Kansas University’s men’s basketball team remained No. 3 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll, behind two teams it has ties to – No. 1 Illinois and No. 2 North Carolina.
The 18-1 Jayhawks, who face Kansas State and Colorado this week, received 1,625 points in the poll, 86 points behind the second-place Tarheels. Illinois received 1,800 points and all 72 first-place votes.
Pacific moved into The Associated Press men’s college basketball Top 25 for the first time in school history Monday thanks to a perfect start in the Big West.
While Illinois was No. 1 in the poll for the 10th straight week, and a unanimous choice for the second time in a row, Pacific joined the rankings at No. 24.
The Tigers (18-2), who have won 14 straight games, are 12-0 in the Big West and off to their best start. Their only losses this season were at Kansas and to San Francisco, and they have a school-record 25-game winning streak in conference play.
“It’s great for our town and our school and our players,” coach Bob Thomason said Monday. “They worked hard the last two years. I think they were a little disappointed they didn’t get in last Monday. Now we have to go to Idaho and Utah State. As soon as we get ranked, we have to go play our hardest game of the year, but that’s a good challenge for us.”
Pacific has made six appearances in the NCAA tournament, with a loss to UCLA in a regional final in 1966 its best run. The Tigers were a No. 12 seed last season and upset Providence 66-58 in the first round. Thomason, the 17th-year coach who played in the 1971 NCAA tournament for Pacific, also led the Tigers to the NCAAs in 1997 with current Minnesota Timberwolves center Michael Olowokandi.
Illinois (23-0), which beat Michigan State and Indiana last week, matched the longest streak at the top since Kansas’ 15-week run in 1996-97. Connecticut was No. 1 for 10 straight weeks in 1998-99.
North Carolina (19-2) and Kansas remained second and third, while Boston College, the only other unbeaten team in Division I, moved up one spot to a school-record fourth. The Eagles beat West Virginia and Seton Hall to become the first team in Big East history to start a season 20-0.
Kentucky and Wake Forest each moved up one spot to fifth and sixth, while Duke fell from fourth to No. 7 after losing to Wake Forest and beating Georgia Tech.
Syracuse, Louisville and Oklahoma State were eighth through 10th for a second straight week.
Washington was No. 11, followed by Arizona, Michigan State, Gonzaga, Utah, Oklahoma, Alabama, Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Wisconsin.
The last five ranked teams were Cincinnati, Villanova, Texas, Pacific and Texas Tech.
Thomason isn’t sure how the ranking will affect his players.
“When you get ranked, are you going to go out and play better? I don’t know,” Thomason said. “We have more things than this to accomplish. We need to win our conference to get a No. 1 seed, then win our tournament so we get to the NCAAs. We won our first-round game last year, and we’d like to get in a situation where that can happen again — and maybe even win two games.”
Coach Bob Knight’s Red Raiders’ appearance at No. 25 was their first time in the rankings this season. Texas Tech (14-5) has won six of seven, the only loss in that span coming at Texas. The Red Raiders, who were ranked for seven weeks last season, won at Oklahoma on Saturday.
Maryland (22nd last week) and Georgia Tech (25th) fell out of the poll. That leaves the Atlantic Coast Conference with three ranked teams; it had a record-tying seven teams in the poll for five weeks earlier in the season.
The ACC’s remaining teams — North Carolina, Wake Forest and Duke — are in the top seven. The other teams from the league to be ranked this season were North Carolina State and Virginia.
Maryland (13-7), which returned to the Top 25 last week after a three-week absence, lost to Clemson and Miami last week.
Georgia Tech (13-7), which was No. 3 in the preseason poll after losing to Connecticut in the national championship game last season, lost to Duke on Saturday. That was the Yellow Jackets’ fifth loss in seven games, all without guard B.J. Elder, who has missed nine games with a hamstring injury. In that stretch the Yellow Jackets have steadily fallen from No. 8 to out of the rankings.
The Big East and Big 12 both have five teams in the Top 25, while the Big Ten matched the ACC with three.
