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Duke again No. 1 in AP basketball Top 25 rankings
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AP TOP 25 POLL
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ 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:
     Record    Pts    Pvs
 1. Duke (64)    10-0        1,624     1
 2. Ohio St. (1)  10-0           1,551     2
 3. Kansas       10-0        1,479     3
 4. Connecticut  8-0        1,408     4
 5. Syracuse       11-0        1,395     5
 6. Pittsburgh       11-1        1,270     8
 7. San Diego St. 12-0        1,134    11
 8. Villanova        9-1        1,118    10
 9. Missouri       10-1        1,009    13
10. Georgetown 10-1                    980    15
11. Kansas St.   9-2           866     6
12. Michigan St.  8-3           858    14
13. Kentucky     8-2           850    17
14. Purdue       10-1           712    19
15. Baylor         7-1           684     9
16. Memphis      8-1            577    18
17. Minnesota   10-1       504    21
18. Texas         9-2           429    22
19. Tennessee    7-2           411     7
20. Florida         8-2           382    —
21. Illinois        10-2       370    12
22. Notre Dame   10-1       327    24
23. BYU            10-1             302    16
24. UCF            10-0             258    —
25. Texas A&M  10-1             246    25
Others receiving votes: Louisville 124, Vanderbilt 49, Washington 49, Temple 39, West Virginia 24, Wisconsin 16, Northwestern 15, Cincinnati 14, North Carolina 10, UNLV 10, Arizona 8, Drexel 6, Gonzaga 3, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 3, Washington St. 3, Boston College 2, Oklahoma St. 2, Old Dominion 2, Cleveland St. 1, New Mexico 1.

Duke is again No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll, although for the first time in three weeks it’s not unanimous. Central Florida joins the Top 25 for the first time in school history.
The Blue Devils were off last week and received all but one of the first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel.
No. 2 Ohio State has the other first-place vote and is followed by Kansas, Connecticut and Syracuse. Completing the top 10 are Pittsburgh, San Diego State, Villanova, Missouri and Georgetown.
The Tigers were 13th last week and rose four spots. Kansas State dropped five spots to No. 11.
Florida, which beat K-State on Saturday, rejoins the poll at No. 20 after being out two weeks. UCF is 10-0 and ranked No. 24.
Tennessee drops from No. 7 to No. 19 after losing twice —to Oakland, Mich., and Charlotte. UNLV and Louisville fell from the poll.