Made a lot of believers among Top 25 voters, too.
After running roughshod over the Jayhawks in the Champions Classic, the Wildcats routed Boston University and Montana State to cap a perfect week. The impressive performances allowed Kentucky to consolidate its spot atop the AP poll on Monday, earning all but three votes from the 65-member media panel.
Those three went to Wisconsin, which was ranked No. 2 ahead of Arizona. Duke and North Carolina round out the top five. Louisville, Texas, Virginia, Wichita State and Gonzaga are the rest of the top 10.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 23, 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. Kentucky (62) | 5-0 | 1,622 | 1 |
| 2. Arizona | 3-0 | 1,493 | 2 |
| 2. Wisconsin (3) | 4-0 | 1,493 | 3 |
| 4. Duke | 5-0 | 1,473 | 4 |
| 5. North Carolina | 3-0 | 1,315 | 6 |
| 6. Louisville | 3-0 | 1,220 | 7 |
| 7. Texas | 4-0 | 1,185 | 10 |
| 8. Virginia | 4-0 | 1,166 | 9 |
| 9. Wichita St. | 3-0 | 1,120 | 11 |
| 10. Gonzaga | 4-0 | 1,076 | 13 |
| 11. Kansas | 1-1 | 982 | 5 |
| 12. Villanova | 3-0 | 913 | 12 |
| 13. Iowa St. | 2-0 | 831 | 14 |
| 14. VCU | 3-0 | 761 | 15 |
| 15. San Diego St. | 3-0 | 735 | 16 |
| 16. Ohio St. | 3-0 | 557 | 20 |
| 17. Miami | 5-0 | 524 | — |
| 18. Florida | 2-1 | 467 | 8 |
| 19. Michigan | 3-0 | 402 | 24 |
| 20. Michigan St. | 2-1 | 400 | 19 |
| 21. West Virginia | 5-0 | 345 | — |
| 22. UCLA | 4-0 | 177 | — |
| 23. Creighton | 4-0 | 148 | — |
| 24. UConn | 3-1 | 145 | 17 |
| 25. Arkansas | 3-0 | 129 | — |
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 109, Stanford 80, Providence 63, Utah 38, Minnesota 21, N. Iowa 17, Rhode Island 16, Syracuse 15, Oklahoma St. 14, Georgetown 10, Memphis 10, Baylor 7, Indiana 6, California 5, Illinois 5, Nebraska 5, Cincinnati 4, NC State 4, Wyoming 4, Dayton 3, Maryland 3, UTEP 3, BYU 2, Northeastern 1, Xavier 1.
