North Carolina is No. 1, KU fourth in AP college basketball poll
North Carolina is No. 1 in the first regular-season men’s college basketball poll by The Associated Press after opening with victories over Temple and Fairfield.
The Tar Heels were the preseason No. 1 for a record ninth time. They received 37 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel — 29 more than second-place Kentucky. Maryland is third with 14 first-place votes and Kansas is fourth with five first-place votes. Michigan State, which plays KU on Tuesday in the Champions Classic in Chicago, is 13th.
Defending national champion Duke is fifth and followed by Virginia, which had the other first-place vote.
Iowa State, Oklahoma, Wichita State and Gonzaga round out the top 10.
Oregon won its opener and joined the poll at No. 25. Wisconsin dropped out from 17th after losing to Western Illinois and beating Siena.
AP Top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. North Carolina (37) | 2-0 | 1,571 | 1 |
2. Kentucky (8) | 2-0 | 1,520 | 2 |
3. Maryland (14) | 1-0 | 1,496 | 3 |
4. Kansas (5) | 1-0 | 1,415 | 4 |
5. Duke | 2-0 | 1,348 | 5 |
6. Virginia (1) | 1-0 | 1,341 | 6 |
7. Iowa State | 1-0 | 1,189 | 7 |
8. Oklahoma | 0-0 | 1,095 | 8 |
9. Wichita State | 1-0 | 1,043 | 10 |
10. Gonzaga | 0-0 | 1,040 | 9 |
11. Villanova | 1-0 | 1,013 | 11 |
12. Arizona | 1-0 | 913 | 12 |
13. Michigan State | 1-0 | 837 | 13 |
14. Indiana | 1-0 | 763 | 15 |
15. California | 1-0 | 761 | 14 |
16. Utah | 1-0 | 514 | 16 |
17. Vanderbilt | 1-0 | 462 | 18 |
18. Notre Dame | 1-0 | 414 | 19 |
19. Connecticut | 1-0 | 373 | 20 |
20. Baylor | 1-0 | 368 | 22 |
21. Purdue | 2-0 | 291 | 23 |
22. Butler | 1-0 | 284 | 24 |
23. LSU | 1-0 | 283 | 21 |
24. Michigan | 1-0 | 141 | 25 |
25. Oregon | 1-0 | 121 | _ |
Others receiving votes: SMU 105, Texas A&M 83, West Virginia 78, Cincinnati 72, Louisville 39, Miami, Fla., 37, Wisconsin 25, Providence 14, Dayton 12, Florida State 10, Xavier 10, Iowa 8, Valparaiso 8, Texas 6, Rhode Island 5, BYU 4, Western Illinois 4, Oklahoma State 2, Old Dominion 2, UC Irvine 2, Colorado State 1, Washington 1, Yale 1.
Tod Palmer’s ballot: 1. North Carolina, 2. Maryland, 3. Kentucky, 4. Virginia, 5. Kansas, 6. Duke, 7. Iowa State, 8. Oklahoma, 9. Wichita State, 10. Villanova, 11. Michigan State, 12. Gonzaga, 13. Arizona, 14. California, 15. Indiana, 16. Vanderbilt, 17. Utah, 18. Baylor, 19. Notre Dame, 20. Purdue, 21. Connecticut, 22. Texas A&M, 23. Oregon, 24. LSU, 25. Butler.
This story was originally published November 16, 2015 at 12:54 PM with the headline "North Carolina is No. 1, KU fourth in AP college basketball poll."