Eleven ranked teams lost a total of 13 games last week. Maryland and Cincinnati, which dropped from 18th to 21st, both lost twice.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
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| Record | Pt | Pv | |
| 1. Illinois (72) | 23-0 | 1,800 | 1 |
| 2. North Carolina | 19-2 | 1,711 | 2 |
| 3. Kansas | 18-1 | 1,625 | 3 |
| 4. Boston College | 20-0 | 1,561 | 5 |
| 5. Kentucky | 17-2 | 1,505 | 6 |
| 6. Wake Forest | 19-3 | 1,429 | 7 |
| 7. Duke | 17-2 | 1,349 | 4 |
| 8. Syracuse | 21-2 | 1,311 | 8 |
| 9. Louisville | 20-3 | 1,262 | 9 |
| 10. Oklahoma St. | 17-3 | 1,144 | 10 |
| 11. Washington | 19-3 | 1,059 | 13 |
| 12. Arizona | 19-4 | 983 | 14 |
| 13. Michigan St. | 15-4 | 872 | 12 |
| 14. Gonzaga | 17-4 | 805 | 17 |
| 15. Utah | 19-3 | 686 | 21 |
| 16. Oklahoma | 17-4 | 657 | 14 |
| 17. Alabama | 17-4 | 648 | 11 |
| 18. Pittsburgh | 15-4 | 550 | 16 |
| 19. Connecticut | 14-5 | 535 | 23 |
| 20. Wisconsin | 15-5 | 309 | 19 |
| 21. Cincinnati | 17-5 | 250 | 18 |
| 22. Villanova | 13-5 | 242 | 24 |
| 23. Texas | 15-6 | 189 | 20 |
| 24. Pacific | 18-2 | 173 | – |
| 25. Texas Tech | 14-5 | 156 | – |
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Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 116, Charlotte 108, Florida 97, Wichita St. 65, Minnesota 50, Vermont 40, Georgetown 17, Maryland 12, Old Dominion 12, Mississippi St. 10, St. Mary’s, Cal. 9, Nevada 8, Texas A&M 8, George Washington 7, Iowa 7, Wis.-Milwaukee 6, Marquette 5, Notre Dame 5, UTEP 3, Stanford 2, Holy Cross 1, Miami 1.
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Kansas University’s men’s basketball team stayed at No. 2 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 after an overtime victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday.
The Jayhawks (9-0) remained a spot behind Illinois for the fifth straight week and in the second spot for the seventh straight poll. Kansas received 10 first-place votes and 1,724 points, 63 fewer than Illinois.
The Atlantic Coast Conference’s record run of seven ranked teams came to an end in Monday’s rankings.
The Big East provided the two unbeaten replacements – West Virginia and Boston College – and tied the ACC with five schools in the poll.
North Carolina State lost two straight nonconference games and fell from 17th, while Virginia lost its conference opener to Wake Forest and dropped from No. 25.
The Big Ten had seven ranked teams for four weeks in January 1999. The other times it happened were for two weeks in December 1997 by the ACC and for one week in January 1993 by the Big Ten.
Illinois (14-0) had three easy wins last week, including a 22-point victory over Cincinnati, and received 62 first-place votes and 1,787 points from the national media panel.
North Carolina, Wake Forest and Duke, all part of the ACC’s record group, each moved up one spot to third through fifth. Syracuse, the first of the Big East teams, moved up one place to sixth.
Oklahoma State, which lost 78-75 to Gonzaga, dropped from third to No. 7 and was followed by Kentucky, Georgia Tech and Connecticut.
Gonzaga followed the win over Oklahoma State with a loss at Missouri and climbed from 12th to 11. The Bulldogs were followed by Washington, Arizona, Iowa, Texas, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Mississippi State, Alabama and Michigan State.
The last five ranked teams were West Virginia, Maryland, Cincinnati, George Washington and Boston College.
Georgia Tech and Maryland are the other ranked ACC teams.
North Carolina State (10-3) lost 63-45 to St. John’s in the finals of the Holiday Festival in New York, then fell 82-69 at home to West Virginia.
The Mountaineers (10-0) beat two ranked teams last week, knocking off George Washington at home before the win at North Carolina State. West Virginia was last ranked in the 1997-98 season, an 11-week run that saw the Mountaineers get as high as 15th.
Boston College (11-0) was ranked 25th in the final poll of last season. The Eagles’ biggest wins this season have been on the road against UCLA and Massachusetts.
