TOP 25 MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL…
UNDATED (AP) – Look down this week’s Top 25 and you won’t find Duke listed.
The Blue Devils have dropped out of The Associated Press college basketball poll for the first time in more than eight years after losing four of their last five to drop to 15-6.
Oklahoma tops the poll for the third straight week after picking up 45 first-place votes. North Carolina got the other 20 and stays No.2.
Villanova moves up three spots to third, followed by Maryland and Iowa.
Xavier comes in at No. 6, with Kansas, Texas A&M, Virginia and Michigan rounding out the top ten.
T25-WOMEN’S POLL…
UNDATED (AP) – Connecticut remains the unanimous No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll after winning its two games last week by an average of 53 1/2 points.
South Carolina, Notre Dame, Baylor and Maryland round out the top five. The Gamecocks will take on the Huskies next Monday.
Tennessee is ranked 23rd despite losing two games last week, dropping the Lady Vols to 13-8. That extends their streak to 563 consecutive weeks of being ranked, dating to Feb. 17, 1985.
