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AP Top 25
| RANK | TEAM (1st) | POINTS | PREV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky Wildcats (65) | 1625 | 1 |
| 2 | Duke Blue Devils | 1559 | 2 |
| 3 | Virginia Cavaliers | 1457 | 5 |
| 4 | Wisconsin Badgers | 1395 | 6 |
| 5 | Louisville Cardinals | 1327 | 4 |
| 6 | Villanova Wildcats | 1316 | 7 |
| 7 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 1249 | 8 |
| 8 | Arizona Wildcats | 1243 | 3 |
| 9 | Iowa State Cyclones | 1005 | 12 |
| 10 | Utah Utes | 956 | 14 |
| 11 | Texas Longhorns | 903 | 9 |
| 12 | Maryland Terrapins | 869 | 15 |
| 13 | Kansas Jayhawks | 775 | 10 |
| 14 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 709 | 16 |
| 15 | St. John's Red Storm | 690 | 17 |
| 16 | Wichita State Shockers | 630 | 11 |
| 17 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 584 | 18 |
| 18 | Oklahoma Sooners | 530 | 19 |
| 19 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 483 | 20 |
| 20 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 435 | 21 |
| 21 | Washington Huskies | 253 | 13 |
| 22 | Baylor Bears | 238 | 22 |
| 23 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 216 | 23 |
| 24 | Colorado State Rams | 194 | 24 |
| 25 | Georgetown Hoyas | 140 | 26 |
| Others Receiving Votes: TCU (12-0) 132; Virginia Commonwealth (9-3) 101; San Diego State (10-3) 40; Arkansas (10-2) 27; George Washington (9-3) 7; LSU (9-2) 7; Old Dominion (10-1) 7; Penn State (12-1) 5; UNLV (9-3) 5; Indiana (10-3) 4; Florida (7-4) 2; Minnesota (11-2) 2; Stanford (7-3) 2; Army (9-2) 1; California (10-3) 1; Davidson (9-1) 1 | |||
Samaritan of the week:
This is going to become a feature here on an ongoing basis, generally to highlight the member of the AP who gave his vote to the program that wasn't going to get an help from anywhere else. Today's is John Feinstein. You might remember him as the clown who voted for Valpo last week. This week he's back, having somehow made an even worse pick by voting Army into the top 25. Army is 169th in the KenPom rankings and 144th in the Massey Composite. John Feinstein thinks that there aren't 25 better teams in the entire nation.