The Orange (23-0) received all 65 first-place votes from the national media panel Monday. Arizona, Florida, Wichita State, San Diego State and Villanova remained second through sixth. Wichita State (25-0) is the only other unbeaten team in Division I.
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Kansas moved up one spot to seventh and Duke jumped three spots to eighth. Michigan State and Cincinnati round out the Top Ten.
Wisconsin and Ohio State, Nos. 21 and 22, both returned to the rankings after a one-week absence. SMU, which beat then-No. 7 Cincinnati last week, moved in at No. 23, the Mustangs' first ranking since the next-to-last poll of 1984-85, a season they were ranked as high as No. 2.
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Gonzaga fell out of the Top 25.
Top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 9, 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. Syracuse (65) 23-0 1,625 1 2. Arizona 23-1 1,525 2 3. Florida 21-2 1,477 3 4. Wichita St. 25-0 1,445 4 5. San Diego St. 21-1 1,373 5 6. Villanova 21-2 1,288 6 7. Kansas 18-5 1,234 8 8. Duke 19-5 1,130 11 9. Michigan St. 20-4 1,025 9 10. Cincinnati 22-3 970 7 11. Iowa St. 18-4 925 16 12. Saint Louis 22-2 908 13 13. Louisville 19-4 866 14 14. Kentucky 18-5 769 18 15. Michigan 17-6 702 10 16. Iowa 18-6 686 17 17. Virginia 19-5 608 20 18. Creighton 19-4 552 12 19. Texas 18-5 417 15 20. Memphis 18-5 333 24 21. Wisconsin 19-5 242 — 22. Ohio St. 19-5 214 — 23. SMU 19-5 205 — 24. UConn 18-5 194 22 25. Pittsburgh 20-4 175 25 Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 99, Gonzaga 44, UCLA 43, New Mexico 23, Oklahoma St. 10, George Washington 6, Southern Miss. 6, Stephen F. Austin 3, Arizona St. 1, Kansas St. 1, North Carolina 1.
