Where is Louisville basketball ranked in new AP Top 25 and updated USA Today Coaches Poll?

One take from Louisville basketball’s 106-81 win over Ohio

The Cardinals put so much pressure on their opponents simply by being so efficient offensively.

• Louisville moved up in the college basketball rankings after Pat Kelsey’s team beat archrival Kentucky for the first time since 2020 last week.
• Up next for the Cardinals: a game at 6:30 p.m. Friday against Cincinnati at Heritage Bank Center.

Louisville basketball made moves Monday in the top-25 polls after pulling off its first win over archrival Kentucky since 2020, then taking care of business against Ohio.

Pat Kelsey’s Cardinals (4-0) jumped from 12th into a tie for sixth with Michigan in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. In the AP Top 25, they took sixth outright over the Wolverines. It’s the program’s highest ranking in the AP poll since coming in at No. 5 on Feb. 10, 2020.

Purdue is the consensus No. 1 team in the country, followed by No. 2 Houston and No. 3 UConn. The Coaches Poll has Duke at No. 4 and Arizona at No. 5, while the AP has the Wildcats at No. 4 and the Blue Devils at No. 5.

Up next for U of L: a 6:30 p.m. tipoff Friday against Cincinnati at Heritage Bank Center. The Bearcats improved to 4-0 with a 72-55 win over Mount St. Mary’s on Sunday and rank 42nd on KenPom.com.

The Cards have played UC 100 times, more than any opponent in its 111-year history. But they haven’t met on the court since the 2022 Maui Invitational — the Bearcats won, 81-62. Before that? You have to go all the way back to 2014, when both teams were members of the American Athletic Conference.

This game is part of a two-year neutral site series, The Hoops Classic in Partnership with CareSource. Next year, U of L and Cincinnati will play at Freedom Hall — Louisville’s first appearance back at its old stomping grounds of 54 years since 2010.

The Cards are one of four ACC teams ranked in the AP Top 25, joining Duke, North Carolina (No. 18) and N.C. State (No. 25). The Wolfpack came in at No. 26 in the Coaches Poll with 42 votes.

Kentucky fell from No. 8 to No. 13 in the Coaches Poll and from No. 9 to No. 12 in the AP after losing to U of L.

Reach Louisville men’s basketball reporter Brooks Holton at bholton@gannett.com and follow him on X at @brooksHolton.