USA Today/ESPN Top 25

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs1. Connecticut (18) 9-1 750 22. Duke (6) 8-1 720 33. Georgia Tech (5) 11-0 657 44. Arizona 7-1 650 55. Wake Forest (1) 7-0 625 66. Kentucky 7-1 596 17. Stanford 9-0 567 88. Oklahoma 8-0 566 79. North Carolina 7-1 511 910. Saint Joseph's (1) 9-0 487 1011. Cincinnati 8-0 454 1212. Florida 8-2 381 1313. Kansas 6-2 377 1114. Louisville 7-1 362 2015. Wisconsin 8-1 359 1516. Pittsburgh 12-0 312 1717. Texas 5-2 287 1618. Gonzaga 8-2 277 1819. Illinois 7-2 256 1920. Syracuse 7-1 193 2121. Purdue 9-2 162 2222. Missouri 4-3 105 1423. Marquette 8-2 87 2424. Vanderbilt 9-0 47 NR25. Florida State 11-1 46 NR Others receiving votes: Dayton 41, Creighton 39, Texas Tech 29, Oklahoma State 25, Michigan 20, Maryland 13, Providence 12, Mississippi State 11, LSU 9, Seton Hall 5, Colorado 4, South Carolina 4, Southern Illinois 4, Iowa 3, Memphis 3, Nevada 3, Western Michigan 3, North Carolina State 2, Texas-El Paso 2, Toledo 2, Wichita State 2, Iowa State 1, Manhattan 1, Michigan State 1, Murray State 1, Rice 1.