COLLEGE BASKETBALL- MEN
By Craig Schaffer/AP
Nov 26, 2006, 08:31
UCLA is the new #1 this week's Associated Press men's college basketball poll.
The Bruins vaulted to the top ranking from #5 after
winning the Maui Invitational and losses by #1 Florida and
#2 North Carolina.
UCLA has occupied the top spot more than any other school.
This is the Bruins 129th poll with a #1 ranking, 19 more
than runner-up Duke.
Pittsburgh and Ohio State have each moved up one place to second and third while Florida is fourth.
The Bruins received first-place 36 votes from a nationwide media panel, Pittsburgh got 18, Ohio State had 15 and Florida received three.
Kansas jumps from tenth to fifth after knocking off Florida
Saturday night in Las Vegas. Alabama is sixth, followed by North Carolina, Marquette, Texas A-M and LSU.
The second ten are Duke, Wisconsin, Washington, Memphis,
Syracuse, Arizona, Wichita State, Georgetown, Butler and
Connecticut.
Rounding out this week's top 25 are Georgia Tech, Gonzaga,
Maryland, Nevada and Virginia.
Kentucky, Tennessee and Boston College dropped out of the poll.
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