Connecticut and Pittsburgh are the other Big East teams in the Top 25 and the Panthers’ fall from 10th to No. 16 was the week’s biggest drop. Pittsburgh lost to Bucknell 69-66 on Sunday, ending a 48-game nonconference home winning streak.
Three conferences – the Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC – each have three teams in the Top 25.
There are three games this week featuring two ranked teams.
Boston College gets welcomed to the Top 25 with a visit to Connecticut on Wednesday. On Saturday, Maryland is at North Carolina and on Sunday, in one of the last big inter-conference games of the season, Kansas is at Kentucky.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 2, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
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| Record | Pt | Pv | |
| 1. Illinois (62) | 14-0 | 1,787 | 1 |
| 2. Kansas (10) | 9-0 | 1,724 | 2 |
| 3. North Carolina | 12-1 | 1,614 | 4 |
| 4. Wake Forest | 12-1 | 1,539 | 5 |
| 5. Duke | 9-0 | 1,492 | 6 |
| 6. Syracuse | 13-1 | 1,380 | 7 |
| 7. Oklahoma St. | 9-1 | 1,368 | 3 |
| 8. Kentucky | 9-1 | 1,317 | 8 |
| 9. Georgia Tech | 9-2 | 1,173 | 9 |
| 10. Connecticut | 8-1 | 1,058 | 11 |
| 11. Gonzaga | 10-2 | 1,014 | 12 |
| 12. Washington | 12-1 | 934 | 13 |
| 13. Arizona | 11-2 | 865 | 14 |
| 14. Iowa | 12-1 | 845 | 16 |
| 15. Texas | 10-2 | 819 | 15 |
| 16. Pittsburgh | 10-1 | 727 | 10 |
| 17. Louisville | 11-2 | 694 | 19 |
| 18. Mississippi St. | 12-2 | 538 | 21 |
| 19. Alabama | 11-2 | 378 | 18 |
| 20. Michigan St. | 8-2 | 339 | 23 |
| 21. West Virginia | 10-0 | 310 | – |
| 22. Maryland | 8-2 | 309 | 24 |
| 23. Cincinnati | 11-1 | 216 | 22 |
| 24. George Washington | 8-2 | 198 | 20 |
| 25. Boston College | 11-0 | 156 | – |
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Others receiving votes: Marquette 154, Wisconsin 150, N.C. State 115, Virginia 51, Oklahoma 35, Arkansas 30, Wichita St. 25, Oregon 16, Notre Dame 13, Bucknell 4, Miami 3, Old Dominion 3, W. Kentucky 3, Hofstra 2, UTEP 2.
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Kansas University is still the highest-ranked Big 12 men’s basketball team in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll, but Oklahoma State is gaining ground on that spot.
The Jayhawks (7-0) stayed at No. 2 in Monday’s poll, but the Cowboys moved up a spot to No. 4, just 30 points behind KU (1,658 to 1,628).
Oklahoma State’s ranking is the highest it’s received since hitting No. 2 for two weeks in February 1992. In Monday’s poll, the Cowboys replaced the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, who fell from No. 3 to No. 9 after losing to Gonzaga.
Illinois (10-0), which beat Valparaiso, 93-56, in its only game last week, received 50 first-place votes and 1,727 points from the national media panel to hold on to No. 1.
The Jayhawks were No. 1 on 15 ballots and had 1,658 points, and the Cowboys (8-0) received the other five first-place votes.
North Carolina, Wake Forest, Duke, Syracuse and Kentucky all moved up one place from last week and were ranked fourth through eighth.
Georgia Tech, which lost 85-73 to Gonzaga at Las Vegas, had the week’s biggest drop, falling six spots.
Pittsburgh and Connecticut held 10th and 11th, the only teams besides the top two to be in the same spot from last week.
Washington and Gonzaga, which were 12th and 13th, had the week’s biggest jumps after knocking off unbeaten teams over the weekend.
Washington (8-1) moved from 18th to No. 12 after beating North Carolina State, 68-64, on Sunday. It is the Huskies’ highest ranking since they were 11th in December 1984.
Gonzaga (8-1) jumped from 22nd to 13th with the win over Georgia Tech.
The only loss for the Bulldogs, who were a school-record third in the final poll of last season, was 89-72 to Illinois on Nov. 27, in the Wooden Tradition at Indianapolis.
