Despite a slightly shaky performance against Buffalo on Sunday, the Kentucky Wildcats are still your No. 1 team in the first regular season Top 25 poll from the Associated Press.
College basketball rankings: Kentucky stays at No. 1 in new AP Top 25
The Wildcats lost three first-place votes, but are still the Associated Press’ overwhelming choice as the nation’s top college hoops team.
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UK received 49 first-place votes, three fewer than in the preseason poll, but still 45 more than No. 2 Arizona. Wisconsin received seven nods for the top spot, while No. 4 Duke, which did not receive a first place vote last week, got four. Kansas rounded out the top five for a second straight week.
There was just one change in the top 10, as Louisville was rewarded for its season-opening victory over Minnesota by being moved past Florida and into the No. 7 spot. The Gators fell to No. 8.
The lone team to fall out the rankings was Harvard, which had been No. 25 in the preseason poll but lost to Holy Cross on Sunday. Since the Crimson had been tied with Utah at No. 25 last week, no new teams entered the rankings.
AP Top 25
| Rank | Team | Record | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky Wildcats (49) | 2-0 | 1574 |
| 2 | Arizona Wildcats (4) | 2-0 | 1491 |
| 3 | Wisconsin Badgers (7) | 2-0 | 1475 |
| 4 | Duke Blue Devils (4) | 2-0 | 1422 |
| 5 | Kansas Jayhawks | 1-0 | 1306 |
| 6 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 2-0 | 1254 |
| 7 | Louisville Cardinals | 1-0 | 1130 |
| 8 | Florida Gators | 1-0 | 1127 |
| 9 | Virginia Cavaliers | 2-0 | 1065 |
| 10 | Texas Longhorns | 2-0 | 1061 |
| 11 | Wichita State Shockers | 1-0 | 1002 |
| 12 | Villanova Wildcats | 1-0 | 858 |
| 13 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 1-0 | 841 |
| 14 | Iowa State Cyclones | 1-0 | 746 |
| 15 | Virginia Commonwealth Rams | 1-0 | 654 |
| 16 | San Diego State Aztecs | 1-0 | 564 |
| 17 | Connecticut Huskies | 1-0 | 525 |
| 18 | Oklahoma Sooners | 1-0 | 466 |
| 19 | Michigan State Spartans | 1-0 | 443 |
| 20 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 1-0 | 361 |
| 21 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 1-0 | 298 |
| 22 | SMU Mustangs | 1-0 | 290 |
| 23 | Syracuse Orange | 2-0 | 190 |
| 24 | Michigan Wolverines | 1-0 | 177 |
| 25 | Utah Utes | 1-0 | 118 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Stanford 63, Colorado 52, Iowa 48, UCLA 41, Kansas St. 29, Arkansas 23, Memphis 11, Minnesota 11, Notre Dame 10, Pittsburgh 10, Louisiana Tech 9, Dayton 7, Florida St. 6, NC State 6, Oklahoma St. 6, Cincinnati 5, George Washington 5, LSU 5, Illinois 3, Maryland 3, BYU 2, Baylor 2, UTEP 2, Georgetown 1, N. Iowa 1, Stephen F. Austin 1. | |||
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