The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
---|---|---|---|
1. Gonzaga (59) | 28-0 | 1618 | 1 |
2. Villanova (5) | 26-2 | 1556 | 2 |
3. Kansas (1) | 24-3 | 1503 | 3 |
4. Arizona | 25-3 | 1356 | 5 |
5. UCLA | 24-3 | 1316 | 6 |
6. Oregon | 24-4 | 1297 | 7 |
7. Louisville | 22-5 | 1267 | 8 |
8. North Carolina | 23-5 | 1138 | 10 |
9. Baylor | 22-5 | 1108 | 4 |
10. Duke | 22-5 | 1014 | 12 |
11. Kentucky | 22-5 | 943 | 13 |
12. West Virginia | 21-6 | 908 | 9 |
13. Florida | 22-5 | 822 | 15 |
14. Purdue | 22-5 | 807 | 16 |
15. Cincinnati | 24-3 | 733 | 18 |
16. Wisconsin | 22-5 | 713 | 11 |
17. SMU | 24-4 | 554 | 19 |
18. Virginia | 18-8 | 427 | 14 |
19. Florida State | 21-6 | 419 | 17 |
20. Saint Mary’s | 24-3 | 375 | 22 |
21. Notre Dame | 21-7 | 322 | 25 |
22. Butler | 21-6 | 295 | 24 |
23. Creighton | 22-5 | 178 | 20 |
24. Maryland | 22-5 | 159 | 23 |
25. Wichita State | 25-4 | 153 | — |
Others receiving votes: VCU 39, Northwestern 25, Iowa State 22, South Carolina 12, Southern Cal 10, Dayton 9, Middle Tennessee 8, Oklahoma State 7, Minnesota 5, Miami 2, Monmouth (N.J.) 2, Michigan 1, Vermont 1, Virginia Tech 1.