The upset of the season so far came late Saturday night: UNLV 90, UNC 80. And with that, North Carolina lost its top spot in the USA TODAY/ESPN men’s basketball coaches poll. Kentucky is the new No. 1 after receiving 22 of 31 first-place votes. The Wildcats are 6-0, and they’ll face the team they just passed — North Carolina — at noon on Saturday in Lexington, Ky.
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Rank
|
Team (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
|
|
1.
|
Kentucky (22) |
6-0
|
765
|
2
|
|
|
2.
|
Ohio State (8) |
6-0
|
748
|
3
|
|
|
3.
|
Syracuse (1) |
6-0
|
701
|
5
|
|
|
4.
|
Duke |
7-0
|
691
|
6
|
|
|
5.
|
North Carolina |
5-1
|
628
|
1
|
|
|
6.
|
Louisville |
5-0
|
620
|
7
|
|
|
7.
|
Wisconsin |
6-0
|
530
|
11
|
|
|
8.
|
Baylor |
5-0
|
509
|
10
|
|
|
9.
|
Florida |
4-1
|
493
|
9
|
|
|
10.
|
Connecticut |
6-1
|
456
|
4
|
|
|
11.
|
Xavier |
4-0
|
447
|
12
|
|
|
12.
|
Alabama |
7-0
|
443
|
13
|
|
|
13.
|
Missouri |
6-0
|
356
|
21
|
|
|
14.
|
Kansas |
3-2
|
342
|
14
|
|
|
15.
|
Michigan |
5-1
|
310
|
15
|
|
|
16.
|
Marquette |
5-0
|
309
|
17
|
|
|
17.
|
Pittsburgh |
5-1
|
287
|
16
|
|
|
18.
|
Gonzaga |
4-0
|
248
|
19
|
|
|
19.
|
Vanderbilt |
5-1
|
200
|
22
|
|
|
20.
|
UNLV |
7-0
|
186
|
NR
|
|
|
21.
|
Memphis |
2-2
|
145
|
8
|
|
|
22.
|
Creighton |
5-0
|
104
|
25
|
|
|
23.
|
California |
5-1
|
98
|
18
|
|
|
24.
|
Mississippi State |
7-1
|
86
|
NR
|
|
|
25.
|
Saint Louis |
6-0
|
78
|
NR
|
|
|
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| Dropped out | |||||
| No. 20 Florida State (5-2), No. 23 Arizona (4-2), No. 24 Texas A&M (4-1). | |||||
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| Others receiving votes | |||||
| Texas A&M 63; Harvard 61; Arizona 27; Florida State 25; Purdue 25; Northwestern 23; San Diego State 20; Cleveland State 12; Georgetown 8; Michigan State 8; Illinois 7; George Mason 3; Indiana 3; Marshall 3; Washington 3; Texas 2; Cincinnati 1; Stanford 1. | |||||
