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UNDATED (AP) \u2014 Defending national champion Baylor has maintained its top spot in The Associated Press men\u2019s college basketball poll, though not without ceding a No. 1 vote to Arizona, while the six remaining unbeatens continued their rise.<\/p>\n
Duke stayed No. 2 after ending a two-week break with three easy wins. Purdue was third while Gonzaga and UCLA flip-flopped their spots, with the Bruins rounding out the top five while being on a COVID-19 pause. Arizona jumped two spots to No. 6. Providence and Wisconsin entered the AP Top 25 while UConn and Arkansas dropped out.<\/p>\n
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UNDATED (AP) \u2014 UConn\u2019s record 16-year run in the top 10 is over. The Huskies fell four spots to No. 11 in The Associated Press women\u2019s college basketball poll a day after losing to Louisville.<\/p>\n
UConn had been ranked among the first 10 teams in the poll for 313 straight weeks dating back to March 2005, when the team was also 11th. No. 10 Baylor now has the longest active streak, with 136 consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n
South Carolina remained the unanimous top choice, receiving all 29 first-place votes from a national media panel. The Gamecocks will face No. 2 Stanford on Tuesday in the second 1-vs-2 showdown this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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