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Louisville Rises, UK Falls in Latest AP Poll

Louisville Rises, UK Falls in Latest AP Poll
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By The Associated Press
Feb. 08, 2016
By The Associated Press Feb. 08, 2016 | 12:41 PM
Villanova is No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for the first time.

The Wildcats (20-3) made the jump from third following then-No. 1 Oklahoma's loss to Kansas State and then-No. 2 North Carolina's losses to Louisville and Notre Dame.

Villanova received 32 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel. Maryland, which received 13 No. 1 votes, moved up two spots to second.

Oklahoma, which had been No. 1 for the last three weeks, dropped to third and received seven first-place votes. Iowa, which got 11 first-place votes, is fourth and is followed in the top 10 by Xavier, Kansas, Virginia, Michigan State, North Carolina and West Virginia.

Kansas and Virginia both received one first-place vote.

No. 23 Southern Cal and No. 24 Texas are the week's two newcomers, replacing Indiana and South Carolina.

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 Prv
1. Villanova (32) 20-3 1,566 3
2. Maryland (13) 21-3 1,499 4
3. Oklahoma (7) 19-3 1,472 1
4. Iowa (11) 19-4 1,471 5
5. Xavier 21-2 1,382 6
6. Kansas (1) 19-4 1,311 7
7. Virginia (1) 19-4 1,223 9
8. Michigan St. 20-4 1,144 10
9. North Carolina 19-4 1,136 2
10. West Virginia 19-4 1,082 14
11. Oregon 20-4 905 16
12. Miami 18-4 826 17
13. Louisville 19-4 819 19
14. Iowa St. 17-6 781 13
15. Texas A&M 18-5 663 8
16. SMU 20-2 593 12
17. Arizona 19-5 497 23
18. Purdue 19-5 456 18
19. Dayton 19-3 413 24
20. Providence 18-6 349 11
21. Baylor 17-6 333 15
22. Kentucky 17-6 228 20
23. Southern Cal 18-5 225
24. Texas 16-7 199
25. Wichita St. 17-6 132 21

Others receiving votes: South Carolina 128, Indiana 91, Notre Dame 75, San Diego St. 22, Duke 14, Seton Hall 14, Gonzaga 10, LSU 10, VCU 10, Valparaiso 9, Stony Brook 8, Saint Mary's (Cal) 6, Saint Joseph's 5, UNC Wilmington 4, Hawaii 3, Utah 3, Chattanooga 2, George Washington 2, UConn 2, Michigan 1, Monmouth (NJ) 1.


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