Syracuse moves in, giving Big East gets record eight teams in AP poll

AP Top 25 Rank School Record Pts Pvs 1. North Carolina (72) 7-0 1,800 1 2. Connecticut 6-0 1,723 2 3. Pittsburgh 7-0 1,592 4 4. Duke 7-0 1,526 7 5. Gonzaga 5-0 1,489 9 6. Oklahoma 6-0 1,437 11 7. Notre Dame 5-1 1,359 8 8. Texas 5-1 1,231 6 9. Purdue 5-1 1,086 10 10. Tennessee 5-1 1,016 12 11. Louisville 2-1 1,003 3 12. UCLA 4-1 966 13 13. Michigan St. 4-1 946 5 14. Xavier 6-0 902 16 15. Wake Forest 6-0 736 19 16. Syracuse 6-0 668 -- 17. Villanova 6-0 570 20 18. Memphis 4-1 526 18 19. Arizona St. 5-1 401 14 20. Georgetown 4-1 388 21 21. Miami 4-1 309 22 22. Davidson 5-1 286 24 23. Florida 5-1 281 17 24. Baylor 6-1 272 -- 25. Marquette 5-1 221 15 Others receiving votes: Kansas 186, Dayton 109, Wisconsin 100, Clemson 72, Ohio St. 52, Florida St. 28, BYU 23, Michigan 18, LSU 16, Washington St. 15, Illinois 12, UAB 8, Butler 6, Missouri 6, Texas A&M 6, Saint Mary's, Calif. 5, Southern Cal 2, Navy 1, Nebraska 1.

Syracuse moved into the Top 25 on Monday, giving the Big East Conference a record eight teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll.

North Carolina (7-0) remained the unanimous No. 1 selection of the 72-member national media panel, while No. 2 Connecticut and No. 3 Pittsburgh started the Big East's collection of ranked teams.

Also ranked from the 16-member league were No. 7 Notre Dame, No. 11 Louisville, No. 16 Syracuse, No. 17 Villanova, No. 20 Georgetown and No. 25 Marquette.

A week of early season tournaments prompted several changes in the rankings. While Baylor moved in at No. 24, defending national champion Kansas and Wisconsin fell out.

The rest of the top ten was Duke, Gonzaga, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Texas, Purdue and Tennessee.

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