How does AP rank teams?

Got to watch some basketball today.  Noticed an odd thing at the end of it all:

1 Florida (45)
2 Wisconsin (24)
3 North Carolina (3)
4 Ohio State
5 UCLA
6 Kansas
7 Pittsburgh
8 Duke
9 Oregon
10 Texas A&M
11 Memphis
12 Oklahoma State
13 Butler
14 Marquette
15 Nevada
16 Virginia Tech
17 Air Force
18 Washington State
19 Alabama
20 Arizona
21 Notre Dame
22 Texas
23 Stanford
24 Vanderbilt
25 Clemson

Namely, 8 of the AP Top 25 got beat.  At first that would be somewhat weird.  However, Virgnia Tech lost for the seventh time this year.  That matches Arizona and Vanderbilt.  When Kentucky lost it’s seventh game last year, we started calling for our coach’s head.  For some reason, the AP seems to think that merits a star as one of the top teams in the country.  That just ain’t right.  There are probably 50 teams in the country with better records than that.  Wonder why they can’t be considered.  I mean, it’s obvious AP’s select few aren’t all that hot.  Especially when you consider the fact all 25 didn’t even play today.

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