Tar Heels stay atop top 25 poll

North Carolina is once again the top team in the weekly Associated Press men's top-25 college basketball poll. The Tar Heels, who survived their first real test of the year yesterday with a win over Clemson, received 46 first-place votes while second-ranked Memphis got 25 and third-ranked Kansas one. Rounding out the top-five are Washington State and UCLA.

The second five this week are Michigan State, Georgetown, Tennessee, Duke and Indiana.

This week's second team consists of Texas A Texas, Vanderbilt, Butler, Marquette, Mississippi, Dayton, Clemson, Villanova and Pittsburgh.

The bottom five schools are Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Stanford, Xavier and Miami of Florida.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 6, 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. North Carolina (46) 15-0 1,768 1
2. Memphis (25) 13-0 1,742 2
3. Kansas (1) 14-0 1,674 3
4. Washington St. 13-0 1,532 4
5. UCLA 14-1 1,522 5
6. Michigan St. 13-1 1,422 6
7. Georgetown 11-1 1,332 7
8. Tennessee 12-1 1,282 8
9. Duke 11-1 1,257 9
10. Indiana 12-1 1,125 11
11. Texas A 14-1 1,102 12
12. Texas 13-2 944 14
13. Vanderbilt 15-0 925 15
14. Butler 13-1 822 16
15. Marquette 11-2 751 10
16. Mississippi 13-0 650 18
17. Dayton 12-1 554 20
18. Clemson 12-2 518 19
19. Villanova 11-2 465 17
20. Pittsburgh 12-2 461 13
21. Wisconsin 12-2 407 25
22. Rhode Island 14-1 393 23
23. Stanford 12-2 185 24
24. Xavier 12-3 128 __
25. Miami 13-1 85 __

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 78, Notre Dame 74, Arizona St. 53, West Virginia 42, Arizona 26, BYU 22, Drake 22, Saint Mary's, Calif. 12, Massachusetts 5, California 4, Louisville 3, Southern Cal 3, Connecticut 2, Ohio St. 2, Sam Houston St. 2, Florida 1, Illinois St. 1, New Mexico 1, Niagara 1.

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