The top 25 teams in the USA Today/ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Rec   Pts   Pr

1.

N.Carolina (25)

8-0   763   1

2.

Memphis (4)

7-0   740   2

3.

Kansas (1)

9-0   717   3

4.

Georgetown (1)

7-0   669   4

5.

Texas

9-0   635   5

6.

Washington St.

9-0   608   6

7.

Duke

9-0   594   7

8.

UCLA

8-1   582   8

9.

Pittsburgh

9-0   487   9

10.

Michigan St.

8-1   481   10

11.

Tennessee

8-1   430   12

12.

Texas A&M

8-1   407   14

13.

Marquette

6-1   391   t15

14.

Indiana

8-1   385   t15

15.

Clemson

8-0   295   17

16.

Oregon

7-1   292   18

17.

Xavier

7-1   257   20

18.

Villanova

7-1   195   21

19.

Butler

8-1   185   13

20.

Louisville

5-2   174   11

21.

Vanderbilt

9-0   164   25

22.

Arizona

6-2   148   24

23.

Gonzaga

8-2   138   19

24.

St. Mary's

7-0   73   -

25.

BYU

7-2   59   22

Others receiving votes:

Miami (Fla.) 35, Arkansas 31, Stanford 24, Rhode Island 23, California 17, Florida 16, Southern Cal 10, Wisconsin 10, Virginia 9, Connecticut 8, West Virginia 6, Southern Illinois 5, Syracuse 5, Illinois 3, Florida State 2, Dayton 1, Mississippi 1.