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Posted on: Monday, February 8, 2010

CBKB: Kansas still No. 1; Mountain West has 3 in Top 25

Associated Press

THE TOP TWENTY FIVE

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Kansas (55) 22-1 1,613 1

2. Syracuse (8) 23-1 1,553 3

3. Kentucky (2) 22-1 1,514 4

4. Villanova 20-2 1,366 2

5. West Virginia 19-3 1,361 6

6. Purdue 19-3 1,301 8

7. Georgetown 17-5 1,211 7

8. Duke 19-4 1,142 10

9. Kansas St. 19-4 1,139 10

10. Michigan St. 19-5 968 5

11. Wisconsin 18-5 871 16

12. Tennessee 18-4 850 14

13. Ohio St. 18-6 845 13

14. Texas 19-4 789 9

15. New Mexico 21-3 725 15

16. Gonzaga 19-4 693 17

17. BYU 22-3 532 12

18. Butler 20-4 422 23

19. N. Iowa 21-2 298 24

20. Georgia Tech 17-6 269 21

21. Temple 19-5 223 19

22. Vanderbilt 17-5 222 18

23. UNLV 19-4 209 —

24. Baylor 17-5 202 20

25. Pittsburgh 17-6 149 22

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 115, Cornell 114, Wake Forest 109, Maryland 69, Charlotte 48, UTEP 33, Mississippi 30, Rhode Island 30, Saint Mary's, Calif. 18, Siena 18, Illinois 16, Florida St. 15, Virginia Tech 11, Marquette 10, UAB 7, Richmond 5, Wichita St. 5, Missouri 3, South Florida 2.

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Kansas is again the runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll and there is a different No. 2 for the fourth straight week.

Syracuse moves into the second spot today, its highest ranking since a six-week stretch at No. 1 in 1989-90.

Kansas, which received 55 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel, is No. 1 for the 11th time this season out of 14 polls. Syracuse moved up one place and had eight first-place votes.

Kentucky, which was No. 1 on two ballots, was third, while Villanova and West Virginia, which meet Monday night, are fourth and fifth.

UNLV moves into the poll at No. 23 giving the Mountain West Conference three teams in the Top 25, one more than the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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