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NCAA Basketball Rankings: Mizzou Basketball Climbs To No. 3 In AP Poll And Coaches Poll

The Missouri Tigers have surged back into the top three after five straight tough wins.

COLUMBIA, MO - NOVEMBER 17:  Kim English #24 of the Missouri Tigers reacts after scoring during the game the Niagara Purple Eagles on November 17, 2011 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri.  (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, MO - NOVEMBER 17: Kim English #24 of the Missouri Tigers reacts after scoring during the game the Niagara Purple Eagles on November 17, 2011 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
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The Missouri Tigers (23-2) have brushed off their two January losses and pushed themselves back to No. 3 in both the college basketball AP Poll and Coaches Poll. After losing to the Oklahoma St. Cowboys on January 25, the Tigers fell from the No. 2 spot to No. 4, but have snapped off a five-game winning streak since then.

With upcoming games against Oklohama St. (Feb. 15), the Kansas St. Wildcats (Feb. 21) and the No. 4 Kansas Jayhawks (Feb. 21), the Tigers will have their hands full in the coming weeks.

Here are the Top 10 standings in both the AP and Coaches Poll:

AP Top 10

Rank Team (1st-place votes) Record Previous
1 Kentucky (63) 25-1 1
2 Syracuse (2) 25-1 2
3 Missouri 23-2 4
4 Kansas 20-5 7
5 Duke 21-4 10
6 Ohio State 21-4 3
7 Michigan State 20-5 11
8 North Carolina 21-4 5
9 Baylor 21-4 6
10 Georgetown 19-5 12

Coaches Poll Top 10

Rank Team (1st-place votes) Record Previous
1 Kentucky (31) 25-1 1
2 Syracuse 25-1 2
3 Missouri 23-2 4
4 Duke 21-4 9
5 Kansas 20-5 10
6 Ohio State 21-4 3
7 North Carolina 21-4 5
8 Michigan State 20-5 12
9 Georgetown 19-5 11
10 Baylor 21-4 6

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