Arizona was 14th and was followed by Texas, North Carolina State, Iowa, Louisville, Alabama and George Washington.
The last five ranked teams were Mississippi State, Cincinnati, Michigan State, Maryland and Virginia.
This was the fourth straight week the Atlantic Coast Conference had a record-tying seven ranked teams – North Carolina, Wake Forest, Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State, Maryland and Virginia.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
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| Record | Pt | Pv | |
| 1. Illinois (50) | 10-0 | 1,727 | 1 |
| 2. Kansas (15) | 7-0 | 1,658 | 2 |
| 3. Oklahoma St. (5) | 8-0 | 1,628 | 4 |
| 4. North Carolina | 8-1 | 1,476 | 5 |
| 5. Wake Forest | 9-1 | 1,427 | 6 |
| 6. Duke | 8-0 | 1,388 | 7 |
| 7. Syracuse | 9-1 | 1,307 | 8 |
| 8. Kentucky | 7-1 | 1,220 | 9 |
| 9. Georgia Tech | 7-1 | 1,219 | 3 |
| 10. Pittsburgh | 8-0 | 1,115 | 10 |
| 11. Connecticut | 5-1 | 964 | 11 |
| 12. Washington | 8-1 | 758 | 18 |
| 13. Gonzaga | 8-1 | 732 | 22 |
| 14. Arizona | 7-2 | 720 | 15 |
| 15. Texas | 7-2 | 703 | 14 |
| 16. N.C. State | 8-1 | 689 | 12 |
| 17. Iowa | 9-1 | 658 | 16 |
| 18. Louisville | 6-2 | 618 | 13 |
| 19. Alabama | 9-1 | 607 | 17 |
| 20. George Washington | 7-1 | 475 | 19 |
| 21. Mississippi St. | 9-2 | 411 | 20 |
| 22. Cincinnati | 7-0 | 297 | 25 |
| 23. Michigan St. | 6-2 | 279 | 21 |
| 24. Maryland | 6-2 | 239 | 23 |
| 25. Virginia | 7-1 | 200 | 24 |
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Others receiving votes: Marquette 69, Boston College 51, Wisconsin 19, Oklahoma 15, New Mexico 13, Arkansas 12, Oregon 11, Hawaii 8, Creighton 7, Notre Dame 7, Wichita St. 6, West Virginia 4, Miami 3, Florida 2, Fresno St. 2, Iowa St. 2, Old Dominion 2, American U. 1, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.
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Kansas University’s men’s basketball team stayed at No. 2 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday.
The Jayhawks (4-0 stayed in the second spot despite victories over Nevada and Pacific last week. Illinois jumped from fifth to first in the poll after defeating then-No. 1-ranked Wake Forest last week.
It is the third time in school history Illinois reached No. 1.
“It’s definitely important because I think it gives you recognition, which fans love, and you hope it helps recruiting,” Illinois coach Bruce Weber said Monday. “It establishes you as one of the better programs in the country. When you watch the top of the polls, the teams that get to the Elite Eight and Final Four are usually the teams that are there. It puts us in an exclusive group and hopefully we can maintain it.”
The Illini didn’t have to wait long to play as a No. 1 team, hosting Chicago State on Monday night.
Illinois, which also won at Arkansas last week, received 25 first-place votes and 1,717 points from the national media panel. Kansas held second with 23 first-place votes and 1,700 points after wins over Nevada and Pacific.
Georgia Tech (5-0) and Syracuse (7-0), the other teams Illinois vaulted, switched places from last week. The Yellow Jackets, who beat Michigan and Georgia by an average of almost 35 points last week, moved to No. 3 with 12 first-place votes and 1,632 points, while Syracuse, which beat St. Bonaventure and Colgate last week, was No. 1 on nine ballots and had 1,607 points.
Illinois’ two previous trips to No. 1 lasted just one week each, but they both came in seasons when the Illini reached the Final Four.
The first No. 1 appearance was on Jan. 22, 1952, and the second was on Jan. 24, 1989.
“That’s really wild,” Weber said when told of the other No. 1 rankings, both during Final Four seasons. “We felt since the beginning that we had a chance to be a Final Four team and we’re in that elite, special group. Each year there are four to 10 schools that maybe could get there and we felt that since the start so there’s no added pressure.
