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Men's AP Poll Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 11, 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. North Carolina (29);0-0;1,737;1

2. UCLA (24);1-0;1,710;2

3. Memphis (18);2-0;1,686;3

4. Kansas;2-0;1,566;4

5. Georgetown (1);1-0;1,503;5

6. Louisville;0-0;1,394;6

7. Tennessee;1-0;1,386;7

8. Indiana;0-0;1,172;9

9. Washington St.;1-0;1,142;10

10. Marquette;1-0;1,026;11

11. Oregon;2-0;1,003;12

12. Michigan St.;0-0;976;8

13. Duke;1-0;917;13

14. Gonzaga;1-0;779;14

15. Texas A&M;1-0;693;16

16. Texas;0-0;684;15

17. Arizona;0-0;581;17

18. Arkansas;1-0;558;19

19. Pittsburgh;3-0;413;22

20. Stanford;3-0;389;23

21. N.C. State;0-0;382;21

22. Kansas St.;2-0;297;25

23. S. Illinois;0-0;282;24

24. Villanova;1-0;190;—

25. Butler;1-0;122;—

Others receiving votes: Syracuse 118, Clemson 99, Xavier 95, Connecticut 56, Florida 56, Davidson 55, Ohio St. 55, Mississippi St. 51, Va. Commonwealth 25, West Virginia 22, Notre Dame 21, Wisconsin 21, Virginia 18, Kentucky 16, Alabama 15, Vanderbilt 11, BYU 10, Maryland 8, Missouri 8, Gardner-Webb 7, Nevada 6, Washington 6, Akron 5, Oklahoma 5, Mercer 4, Providence 4, Southern Cal 4, George Mason 3, Houston 2, San Diego St. 2, Southern Miss. 2, Illinois 1, W. Kentucky 1.

Men’s USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 11, 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. North Carolina (14);0-0;747;1

2. UCLA (10);1-0;744;2

3. Memphis (6);2-0;715;3

4. Kansas (1);2-0;680;4

5. Georgetown;1-0;636;5

6. Louisville;0-0;610;6

7. Tennessee;1-0;606;7

8. Indiana;0-0;504;9

9. Washington State;1-0;502;10

10. Duke;1-0;428;11

11. Marquette;1-0;404;12

12. Michigan State;0-0;400;8

13. Oregon;2-0;398;13

14. Gonzaga;1-0;320;t14

15. Texas A&M;1-0;289;t14

16. Texas;0-0;269;16

17. Arizona;0-0;266;17

18. Arkansas;1-0;205;19

19. Pittsburgh;3-0;201;20

20. Stanford;3-0;191;21

21. Southern Illinois;0-0;155;23

22. North Carolina State;0-0;127;24

23. Villanova;1-0;114;25

24. Kansas State;2-0;89;NR

25. Syracuse;0-0;69;NR

Others receiving votes: Clemson 51; Davidson 41; Butler 40; Xavier 38; Wisconsin 36; Connecticut 26; Florida 26; Mississippi State 23; Southern California 17; Ohio State 15; Alabama 14; Brigham Young 14; Washington 14; Illinois 11; Utah 6; Virginia Commonwealth 6; Old Dominion 4; Saint Joseph’s 4; George Mason 3; Notre Dame 3; Oklahoma 3; Vanderbilt 3; California 2; Virginia 2; Kentucky 1; Maryland 1; Mercer 1; San Diego State 1.

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