzaga Bulldogs 8-3 33 NR
Colorado Buffaloes 10-1 27 NR
Dayton Flyers 8-2 17 NR
Pittsburgh Panthers 9-1 16 NR
UNI Panthers 7-3 15 NR
Little Rock Trojans 10-0 14 NR
Vanderbilt Commodores 7-3 8 NR
Monmouth Hawks 8-3 6 NR
Iowa Hawkeyes 8-3 5 NR
Florida Gators 7-3 3 NR
Texas Longhorns 8-3 3 NR
Northwestern Wildcats 10-1 2 NR

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Coaches Rankings
Rankings as of 12/21/2015
Rank School Record Votes Prev
1 Michigan State Spartans 12-0 773 (29) 1
2 Oklahoma Sooners 8-0 718 (2) 3
3 Kansas Jayhawks 9-1 716 5
4 Maryland Terrapins 10-1 687 7
5 Virginia Cavaliers 9-1 646 9
6 Xavier Musketeers 11-0 603 10
7 North Carolina Tar Heels 9-2 520 11
8 Arizona Wildcats 11-1 517 12
9 Iowa State Cyclones 9-1 506 2
10 Duke Blue Devils 9-2 455 6
11 Kentucky Wildcats 9-2 441 4
12 Butler Bulldogs 9-1 410 18
13 Purdue Boilermakers 11-1 378 8
14 Providence Friars 11-1 376 14
15 Louisville Cardinals 9-1 371 16
16 Miami (FL) Hurricanes 9-1 323 19
17 Villanova Wildcats 8-2 310 13
18 West Virginia Mountaineers 9-1 301 16
19 Texas A&M Aggies 9-2 169 24
20 George Washington Colonials 10-1 159 22
21 Cincinnati Bearcats 10-2 153 20
22 Baylor Bears 8-2 122 14
23 South Carolina Gamecocks 10-0 77 25
24 Gonzaga Bulldogs 8-3 59 21
25 Vanderbilt Commodores 7-3 45 23
Connecticut Huskies 7-3 38 NR
Utah Runnin' Utes 9-2 35 NR
Pittsburgh Panthers 9-1 34 NR
Colorado Buffaloes 10-1 31 NR
UCLA Bruins 8-4 22 NR
Oregon Ducks 9-2 18 NR
Notre Dame Fighting Irish 7-3 15 NR
Dayton Flyers 8-2 10 NR
California Golden Bears 9-2 8 NR
Little Rock Trojans 10-0 8 NR
UNI Panthers 7-3 5 NR
Texas Longhorns 8-3 5 NR
Florida Gators 7-3 4 NR
Indiana Hoosiers 9-3 3 NR
Iowa Hawkeyes 8-3 2 NR
Monmouth Hawks 8-3 2 NR