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“We’ve tried to play different schools early to prepare us for later on. We’re looking at the big picture and think we have the capability to get there but there are so many factors from now to April that could change plans. But barring injuries or something crazy, we think we can be one of those teams.”
Wake Forest, which was No. 1 for the first time in school history, dropped to sixth and was followed by Connecticut, North Carolina, Duke and Kentucky.
Pittsburgh moved from 13th to No. 11 and was followed by North Carolina State, Louisville, Texas, Arizona, Washington, Iowa, Alabama, Virginia and Michigan State.
The last five ranked teams were George Washington, Mississippi State, Maryland, Wisconsin and Gonzaga.
George Washington, which beat Michigan State and Maryland on consecutive days to win the BB&T Classic, was ranked for the first time since a three-week run in 1997-98. The Colonials (5-1) have not lost since opening the season at Wake Forest in the Preseason NIT.
Gonzaga (5-1), which beat Washington in its annual intrastate matchup last week, moved back into the rankings after a one-week absence.
Florida and Notre Dame both fell from the Top 25 after their first losses of the season.
The Gators (4-1) lost 72-65 to Miami and fell from 19th, while Notre Dame (3-1) dropped from No. 20 after losing 61-60 to Michigan.
The Atlantic Coast Conference again had seven teams ranked, matching the record for most schools from one league for a second straight week.
The week’s only game featuring two ranked teams will be Tuesday night when Oklahoma State and Syracuse meet at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 5, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
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| Record | Pt | Pv | |
| 1. Illinois (25) | 6-0 | 1,717 | 5 |
| 2. Kansas (23) | 4-0 | 1,700 | 2 |
| 3. Georgia Tech (12) | 5-0 | 1,632 | 4 |
| 4. Syracuse (9) | 7-0 | 1,607 | 3 |
| 5. Oklahoma St. (2) | 5-0 | 1,479 | 6 |
| 6. Wake Forest | 6-1 | 1,397 | 1 |
| 7. Connecticut (1) | 3-0 | 1,383 | 7 |
| 8. North Carolina | 6-1 | 1,354 | 9 |
| 9. Duke | 5-0 | 1,276 | 10 |
| 10. Kentucky | 4-1 | 1,075 | 8 |
| 11. Pittsburgh | 5-0 | 987 | 13 |
| 12. N.C. State | 6-0 | 909 | 16 |
| 13. Louisville | 4-1 | 697 | 17 |
| 14. Texas | 5-1 | 692 | 18 |
| 15. Arizona | 5-2 | 598 | 21 |
| 16. Washington | 5-1 | 524 | 14 |
| 17. Iowa | 6-1 | 496 | 23 |
| 18. Alabama | 6-1 | 495 | 22 |
| 19. Virginia | 6-0 | 481 | 24 |
| 20. Michigan St. | 4-2 | 434 | 11 |
| 21. George Washington | 5-1 | 423 | – |
| 22. Mississippi St. | 6-2 | 417 | 15 |
| 23. Maryland | 4-2 | 405 | 12 |
| 24. Wisconsin | 4-1 | 343 | 25 |
| 25. Gonzaga | 5-1 | 267 | – |
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Others receiving votes: Florida 136, Notre Dame 128, Cincinnati 103, Creighton 81, Boston College 35, Oklahoma 29, Marquette 23, S. Illinois 17, Memphis 8, New Mexico 7, Wis.-Milwaukee 6, Charlotte 5, Oregon 5, UAB 5, Hawaii 4, Miami 4, Michigan 3, Pepperdine 3, Arkansas 2, Ohio 2, Pacific 2, Indiana 1, Santa Clara 1, Stanford 1, Vermont 1.
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The first poll of the college basketball regular season sure looks a lot like the preseason Top 25.
Kansas stayed at the No. 1 spot, and Syracuse and Illinois switched places at Nos. 5 and 6 Monday, the only movement from the previous rankings.
Only three ranked teams played since the preseason Top 25 was released. Syracuse, Mississippi State and Memphis all swept their opening two games in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
The Jayhawks again were followed by three Atlantic Coast Conference teams – Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and North Carolina.
Syracuse, which beat Northern Colorado and Princeton to open the season, moved up to fifth and was followed by Illinois, Oklahoma State, Connecticut, Kentucky and Arizona.
