College Sports: AP men’s basketball poll: Tennessee remains No. 1; Texas Tech drops a couple spots in Top 25 while OU, TCU receive votes

NEW YORK (AP) — Tennessee stayed atop the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for a second straight week.

The Volunteers earned 48 of 64 first-place votes in Monday’s poll to extend the program’s first stint at No. 1 since February 2008. Tennessee (18-1) has won 14 straight games.

The top six remained unchanged, with Duke sitting at No. 2, followed by Virginia, Gonzaga, Michigan and Michigan State. Kentucky moved past Nevada to reach No. 7, while North Carolina and Marquette each rose two spots to round out the top 10.

No. 15 Louisville had the week’s biggest jump — moving up eight spots — while No. 17 Purdue, No. 24 Wisconsin and No. 25 Florida State returned to the rankings.

Auburn, Iowa and Mississippi fell out of the poll.

The AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 27, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Team	Record	Points	Previous
1. Tennessee (48)	18-1	1575	1
2. Duke (12)	17-2	1527	2
3. Virginia (4)	18-1	1473	3
4. Gonzaga	19-2	1382	4
5. Michigan	19-1	1381	5
6. Michigan St.	18-3	1235	6
7. Kentucky	16-3	1226	8
8. Nevada	19-1	1158	7
9. North Carolina	15-4	1065	11
10. Marquette	18-3	973	12
11. Kansas	16-4	972	9
12. Virginia Tech	16-3	858	10
13. Houston	20-1	795	17
14. Villanova	16-4	734	18
15. Louisville	15-5	658	23
16. Texas Tech	16-4	561	14
17. Purdue	14-6	532	–
18. Buffalo	18-2	468	14
19. LSU	16-3	435	25
20. Iowa St.	15-5	327	24
21. Maryland	16-5	280	13
22. Mississippi St.	15-4	236	22
23. NC State	16-4	203	21
24. Wisconsin	14-6	179	–
25. Florida St.	15-5	141	–

Others receiving votes: Auburn 85, Cincinnati 76, Washington 75, Kansas St 73, Oklahoma 41, Iowa 28, Wofford 10, Hofstra 9, TCU 7, Mississippi 7, Nebraska 6, Davidson 5, Syracuse 3, Minnesota 1.