Gonzaga Remains atop AP Top 25; Tennessee Cracks Top 10
Gonzaga, Arizona and reigning national champion Baylor remained atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. Monday's poll also saw Tennessee crack the top 10 and North Carolina return to the poll at No. 25. Mark Few’s Bulldogs claimed 52 of 61 first-place votes to hold the No. 1 ranking for the fourth straight week and eighth time this season going back to the preseason poll. Tennessee jumped into a tie for No. 9 for its first top-10 appearance this year. Colorado State joined UNC as the week's new additions. Ohio State and Alabama fell out from last week's poll.
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Gonzaga (52) | 24-3 | 1514 | 1 |
| 2. Arizona (6) | 28-3 | 1435 | 2 |
| 3. Baylor (3) | 26-5 | 1402 | 3 |
| 4. Auburn | 27-4 | 1331 | 5 |
| 5. Kentucky | 25-6 | 1306 | 7 |
| 6. Kansas | 25-6 | 1170 | 6 |
| 7. Duke | 26-5 | 1100 | 4 |
| 8. Villanova | 23-7 | 1096 | 11 |
| 9. Purdue | 25-6 | 967 | 8 |
| 9. Tennessee | 23-7 | 967 | 13 |
| 11. Providence | 24-4 | 951 | 9 |
| 12. Wisconsin | 24-6 | 857 | 10 |
| 13. UCLA | 23-6 | 737 | 17 |
| 14. Texas Tech | 23-8 | 730 | 12 |
| 15. Arkansas | 24-7 | 687 | 14 |
| 16. Illinois | 22-8 | 612 | 20 |
| 17. Saint Mary's (Cal) | 24-6 | 506 | 19 |
| 18. Houston | 26-5 | 502 | 14 |
| 19. Murray St. | 30-2 | 424 | 22 |
| 20. UConn | 22-8 | 370 | 18 |
| 21. Southern Cal | 25-6 | 279 | 16 |
| 22. Texas | 21-10 | 216 | 21 |
| 23. Colorado St. | 24-4 | 194 | - |
| 24. Iowa | 22-9 | 189 | 24 |
| 25. North Carolina | 23-8 | 56 | - |
Others receiving votes: Boise St. 49, South Dakota St. 32, Memphis 26, San Diego St. 24, LSU 22, Ohio St. 16, Loyola Chicago 16, Seton Hall 9, San Francisco 9, Rutgers 8, Alabama 7, Notre Dame 4, Vermont 3, Davidson 1, Longwood 1.
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