Kansas received 26 first-place votes and 1,703 points from the national media panel, while Wake Forest had 23 and 1,685.
Georgia Tech was No. 1 on 10 ballots while North Carolina had eight first-place votes, Illinois and Oklahoma State each had two and Kentucky received one.
Duke led the second 10 and was followed by Mississippi State, Michigan State, Louisville, Maryland, Texas, Pittsburgh, Alabama, North Carolina State and Notre Dame.
The last five ranked teams were Wisconsin, Washington, Florida, Memphis and Gonzaga.
Mississippi State beat Fairfield and Birmingham Southern without preseason All-America Lawrence Roberts. The 6-foot-10 senior forward missed the first game as he served a one-game suspension from the NCAA over his expenses to attend a tryout before the NBA draft. He didn’t play in the second game because he was recovering from a broken nose.
Roberts said he expects to play Thursday night in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic semifinals against Syracuse.
Memphis, which beat Savannah State and George Mason, will play Saint Mary’s, Calif., in the other semifinal at Madison Square Garden.
The ACC’s six ranked teams are one short of the record.
The Big Ten had seven teams ranked for four weeks in January 1993, a feat matched by the Atlantic Coast Conference for two weeks in December 1997 and by the Big Ten again for one week in January 1999.
The most recent time the Big Ten did it, all seven schools were in the Top 20 – Michigan State (8), Wisconsin (12), Purdue (14), Ohio State (15), Iowa (16), Minnesota (19) and Indiana (20).
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 14, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
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| Record | Pt | Pv | |
| 1. Kansas (26) | 0-0 | 1,703 | 1 |
| 2. Wake Forest (23) | 0-0 | 1,685 | 2 |
| 3. Georgia Tech (10) | 0-0 | 1,575 | 3 |
| 4. North Carolina (8) | 0-0 | 1,540 | 4 |
| 5. Syracuse | 2-0 | 1,460 | 6 |
| 6. Illinois (2) | 0-0 | 1,453 | 5 |
| 7. Oklahoma St. (2) | 0-0 | 1,365 | 7 |
| 8. Connecticut | 0-0 | 1,278 | 8 |
| 9. Kentucky (1) | 0-0 | 1,190 | 9 |
| 10. Arizona | 0-0 | 1,037 | 10 |
| 11. Duke | 0-0 | 1,009 | 11 |
| 12. Mississippi St. | 2-0 | 932 | 12 |
| 13. Michigan St. | 0-0 | 894 | 13 |
| 14. Louisville | 0-0 | 877 | 14 |
| 15. Maryland | 0-0 | 778 | 15 |
| 16. Texas | 0-0 | 650 | 16 |
| 17. Pittsburgh | 0-0 | 637 | 17 |
| 18. Alabama | 0-0 | 520 | 18 |
| 19. N.C. State | 0-0 | 506 | 19 |
| 20. Notre Dame | 0-0 | 413 | 20 |
| 21. Wisconsin | 0-0 | 365 | 21 |
| 22. Washington | 0-0 | 335 | 22 |
| 23. Florida | 0-0 | 320 | 23 |
| 24. Memphis | 2-0 | 311 | 24 |
| 25. Gonzaga | 0-0 | 204 | 25 |
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Others receiving votes: Stanford 79, Michigan 52, Charlotte 36, Providence 31, Cincinnati 27, S. Illinois 26, Oklahoma 25, Utah 18, Boston College 11 1-0, George Washington 7, UTEP 7, Vermont 6, UAB 5, ETSU 4, LSU 4, Tennessee 4, Toledo 4, UCLA 4, UNLV 4, Iowa St. 2, Oregon 2, Rice 2, Indiana 1, Va. Commonwealth 1, Vanderbilt 1.
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Wins over unranked opponents Binghamton and Villanova last week weren’t enough to move KU up from the No. 13 spot in the latest Associated Press poll.
The Jayhawks (8-2) received 903 points in Monday’s poll, keeping them No. 13. Sixth-ranked Oklahoma (10-0) was the top Big 12 Conference team, receiving two first-place votes and 1,408 total points.
