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The Top Twenty Five

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December 30th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 29, 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         Prv

              1.  Arizona  (60)                      13-0          1,620      1

              2.  Syracuse  (5)                      12-0          1,550      2

              3.  Ohio  St.                             13-0          1,462      3

              4.  Wisconsin                          13-0          1,408      4

              5.  Michigan  St.                     11-1          1,364      5

              6.  Oklahoma  St.                    11-1          1,278      7

              7.  Duke                                  10-2          1,144      9

              8.  Wichita  St.                        13-0          1,067    10

              9.  Baylor                                10-1          1,013    11

            10.  Oregon                               12-0             987    12

            11.  Villanova                           11-1             943      8

            12.  Florida                               10-2             915    13

            13.  Iowa  St.                            11-0             869    14

            14.  Louisville                          11-2             812      6

            15.  Kentucky                           10-3             753    18

            16.  Kansas                                 8-3             666    16

            17.  UConn                               11-1             647    15

            18.  Memphis                             9-2             625    17

            19.  North  Carolina                   9-3             413    19

            20.  Colorado                           11-2             373    21

            21.  San  Diego  St.                  10-1            371    20

            22.  Iowa                                  11-2            258    22

            23.  UMass                               11-1            160    23

            24.  Gonzaga                            11-2              78    24

            25.  Missouri                            11-1              76    25

     Others receiving votes: Illinois 57, Texas 40, George Washington 37, Oklahoma 36, Toledo 32, Florida St. 24, UCLA 19, Harvard 10, Michigan 7, Creighton 5, Kansas St. 3, Pittsburgh 2, LSU 1.