College basketball

AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 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	Pv
1. Arizona (69)	5-0	1,749	1
2. Alabama	7-0	1,620	2
3. Duke	5-0	1,566	3
4. Pittsburgh (1)	6-0	1,565	4
5. Oregon	6-0	1,435	5
6. Indiana	8-0	1,392	7
7. Oklahoma	5-1	1,326	6
8. Connecticut	6-0	1,148	9
9. Notre Dame	9-1	1,130	10
10. Texas	5-2	1,114	8
11. Missouri	6-0	1,026	11
12. Illinois	7-0	930	15
13. Florida	7-2	866	14
14. Marquette	6-1	771	16
15. Michigan St.	5-2	639	21
16. Mississippi St.	6-1	625	24
17. Stanford	5-1	589	19
18. Kentucky	5-2	525	12
19. Kansas	5-3	518	20
20. Creighton	7-0	476	23
21. Xavier	5-2	343	13
22. Tulsa	5-1	337	17
23. North Carolina	5-2	299	22
24. Maryland	4-3	248	18
25. Minnesota	6-1	103	-

Others receiving votes: N.C. State 70, Virginia 51, Georgetown 37, Saint Joseph's 34, Butler 32, Wake Forest 29, Coll. of Charleston 26, Texas Tech 23, Gonzaga 19, Oklahoma St. 16, Georgia 9, Iowa St. 9, West Virginia 9, Wyoming 9, LSU 7, Penn 7, Syracuse 5, UCLA 5, Kent St. 4, California 3, Baylor 2, Cincinnati 2, Louisville 1, Wisconsin 1.