Kentucky is still No. 1, and this time on top of every ballot.
The Wildcats (9-0) became a unanimous No. 1 team in the new AP poll Monday, getting the first-place votes on all 64 ballots cast.
Syracuse spent two weeks as a unanimous No. 1 last season.
Wisconsin had been getting some first-place votes before its 80-70 loss last week to Duke. The Badgers slipped from second to fifth in the new rankings.
Duke (8-0) replaced Wisconsin at No. 2, jumping ahead of No. 3 Arizona (8-0), which stayed undefeated with a 66-63 overtime victory against No. 9 Gonzaga over the weekend.
Louisville was up one spot to fourth. Virginia, Villanova, Texas, Gonzaga and Kansas rounded out the top 10.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Kentucky (64) | 9-0 | 1,600 | 1 |
| 2. Duke | 8-0 | 1,518 | 4 |
| 3. Arizona | 8-0 | 1,486 | 3 |
| 4. Louisville | 7-0 | 1,319 | 5 |
| 5. Wisconsin | 8-1 | 1,316 | 2 |
| 6. Virginia | 9-0 | 1,285 | 7 |
| 7. Villanova | 8-0 | 1,173 | 10 |
| 8. Texas | 7-1 | 1,155 | 6 |
| 9. Gonzaga | 7-1 | 1,145 | 9 |
| 10. Kansas | 6-1 | 1,083 | 11 |
| 11. Wichita St. | 5-1 | 929 | 8 |
| 12. Ohio St. | 6-1 | 808 | 14 |
| 13. Utah | 6-1 | 717 | 25 |
| 14. Iowa St. | 5-1 | 668 | 20 |
| 15. Butler | 7-1 | 593 | 23 |
| 16. Oklahoma | 5-2 | 557 | 22 |
| 17. Washington | 7-0 | 428 | — |
| 18. San Diego St. | 6-2 | 390 | 13 |
| 19. Maryland | 8-1 | 370 | 21 |
| 20. Miami | 8-1 | 359 | 15 |
| 21. North Carolina | 6-2 | 350 | 12 |
| 22. West Virginia | 8-1 | 313 | 16 |
| 23. N. Iowa | 8-0 | 232 | — |
| 24. St. John’s | 6-1 | 211 | — |
| 25. Notre Dame | 8-1 | 200 | — |
Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 120, Illinois 91, Georgetown 62, Iowa 60, Seton Hall 57, Baylor 49, TCU 45, Colorado St. 28, Arkansas 22, California 19, Michigan 14, Creighton 7, VCU 6, LSU 5, Indiana 3, NC State 3, Old Dominion 2, Dayton 1, Yale 1.