KU Drops To Sixth In AP Hoops Poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball

poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan.

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 Pvs

1. Ohio St. (63) 20-0 1,623 1

2. Pittsburgh (1) 19-1 1,528 5

3. Duke (1) 18-1 1,490 4

4. San Diego St. 20-0 1,386 6

5. Connecticut 16-2 1,314 8

6. Kansas 18-1 1,293 2

7. Texas 16-3 1,267 10

8. Villanova 17-2 1,199 7

9. BYU 19-1 1,095 9

9. Syracuse 18-2 1,095 3

11. Missouri 17-3 887 13

12. Purdue 17-3 881 14

13. Texas A&M 17-2 847 11

14. Kentucky 15-4 709 12

15. Notre Dame 16-4 691 16

16. Minnesota 15-4 656 15

17. Wisconsin 15-4 614 18

18. Washington 15-4 584 20

19. Vanderbilt 14-4 317 —

20. Illinois 14-6 279 23

21. Georgetown 14-5 276 23

22. Florida St. 15-5 218 —

23. Louisville 15-4 203 19

24. Florida 15-4 169 —

25. Michigan St. 12-7 97 17

Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 85, Arizona 68, West Virginia

62, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 55, Utah St. 53, Georgia 23, Xavier 12,

Memphis 11, Virginia Tech 8, Temple 7, Missouri St. 6, UNLV 4,

Tennessee 3, Baylor 2, Coastal Carolina 2, Va. Commonwealth 2,

Belmont 1, Duquesne 1, Harvard 1, Penn St. 1.