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Kentucky stays on top of poll
AP Top 25 poll
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Kentucky is on top of The Associated Press’ college basketball poll for a third straight week.
The Wildcats received 63 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel.
Syracuse, which got the other No. 1 votes, Ohio State, Missouri, North Carolina and Baylor held second through sixth from last week. Kansas moved up one spot to seventh, while Florida jumped four places to eighth. Murray State, the lone unbeaten in Division I, moved one spot to ninth and Duke dropped three places to 10th.

 

    AP TOP 25   

                                Record        Pts    Prv
1. Kentucky (63)               23-1    1,623       1
2. Syracuse (2)                  23-1    1,553       2
3. Ohio St.                        20-3    1,493       3
4. Missouri                        21-2    1,415       4
5. North Carolina              20-3    1,352       5
6. Baylor                          21-2    1,318       6
7. Kansas                         18-5    1,170       8
8. Florida                         19-4    1,066     12
9. Murray St.                   23-0    1,055     10
10. Duke                         19-4    1,037       7
11. Michigan St.              18-5    1,032       9
12. Georgetown              18-4       919     14
13. San Diego St.            20-3       728     17
14. UNLV                      21-4       702     11
15. Florida St.                 16-6       694     21
16. Saint Mary’s             22-2       635     18
17. Creighton                  21-3       600     13
18. Marquette                 19-5       469     15
19. Virginia                     18-4       448     16
20. Mississippi St.           18-5       401     22
21. Wisconsin                 18-6       384     19
22. Michigan                   17-7       253     23
23. Indiana                      18-6       227     20
24. Louisville                   18-5       112     —
25. Harvard                     20-2       105     —
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 83, Iowa St. 71, Southern Miss. 51, Temple 41, Gonzaga 35, Wichita St. 31, Long Beach St. 6, New Mexico 5, Kansas St. 3, Cleveland St. 2, Iona 2, Vanderbilt 2, BYU 1, Miami 1.