By Jim O'Connell
The Associated Press

At least the UConn men's team is still No. 1. On the day Connecticut's women dropped out of the top spot after their first loss of the season, the men held the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press poll for a fourth straight week.

The Huskies were a runaway choice Monday, with Duke staying at No. 2.

Connecticut's run atop the Top 25 follows a month that saw the No. 1 ranking change four times, from UConn to Kansas to Florida and back to UConn.

The Huskies were No. 1 in the preseason poll and for the first two polls of the regular season.

Providence was the only newcomer, replacing Missouri, which became the second team this season to get as high as No. 3 and then fall out of the rankings.

Connecticut (11-1), which beat Massachusetts and Rice last week, received 50 first-place votes and 1,752 points from the national media panel.

Duke (10-1), a winner against Davidson and Clemson, was No. 1 on five ballots and had 1,673 points.

Arizona, Stanford, Wake Forest, Oklahoma and Kentucky all moved up one spot to take places No. 3 to No. 7. Georgia Tech (12-1), which lost to Georgia 83-80 in double overtime Saturday, fell from third to No. 8, the week's biggest drop.

Arizona (9-1), Stanford (11-0) and Wake Forest (9-0) each received five first-place votes, while Oklahoma (10-0) had two.

Saint Joseph's moved up one place to ninth, the Hawks' highest ranking since they were No. 5 in the final poll of the 1965-66 season.

Louisville rounded out the Top 10.

Cincinnati was No. 11, followed by North Carolina, Kansas, Florida, Pittsburgh, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Texas, Illinois and Vanderbilt.

The last five ranked teams were Wisconsin, Mississippi State, Marquette, Purdue and Providence.

The Friars (8-1), who have won five straight games, are ranked for the first time since Feb. 19, 2001. Their biggest win of the season was 70-51 over Illinois in the Jimmy V Classic; the only loss was 89-79 against Rhode Island.

Missouri (5-4) fell out from No. 23 after losing 71-67 to Belmont, the Tigers' fourth loss in five games. The other losses were to Gonzaga, Illinois and Memphis.

Missouri was fifth in the preseason poll and moved to No. 3 before its losing streak began. The team then fell to 10th, 11th, 23rd and out of the rankings over the next four weeks.

Michigan State (5-6) was third in the preseason poll and in the first two polls of the regular season before its fall from fifth to 21st and then out.

There are two Top 10 matchups this weekend: Stanford at Arizona on Saturday, and Oklahoma at Connecticut on Sunday.

AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in the Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 4, 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. Connecticut (50)	11-1	1,752	1
2. Duke (5)	10-1	1,673	2
3. Arizona (5)	9-1	1,533	4
4. Stanford (5)	11-0	1,528	5
5. Wake Forest (5)	9-0	1,477	6
6. Oklahoma (2)	10-0	1,408	7
7. Kentucky	9-1	1,390	8
8. Georgia Tech	12-1	1,282	3
9. Saint Joseph's	11-0	1,252	10
10. Louisville	9-1	1,126	11
11. Cincinnati	9-0	1,023	12
12. North Carolina	8-2	964	9
13. Kansas	8-2	903	13
14. Florida	9-2	854	14
15. Pittsburgh	14-0	843	15
16. Gonzaga	10-2	760	16
17. Syracuse	9-1	745	17
18. Texas	7-2	576	19
19. Illinois	9-2	489	20
20. Vanderbilt	11-0	424	22
21. Wisconsin	9-2	305	18
22. Mississippi St.	11-0	267	24
23. Marquette	9-2	202	25
24. Purdue	10-3	131	21
25. Providence	8-1	130	-

Others receiving votes: Creighton 86, Texas Tech 83, Oklahoma St. 40, Memphis 29, Maryland 25, Florida St. 22, BYU 13, Seton Hall 13, Michigan 7, Missouri 6, W. Michigan 6, South Carolina 5, Utah St. 5, Boston College 4, Colorado St. 3, Dayton 3, LSU 3, Georgetown 2, Mississippi 2, Rhode Island 2, Boise St. 1, Boston U. 1, Georgia 1, Nebraska 1.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 4, 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. Connecticut (23)	11-1	757	1
2. Duke (6)	10-1	727	2
3. Arizona (1)	9-1	671	4
4. Wake Forest (2)	9-0	670	5
5. Kentucky	9-1	628	6
6. Stanford	11-0	615	7
7. Oklahoma	10-0	551	8
8. Georgia Tech	12-1	546	3
9. Saint Joseph's (1)	11-0	522	10
10. Cincinnati	9-0	496	11
11. Florida	9-2	416	12
12. Louisville	9-1	410	14
13. North Carolina	8-2	408	9
14. Kansas	8-2	388	13
15. Pittsburgh	14-0	349	16
16. Texas	7-2	291	17
17. Gonzaga	10-2	276	18
18. Wisconsin	9-2	243	15
19. Syracuse	9-1	237	20
20. Illinois	9-2	233	19
21. Vanderbilt	11-0	144	24
22. Marquette	9-2	112	23
23. Creighton	9-0	70	NR
24. Oklahoma State	9-1	51	NR
25. Purdue	10-3	50	21
25. Texas Tech	12-2	50	NR

Others receiving votes: Mississippi State 44; Florida State 20; Providence 19; LSU 15; Missouri 13; Maryland 8; Memphis 7; Western Michigan 6; Dayton 5; Brigham Young 4; Southern Illinois 4; Nevada 3; Boise State 2; Boston College 2; North Carolina State 2; Seton Hall 2; South Carolina 2; Arkansas State 1; Charlotte 1; Colorado 1; Iowa 1; Manhattan 1; Rice 1.

