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NCAA Basketball Rankings: Kentucky Sits Atop Both Polls For Second Straight Week

by Mike Rutherford

Kentucky earned all 31 first-place votes from the coaches for a second straight week, and all but two from the Associated Press.

  • Mike Rutherford

    Mike Rutherford

    NCAA Basketball Rankings: Kentucky Earns All But Two First-Place Votes From AP

    LEXINGTON KY - NOVEMBER 30: The Kentucky Wildcats cheerleaders perform during the game against the Boston University Terriers on November 30 2010 in Lexington Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
    LEXINGTON KY - NOVEMBER 30: The Kentucky Wildcats cheerleaders perform during the game against the Boston University Terriers on November 30 2010 in Lexington Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
    LEXINGTON KY - NOVEMBER 30: The Kentucky Wildcats cheerleaders perform during the game against the Boston University Terriers on November 30 2010 in Lexington Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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    Earning all but two of the 65 first-place votes cast, the Kentucky Wildcats are the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25 for the second straight week.

    The other two No. 1 votes went to Syracuse, which jumped a spot from No. 3 to No. 2 this week. Ohio State, Missouri and North Carolina comprise the rest of the top five.

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