Tennessee's men's basketball team has surged to the top of The Associated Press college basketball poll for the first time on the strength of Saturday night's victory over Memphis in a numbers 1-vs.-2 matchup.
The 25-and-2 Volunteers are a runaway choice, named first on 69 of the 72 ballots cast by a nationwide panel of media members. The Tigers, who lost for the first time this season after opening 26-and-0, slip to Number-2.
North Carolina, the Number-1 team in the preseason poll and for the first 10 weeks of the regular season, remains third. The Tar Heels received two first-place votes, while UCLA, which jumps from sixth to fourth was named first on one ballot.
Texas moves up two spots to fifth, followed by Kansas, Duke, Stanford, Xavier and Wisconsin.
Georgetown is 11th, followed by Indiana, Louisville, Butler, Connecticut, Purdue, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Michigan State and Drake. The last five ranked teams are Marquette, Washington State, Kent State, Gonzaga and Saint Mary's.
Tennessee is the 53rd school to hold the No. 1 ranking since the poll began for the 1948-49 season.
Here are the top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through February 24th, 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. Tennessee (69) 25-2 1,797 2
2. Memphis 26-1 1,682 1
3. North Carolina (2) 26-2 1,668 3
4. UCLA (1) 24-3 1,593 6
5. Texas 23-4 1,478 7
6. Kansas 24-3 1,368 4
7. Duke 23-3 1,344 5
8. Stanford 22-4 1,264 9
9. Xavier 24-4 1,228 10
10. Wisconsin 23-4 1,175 11
11. Georgetown 22-4 1,101 12
12. Indiana 23-4 969 15
13. Louisville 22-6 828 18
14. Butler 25-3 752 8
15. Connecticut 21-6 688 13
16. Purdue 21-6 655 14
17. Notre Dame 21-5 630 21
18. Vanderbilt 23-4 627 20
19. Michigan St. 22-5 625 19
20. Drake 24-3 621 16
21. Marquette 20-6 389 25
22. Washington St. 21-6 364 17
23. Kent St. 23-5 125 __
24. Gonzaga 21-6 94 __
25. Saint Mary's, Calif. 23-4 77 23
Others receiving votes: Miami 62, Davidson 40, Clemson 26, Texas A 21, BYU 20, Kansas St. 14, South Alabama 14, Arizona 11, Southern Cal 11, Mississippi St. 8, Pittsburgh 7, Stephen F.Austin 7, Va. Commonwealth 4, Florida 3, Kentucky 3, W. Kentucky 3, Arizona St. 1, Cornell 1, New Mexico 1, UAB 1.
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