Kentucky remains No. 1 in the first Associated Press regular-season men’s basketball poll released Monday.
The Wildcats kept the top spot despite struggling for a half against Buffalo, earning 49 first-place votes from the 64-member national media panel. Arizona was at No. 2 and earned four first-place votes, with No. 3 Wisconsin receiving seven and No. 4 Duke four. Arizona edged the Badgers by 16 total points.
The poll was relatively unchanged from the preseason after every team but one went undefeated during the opening weekend.
No. 7 Louisville and No. 8 Florida swapped spots in the only change in the top 10. Kansas was fifth, North Carolina sixth, with Virginia and Texas closing out the top 10.
Harvard, tied for No. 25, dropped out after losing to Holy Cross.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 16, 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 (49) | 2-0 | 1,574 | 1 |
| 2. Arizona (4) | 2-0 | 1,491 | 2 |
| 3. Wisconsin (7) | 2-0 | 1,475 | 3 |
| 4. Duke (4) | 2-0 | 1,422 | 4 |
| 5. Kansas | 1-0 | 1,306 | 5 |
| 6. North Carolina | 2-0 | 1,254 | 6 |
| 7. Louisville | 1-0 | 1,130 | 8 |
| 8. Florida | 1-0 | 1,127 | 7 |
| 9. Virginia | 2-0 | 1,065 | 9 |
| 10. Texas | 2-0 | 1,061 | 10 |
| 11. Wichita St. | 1-0 | 1,002 | 11 |
| 12. Villanova | 1-0 | 858 | 12 |
| 13. Gonzaga | 1-0 | 841 | 13 |
| 14. Iowa St. | 1-0 | 746 | 14 |
| 15. VCU | 1-0 | 654 | 15 |
| 16. San Diego St. | 1-0 | 564 | 16 |
| 17. UConn | 1-0 | 525 | 17 |
| 18. Oklahoma | 1-0 | 466 | 19 |
| 19. Michigan St. | 1-0 | 443 | 18 |
| 20. Ohio St. | 1-0 | 361 | 20 |
| 21. Nebraska | 1-0 | 298 | 21 |
| 22. SMU | 1-0 | 290 | 22 |
| 23. Syracuse | 2-0 | 190 | 23 |
| 24. Michigan | 1-0 | 177 | 24 |
| 25. Utah | 1-0 | 118 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Stanford 63, Colorado 52, Iowa 48, UCLA 41, Kansas St. 29, Arkansas 23, Memphis 11, Minnesota 11, Notre Dame 10, Pittsburgh 10, Louisiana Tech 9, Dayton 7, Florida St. 6, NC State 6, Oklahoma St. 6, Cincinnati 5, George Washington 5, LSU 5, Illinois 3, Maryland 3, BYU 2, Baylor 2, UTEP 2, Georgetown 1, N. Iowa 1, Stephen F. Austin 1.