Kentucky is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll for the first time since the 2009-10 season. Saint Louis is back in the Top 25 for the first time since 1993-94. The Wildcats (6-0) replaced North Carolina, which had been No. 1 since the preseason poll, on Monday, receiving 46 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. The Tar Heels (5-1) dropped to fifth following their 90-80 loss to UNLV in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational. Ohio State (6-0) moved up from third to second and had 17 first-place votes, while Duke (7-0), which won the EA Sports Maui Invitational, jumped from sixth to third and had the other two No. 1 votes. Syracuse, North Carolina, Louisville, Baylor, Connecticut, Wisconsin and Florida rounded out the top 10.
Here are the complete rankings:
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Kentucky (46) | 6-0 | 1,599 |
| 2 | Ohio State (17) | 6-0 | 1,564 |
| 3 | Duke (2) | 7-0 | 1,465 |
| 4 | Syracuse | 6-0 | 1,439 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 5-1 | 1,337 |
| 6 | Louisville | 5-0 | 1,259 |
| 7 | Baylor | 5-0 | 1,183 |
| 8 | Connecticut | 6-1 | 1,055 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | 6-0 | 1,045 |
| 10 | Florida | 4-1 | 1,040 |
| 11 | Xavier | 4-0 | 982 |
| 12 | Alabama | 7-0 | 912 |
| 13 | Missouri | 6-0 | 746 |
| 14 | Michigan | 5-1 | 681 |
| 15 | Kansas | 3-2 | 676 |
| 16 | Marquette | 5-0 | 637 |
| 17 | Pittsburgh | 5-1 | 537 |
| 18 | UNLV | 7-0 | 535 |
| 19 | Gonzaga | 4-0 | 525 |
| 20 | Vanderbilt | 5-1 | 482 |
| 21 | Mississippi State | 7-1 | 277 |
| 22 | Memphis | 2-2 | 269 |
| 23 | Saint Louis | 6-0 | 149 |
| 24 | California | 5-1 | 121 |
| 25 | Texas A&M | 4-1 | 115 |
- Others receiving votes: Creighton 104, Harvard 101, Michigan State 84, San Diego State 66, Georgetown 46, Florida State 24, Arizona 15, Illinois 13, Washington 12, Cleveland State 11, Purdue 6, Marshall 5, Stanford 3, Villanova 2, Virginia Tech 1, Northwestern 1, Cincinnati 1
- Dropped from rankings: Florida State 22, Arizona 23
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.
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