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
(24)9-0 759 1
2.
Memphis
(4) 8-0 742 2
3.
Kansas
(1) 10-0 713 3
4.
Georgetown
(1)8-0 668 4
5.
Texas
(1) 10-0 638 5
6.
Washington St.
9-0 611 6
7.
Duke
9-0 599 7
8.
UCLA
9-1 584 8
9.
Pittsburgh
10-0 507 9
10.
Michigan St.
9-1 480 10
11.
Texas A&M
9-1 429 12
12.
Tennessee
9-1 428 11
13.
Marquette
7-1 414 13
14.
Indiana
9-1 389 14
15.
Clemson
8-0 333 15
16.
Villanova
8-1 257 18
17.
Vanderbilt
10-0 249 21
18.
Butler
9-1 241 19
19.
Arizona
7-2 212 22
20.
Gonzaga
8-2 191 23
21.
Oregon
8-2 121 16
22.
Miami
9-0 98
23.
Brigham Young
9-2 86 25
24.
Xavier
8-2 76 17
25.
Stanford
8-1 56
Others receiving votes:
Rhode Island 41, West Virginia 30, Louisville 24, California 22, Florida 20, Mississippi 15, Virginia 10, Southern California 9, Wisconsin 9, St. Mary's, Calif. 7, Arkansas 6, Dayton 1.