The top 25 teams in the Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, record through Sunday, points based on 25 for a first-place vote through one for a 25th-place vote, and preseason ranking:
No. School ... ... Record ... Pts ...Pvs
Arkansas (62) ... 0-0 ... 1,621 ...1
North Carolina (1) 0-0 ... 1,491 ..2
Massachusetts ... 0-0 ... 1,440 .. 3
Kentucky (1) ... 0-0 ... 1,384 ... 4
5. Arizona ... ... 0-0 .. .. 1,301 ... 5
6. UCLA ... ... .. 0-0 ... .. 1,256 .. 6
7. Maryland (1) ... 0-0 .. .. 1,180 .. 7
8. Duke ... ... .. 0-0 ... ... 1,146.. 8
9. Kansas ... .. . 0-0 ... ... 1,030.. 11
10. Florida ... .. 0-0 ... ... 1,023.. 10
11. Indiana ... .. 0-0 ... ... 999 .. 9
12. Cincinnati ... 0-0 ... ... 879 . 13
13. Michigan ... 0-0 ... ... 722 ...16
Georgetown ... 0-0 .... 711 ... 15
Wisconsin ... 0-0 ... 564 ... ..17
Connecticut ... 0-0 ... 482 .. .19
Michigan St. ... 0-0 ... 468 .. 20
18. Syracuse ... ... 0-1 ... 395 ...12
Oklahoma St. ... 0-0 ... 385 ...21
Virginia ... ... 1-1 ... 352 ...14
Villanova ... .. 0-0 ... 313 ...22
Georgia Tech ... 0-0 ... 258 ...23
Ohio U. ... ... 2-0 ... 216 .. .--
24. Wake Forest ... 0-0 ... 196 ... 24
25. Alabama ... .. 1-1 ... 170 ... .18
Others receiving votes: Memphis 160, George Washington 141, Illinois 141, New Mexico St. 130, Iowa St. 111, Tulane 61, Mississippi St. 59, Minnesota 45, Purdue 45, Louisville 37, Texas Tech 32, Texas 22, Temple 20, California 17, St. John's 14, Arizona St. 13, Brigham Young 13, LSU 12, W. Kentucky 12, Saint Louis 9, New Mexico 8, Florida St. 7, Penn 5, Utah 5, Marquette 4, N.C. Charlotte 4, Oklahoma 4, Coll. of Charleston 3, Coppin St. 3, Kansas St. 2, UNLV 2, Missouri 1, Old Dominion 1.