The top 25 teams in the Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, 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. Kansas (61) 9-0   1,620   1

2. Texas (1) 8-0   1,512   2

3. Kentucky (1) 10-0   1,486   4

4. Purdue 9-0   1,426   5

5. Syracuse (2) 10-0   1,388   7

6. West Virginia 8-0   1,315   6

7. Duke 7-1   1,137   8

8. Villanova 9-1   1,107   3

9. Tennessee 7-1   1,104   9

10. North Carolina 8-2   1,039   11

11. Georgetown 8-0   1,008   15

12. Michigan St. 8-2   922   12

13. Florida 8-1   864   10

14. Connecticut 6-2   762   14

15. Gonzaga 8-2   505   21

16. Texas Tech 9-0   492   23

17. Kansas St. 9-1   391   –

18. Ohio St. 7-2   383   13

19. New Mexico 10-0   364   –

20. Mississippi 8-1   334   25

21. Butler 7-3   257   22

22. Georgia Tech 6-1   253   24

23. Texas A&M 8-2   221   16

24. Washington 6-2   179   17

25. Cincinnati 6-2   174   19

Others receiving votes: Memphis 129, Wisconsin 110, UNLV 96, Clemson 84, Temple 83, Northwestern 59, Illinois 44, Miami 40, St. John's 30, Oklahoma St. 29, Charlotte 24, Dayton 24, Seton Hall 24, Florida St. 23, Missouri St. 20, BYU 14, Mississippi State 9, Virginia Tech 7, Baylor 6, Minnesota 5, Cornell 3, N.C. State 3, Rhode Island 3, Tulsa 3, Northern Iowa 2, Pittsburgh 2, W. Carolina 2, Wake Forest 2, Army 1, William & Mary 1.

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