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Hawkeyes fall to No. 8, Cyclones drop to No.17 in AP poll

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February 22nd, 2016 by admin

Villanova remains No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll, holding its comfortable lead over Kansas.

The Wildcats (24-3) received 45 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday for its third week on top of the poll. Kansas (23-4) was No. 1 on 20 ballots to hold second.

Villanova will have its toughest test yet as the top-ranked team when the Wildcats travel to No. 5 Xavier on Wednesday.

Oklahoma and Virginia are tied for third and are followed in the top 10 by Xavier, Michigan State, North Carolina, Iowa, Arizona and Maryland.

No. 21 Texas A&M and No. 22 Utah return to the rankings this week, replacing Dayton, which dropped out from 15th, and Providence, which was 23rd.

 

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 21, 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 (45) 24-3 1,604 1
2. Kansas (20) 23-4 1,580 2
3. Oklahoma 21-5 1,393 3
3. Virginia 21-5 1,393 7
5. Xavier 24-3 1,368 8
6. Michigan St. 22-5 1,346 8
7. North Carolina 22-5 1,241 5
8. Iowa 20-6 1,144 4
9. Arizona 22-5 1,028 12
10. Maryland 23-5 976 6
11. Louisville 21-6 902 18
12. Miami 21-5 851 11
13. Oregon 21-6 842 16
14. West Virginia 20-7 772 10
15. Duke 20-7 674 20
16. Kentucky 20-7 627 14
17. Iowa St. 19-8 616 13
18. Indiana 22-6 571 22
19. Baylor 20-7 521 25
20. Purdue 21-7 357 17
21. Texas A&M 20-7 283 —
22. Utah 21-7 253 —
23. Notre Dame 18-8 185 19
24. SMU 22-4 154 21
25. Texas 17-10 104 24

Others receiving votes: Dayton 80, Providence 48, California 34, Wichita St. 33, Texas Tech 31, Wisconsin 27, Saint Joseph’s 20, VCU 19, Hawaii 12, South Carolina 12, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 10, Cincinnati 3, Valparaiso 3, San Diego St. 2, Southern Cal 2, Stephen F. Austin 1, UAB 1, UALR 1, UConn 1.