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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

Rank Team Record Votes Previous
1 Kentucky(63) 23-1 1623 1
2 Syracuse(2) 23-1 1553 2
3 Ohio State 20-3 1493 3
4 Missouri 21-2 1415 4
5 North Carolina 20-3 1352 5
6 Baylor 21-2 1318 6
7 Kansas 18-5 1170 8
8 Florida 19-4 1066 12
9 Murray State 23-0 1055 10
10 Duke 19-4 1037 7
11 Michigan State 18-5 1032 9
12 Georgetown 18-4 919 14
13 San Diego State 20-3 728 17
14 UNLV 21-4 702 11
15 Florida State 16-6 694 21
16 Saint Mary's 22-2 635 18
17 Creighton 21-3 600 13
18 Marquette 19-5 469 15
19 Virginia 18-4 448 16
20 Mississippi State 18-5 401 22
21 Wisconsin 18-6 384 19
22 Michigan 17-7 253 23
23 Indiana 18-6 227 20
24 Louisville 18-5 112 27
25 Harvard 20-2 105 26
Others Receiving Votes: Notre Dame 83, Iowa State 71, Southern Miss 51, Temple 41, Gonzaga 35, Wichita State 31, Long Beach State 6, New Mexico 5, Kansas State 3, Cleveland State 2, Vanderbilt 2, Iona 2, Brigham Young 1, Miami (FL) 1
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