Bayor Still on Top of The AP Men’s Top Twenty Five
(AP) — Baylor kept its firm hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll with few changes at the top and no new teams entering the latest rankings. The reigning national champion Bears earned all 61 first-place votes for the third time in four weeks to easily outdistance No. 2 Duke. No. 9 Auburn climbed into the top 10 for the first time this season. No. 16 Providence rose five spots in the week's biggest jump. No. 24 Seton Hall had the biggest tumble by falling nine spots. LSU, Tennessee and Iowa State also fell.
Record | Pts | Prv | |
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1. Baylor (61) | 13-0 | 1525 | 1 |
2. Duke | 11-1 | 1447 | 2 |
3. Purdue | 12-1 | 1376 | 3 |
4. Gonzaga | 11-2 | 1336 | 4 |
5. UCLA | 8-1 | 1287 | 5 |
6. Kansas | 11-1 | 1237 | 6 |
7. Southern Cal | 12-0 | 1015 | 7 |
8. Arizona | 11-1 | 1013 | 9 |
9. Auburn | 12-1 | 976 | 11 |
10. Michigan St. | 12-2 | 934 | 10 |
11. Iowa St. | 12-1 | 896 | 8 |
12. Houston | 12-2 | 849 | 12 |
13. Ohio St. | 9-2 | 819 | 13 |
14. Texas | 11-2 | 640 | 17 |
15. Alabama | 10-3 | 589 | 19 |
16. Kentucky | 11-2 | 560 | 18 |
16. Providence | 13-1 | 560 | 21 |
18. Tennessee | 9-3 | 519 | 14 |
19. Villanova | 9-4 | 437 | 22 |
20. Colorado St. | 10-0 | 386 | 20 |
21. LSU | 12-1 | 371 | 16 |
22. Xavier | 11-2 | 270 | 23 |
23. Wisconsin | 10-2 | 221 | 24 |
24. Seton Hall | 9-3 | 174 | 15 |
25. Texas Tech | 10-2 | 142 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Illinois 74, Oklahoma 71, Loyola Chicago 40, UConn 39, West Virginia 6, Iowa 5, Minnesota 3, San Francisco 3, Davidson 3, Creighton 2.