Rating Percentage Index

CARMEL, Ind. (AP) - The Rating Percentage Index (RPI) has been used by the NCAA since 1981 to supplement the selection of at-large teams and the seeding of all teams for the NCAA basketball tournament. This list is an independent duplication of the RPI without input from the NCAA, which does not release the RPI to the public. The basic RPI is derived from three component factors: Div. I winning percentage (25)%, schedule strength (50)%; and opponent's schedule strength (25)%. Games against non-Division I opponents are not used in calculating the RPI. Copyright 2004 Collegiate Basketball News Co.

Through Jan. 4

Schedule Strength

	W	L	Rating	Rank	RPI
1. St. Joseph's	11	0	.6756	6	.7230
2. Providence	8	1	.6525	11	.6952
3. Louisville	9	1	.6425	14	.6791
4. Wake Forest	9	0	.5540	89	.6697
5. Arizona	9	1	.6249	22	.6669
6. N. Carolina	8	2	.6567	9	.6636
7. Texas Tech	12	2	.6121	31	.6586
8. Stanford	11	0	.5523	90	.6565
9. Kentucky	9	1	.5751	63	.6552
10. Gonzaga	10	2	.6096	33	.6528
11. Wisconsin	9	2	.6215	24	.6484
12. Alabama	8	3	.6730	7	.6482
13. Boston College	10	2	.6049	37	.6429
14. Florida	9	2	.6182	27	.6419
15. Kansas	7	2	.6265	19	.6399
16. Duke	10	1	.5357	108	.6384
17. W. Michigan	8	1	.5495	92	.6369
18. Seton Hall	9	2	.5851	51	.6330
19. Georgia Tech	12	1	.5441	99	.6328
20. Rutgers	7	3	.6483	12	.6305
21. Cincinnati	9	0	.5007	159	.6305
22. Rhode Island	11	2	.5787	58	.6276
23. Vanderbilt	11	0	.4705	209	.6256
24. Maryland	8	3	.6205	25	.6243
25. BYU	8	2	.5811	53	.6234
69. Dayton	10	3	.4762	206	.5666
94. Ohio St.	8	5	.5349	112	.5497
103. Xavier	8	4	.4825	187	.5434
142. Miami-OH	3	5	.5762	61	.5084

Conferences

Schedule Strength

	W	L	Rating	Rank	RPI
1. Atlantic Coast(9)	81	18	.5729	1	.6232
2. Sthestrn (12)	111	20	.5091	12	.5974
3. Big East (14)	117	31	.5120	11	.5829
4. Big Ten (11)	81	43	.5524	4	.5679
5. Pacific 10 (10)	65	38	.5528	3	.5678
6. Mountain West(8)	59	27	.5290	7	.5654
7. C-USA(14)	97	46	.5209	8	.5611
8. Big 12 (12)	88	30	.4794	21	.5537
9. Atlantic 10 (12)	78	61	.5712	2	.5497
10. Wstrn Athl.(10)	57	37	.5133	10	.5362
11. West Coast (8)	52	52	.5433	5	.5260
12. Mssri Val.(10)	59	42	.4716	23	.5054
13. Mid-Amrcn (13)	57	61	.5078	13	.4994
14. Big West (10)	40	49	.4999	15	.4910
15. Clnl Athl.(10)	52	48	.4695	24	.4895
16. Southern (12)	46	66	.5062	14	.4800
17. Horizon (9)	44	52	.4835	20	.4774
18. Mid-Cntnnt(9)	31	63	.5305	6	.4739
19. Atlntc Sun (11)	37	57	.4978	16	.4703
20. Sun Belt (11)	46	60	.4646	27	.4675
21. Metro Atl.(10)	46	60	.4503	28	.4597
22. Big Sky (8)	31	58	.4887	19	.4591
23. Ohio Valley (11)	30	65	.5172	9	.4572
24. America E. (10)	45	61	.4276	31	.4414
25. Ivy League (8)	25	56	.4893	18	.4393
26. Big South (9)	27	62	.4785	22	.4391
27. Northeast (11)	36	64	.4483	29	.4322
28. Patriot (8)	31	51	.4257	32	.4252
29. Southland (11)	19	66	.4898	17	.4187
30. Indpndnts (4)	10	37	.4666	26	.3987
31. Sthwstrn (10)	22	70	.4446	30	.3954
32. Mid-Estrn (11)	19	88	.4693	25	.3935