Missouri (5-4) fell out from No. 23 after losing 71-67 to Belmont, the Tigers’ fourth loss in five games. Missouri’s other losses were to Gonzaga, Illinois and Memphis. The Tigers were fifth in the preseason poll and moved to No. 3 before its losing streak began. The team then fell to 10th, 11th, 23rd and out of the rankings over the next four weeks.
The Connecticut Huskies held on to the top spot for the fourth straight week, with Duke staying at No. 2.
Connecticut’s run atop the Top 25 follows a month that saw the No. 1 ranking change four times, from UConn to Kansas to Florida and back to UConn.
The Huskies were No. 1 in the preseason poll and for the first two polls of the regular season.
Providence was the only newcomer, replacing Missouri, which became the second team this season to get as high as No. 3 and then fall out of the rankings.
Connecticut (11-1), which beat Massachusetts and Rice last week, received 50 first-place votes and 1,752 points from the national media panel.
Duke (10-1), a winner against Davidson and Clemson, was No. 1 on five ballots and had 1,673 points.
Arizona, Stanford, Wake Forest, Oklahoma and Kentucky all moved up one spot to take places No. 3 to No. 7. Georgia Tech (12-1), which lost to Georgia 83-80 in double overtime Saturday, fell from third to No. 8, the week’s biggest drop.
Arizona (9-1), Stanford (11-0) and Wake Forest (9-0) each received five first-place votes, while Oklahoma (10-0) had two.
Saint Joseph’s moved up one place to ninth, the Hawks’ highest ranking since they were No. 5 in the final poll of the 1965-66 season.
Louisville rounded out the Top 10.
Cincinnati was No. 11, followed by North Carolina, Kansas, Florida, Pittsburgh, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Texas, Illinois and Vanderbilt.
The last five ranked teams were Wisconsin, Mississippi State, Marquette, Purdue and Providence.
The Friars (8-1), who have won five straight games, are ranked for the first time since Feb. 19, 2001. Their biggest win of the season was 70-51 over Illinois in the Jimmy V Classic; the only loss was 89-79 against Rhode Island.
Michigan State (5-6) was third in the preseason poll and in the first two polls of the regular season before its fall from fifth to 21st and then out.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
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| Record | Pt | Pv | |
| 1. Connecticut (50) | 11-1 | 1,752 | 1 |
| 2. Duke (5) | 10-1 | 1,673 | 2 |
| 3. Arizona (5) | 9-1 | 1,533 | 4 |
| 4. Stanford (5) | 11-0 | 1,528 | 5 |
| 5. Wake Forest (5) | 9-0 | 1,477 | 6 |
| 6. Oklahoma (2) | 10-0 | 1,408 | 7 |
| 7. Kentucky | 9-1 | 1,390 | 8 |
| 8. Georgia Tech | 12-1 | 1,282 | 3 |
| 9. Saint Joseph’s | 11-0 | 1,252 | 10 |
| 10. Louisville | 9-1 | 1,126 | 11 |
| 11. Cincinnati | 9-0 | 1,023 | 12 |
| 12. North Carolina | 8-2 | 964 | 9 |
| 13. Kansas | 8-2 | 903 | 13 |
| 14. Florida | 9-2 | 854 | 14 |
| 15. Pittsburgh | 14-0 | 843 | 15 |
| 16. Gonzaga | 10-2 | 760 | 16 |
| 17. Syracuse | 9-1 | 745 | 17 |
| 18. Texas | 7-2 | 576 | 19 |
| 19. Illinois | 9-2 | 489 | 20 |
| 20. Vanderbilt | 11-0 | 424 | 22 |
| 21. Wisconsin | 9-2 | 305 | 18 |
| 22. Mississippi St. | 11-0 | 267 | 24 |
| 23. Marquette | 9-2 | 202 | 25 |
| 24. Purdue | 10-3 | 131 | 21 |
| 25. Providence | 8-1 | 130 | — |
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Others receiving votes: Creighton 86, Texas Tech 83, Oklahoma St. 40, Memphis 29, Maryland 25, Florida St. 22, BYU 13, Seton Hall 13, Michigan 7, Missouri 6, W. Michigan 6, South Carolina 5, Utah St. 5, Boston College 4, Colorado St. 3, Dayton 3, LSU 3, Georgetown 2, Mississippi 2, Rhode Island 2, Boise St. 1, Boston U. 1, Georgia 1, Nebraska 1.
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