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Kentucky received all 31 first-place votes in the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll for a third straight week.
Kentucky refused to relinquish any part of its strangle hold on the top spot in the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll, receiving all 31 first place votes for the third week in a row.
UK was followed by Syracuse, Ohio State and Missouri, who held onto the top four spots after a handful of impressive wins last week. North Carolina took over the No. 5 spot from Duke, which dropped four spots after its home loss to Miami on Sunday. The Blue Devils and Tar Heels will square off in Chapel Hill on Wednesday night for the first of two meetings.
UNC was followed by Baylor in sixth, while Florida and Murray State, the only remaining undefeated team in Division I, were tied in seventh. Kansas, which fell to Missouri on Saturday, rounded out the top ten.
Here's the full poll:
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
| 1 | Kentucky(31) | 23-1 | 775 | 1 |
| 2 | Syracuse | 23-1 | 740 | 2 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 20-3 | 715 | 3 |
| 4 | Missouri | 21-2 | 673 | 4 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 20-3 | 639 | 6 |
| 6 | Baylor | 21-2 | 635 | 6 |
| 7 | Florida | 19-4 | 536 | 11 |
| 7 | Murray State | 23-0 | 536 | 9 |
| 9 | Duke | 19-4 | 525 | 5 |
| 10 | Kansas | 18-5 | 480 | 8 |
| 11 | Georgetown | 18-4 | 454 | 14 |
| 12 | Michigan State | 18-5 | 444 | 10 |
| 13 | Saint Mary's | 22-2 | 382 | 16 |
| 14 | San Diego State | 20-3 | 332 | 17 |
| 15 | Creighton | 21-3 | 316 | 12 |
| 16 | UNLV | 21-4 | 302 | 13 |
| 17 | Florida State | 16-6 | 247 | 24 |
| 18 | Mississippi State | 18-5 | 241 | 19 |
| 19 | Marquette | 19-5 | 239 | 15 |
| 20 | Virginia | 18-4 | 192 | 18 |
| 21 | Harvard | 20-2 | 153 | 23 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 18-6 | 133 | 20 |
| 23 | Indiana | 18-6 | 93 | 20 |
| 23 | Louisville | 18-5 | 93 | 25 |
| 25 | Michigan | 17-7 | 79 | 22 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Notre Dame 19, Gonzaga 14, New Mexico 13, Iowa State 10, Nevada 9, Southern Miss 9, Long Beach State 8, Connecticut 6, Middle Tennessee 6, Temple 6, California 5, Vanderbilt 5, Wichita State 5, Saint Louis 2, Virginia Commonwealth 2, Cleveland State 1, Drexel 1 | ||||
NCAA Basketball Rankings: Kentucky Keeps Top Spot In AP Poll
Kentucky held on to the top spot in the Associated Press Top 25 by claiming 63 of the 65 possible first-place votes. Second-ranked Syracuse received the other two.
Here's your full AP top 25 for this week:
The Associated Press Top 25 Poll
Feb 06 1:16p by Mike Rutherford - 0 comments