{"id":160206,"date":"2018-12-17T15:06:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T21:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=160206"},"modified":"2018-12-18T08:15:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T14:15:41","slug":"ap-top-25-mens-basketball-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=160206","title":{"rendered":"AP Top 25 Men&#8217;s Basketball Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"story_content\" class=\"ng-binding\">The top twenty five teams in The Associated Press&#8217; men&#8217;s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week&#8217;s ranking:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Record<\/th>\n<th>Pts<\/th>\n<th>Prv<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1. Kansas (56)<\/td>\n<td>9-0<\/td>\n<td>1586<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2. Duke (5)<\/td>\n<td>9-1<\/td>\n<td>1488<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3. Tennessee (2)<\/td>\n<td>8-1<\/td>\n<td>1464<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4. Michigan (1)<\/td>\n<td>11-0<\/td>\n<td>1442<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5. Virginia (1)<\/td>\n<td>9-0<\/td>\n<td>1400<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6. Nevada<\/td>\n<td>11-0<\/td>\n<td>1319<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7. Auburn<\/td>\n<td>9-1<\/td>\n<td>1156<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8. Gonzaga<\/td>\n<td>9-2<\/td>\n<td>1147<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9. North Carolina<\/td>\n<td>8-2<\/td>\n<td>1126<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10. Michigan St.<\/td>\n<td>9-2<\/td>\n<td>1070<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11. Florida St.<\/td>\n<td>8-1<\/td>\n<td>949<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12. Texas Tech<\/td>\n<td>10-0<\/td>\n<td>912<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13. 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