The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 23, 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. Duke (35) ‡ 11-1 1529 2
2. Michigan (9) ‡ 12-0 1472 4
3. Tennessee (12) ‡ 10-1 1471 3
4. Virginia (4) ‡ 11-0 1427 5
5. Kansas (4) ‡ 10-1 1386 1
6. Nevada ‡ 12-0 1316 6
7. Gonzaga ‡ 11-2 1199 8
8. Michigan St. ‡ 10-2 1146 10
9. Florida St. ‡ 11-1 1061 11
10. Virginia Tech ‡ 10-1 924 13
11. Texas Tech ‡ 10-1 845 12
12. Auburn ‡ 10-2 770 7
13. Ohio St. ‡ 11-1 737 15
14. North Carolina ‡ 8-3 678 9
15. Wisconsin ‡ 10-2 673 16
16. Kentucky ‡ 9-2 664 19
17. Arizona St. ‡ 9-2 626 18
18. Marquette ‡ 10-2 538 20
19. Mississippi St. ‡ 11-1 518 17
20. N.C. State ‡ 11-1 292 |_
21. Buffalo ‡ 11-1 279 14
22. Houston ‡ 12-0 274 21
23. Indiana ‡ 11-2 247 22
24. Iowa ‡ 10-2 178 23
25. Oklahoma ‡ 11-1 163 |_
Others receiving votes: Nebraska 160, Kansas St. 69, St. John’s 67, Villanova 44, Cincinnati 11, Iowa St. 11, TCU 6, Seton Hall 5, Louisville 4, Purdue 3, Belmont 2, Furman 2, NJIT 1, Penn 1, San Francisco 1.
