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Hawkeyes up to No. 3 in AP Poll, Sooners stay No. 1

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January 25th, 2016 by admin

Oklahoma, despite losing to Iowa State last week, remains No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll. Unlike last week, when the Sooners were a unanimous No. 1, North Carolina is a close second.

Oklahoma (16-2) received 36 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday, seven more than the Tar Heels (18-2), who remained second.

Iowa jumped from ninth to third, the Hawkeyes’ highest ranking since January 1987. They were followed by Kansas and Texas A&M, which is at its highest ranking ever. Villanova, Xavier, Maryland, West Virginia and Providence round out the Top Ten.

Wichita State, Oregon and Notre Dame — all of whom have been ranked during the season — are the week’s newcomers replacing Butler, Southern California and South Carolina.

Iowa is ranked 4th in the USA Today Coaches Poll, while Iowa State is 16th.  North Carolina jumped to the top spot in that poll.

 

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 24, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv
1. Oklahoma (36) 16-2 1,592 1
2. North Carolina (29) 18-2 1,586 2
3. Iowa 16-3 1,473 9
4. Kansas 16-3 1,369 3
5. Texas A&M 17-2 1,332 10
6. Villanova 17-3 1,261 4
7. Xavier 17-2 1,186 5
8. Maryland 17-3 1,111 7
9. West Virginia 16-3 1,105 6
10. Providence 17-3 1,005 16
11. Virginia 15-4 903 13
12. Michigan St. 17-4 869 11
13. SMU 18-1 838 8
14. Iowa St. 15-4 792 19
15. Miami 15-3 753 15
16. Louisville 16-3 719 17
17. Baylor 15-4 594 13
18. Arizona 16-4 502 12
19. Indiana 17-3 466 25
20. Kentucky 15-4 403 23
21. Purdue 17-4 328 22
22. Wichita St. 14-5 151 —
23. Oregon 16-4 149 —
24. Duke 15-5 145 20
25. Notre Dame 14-5 136 —

Others receiving votes: Dayton 77, South Carolina 74, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 42, Pittsburgh 38, Southern Cal 27, Butler 26, Clemson 18, VCU 17, Hawaii 9, Valparaiso 9, UConn 5, Utah 5, UAB 4, Chattanooga 2, Colorado 1, Grand Canyon 1, Michigan 1, Navy 1.