The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 14, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Kentucky (23) 5-0 744 2
2. Connecticut (4) 7-1 690 4
3. Duke 6-1 668 5
4. North Carolina (1) 6-0 625 8
5. Arizona 4-1 605 9
6. Georgia Tech (3) 8-0 593 10
7. Kansas 5-1 562 7
8. Oklahoma 7-0 535 11
9. Wake Forest 5-0 492 12
10. Texas 5-1 489 6
11. Stanford 5-0 473 13
12. Saint Joseph's 7-0 424 15
13. Florida 5-2 397 1
14. Missouri 3-1 386 4
15. Gonzaga 7-1 367 18
16. Cincinnati 4-0 324 17
17. Purdue 7-1 301 16
18. Wisconsin 6-1 249 19
19. Illinois 6-2 218 14
20. Pittsburgh 7-0 202 23
21. Syracuse 3-1 164 21t
22. Louisville 4-1 144 25
23. Marquette 6-1 118 21t
24. Dayton 8-0 87 24
25. Michigan State 3-4 41 20
Others receiving votes: Maryland 34, Texas Tech 21, Creighton 16, Vanderbilt 16, Oklahoma State 13, Florida State 11, South Carolina 11, Auburn 8, Iowa 6, Brigham Young 5.