College basketball poll
Wisconsin moves into top 25 The top six teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll held their spots from last week, and the only change in the rankings came at the bottom with Wisconsin moving in at No. 25.
Arizona, Kansas, Texas, Alabama, Pittsburgh and Duke were Nos. 1-6 for the second straight week.
The Wildcats (1-0) opened the season with a 107-68 victory over Western Kentucky, a loss that dropped the Hilltoppers out of the Top 25. Arizona received 60 first-place votes and 1,740 points from the national media panel.
Kansas (2-0), which beat Holy Cross and North Carolina-Greensboro to advance to the semifinals of the Preseason NIT, had nine first-place votes and 1,679 points.
Pittsburgh, which beat Duquesne 82-67 in its opener last week, was the only other team to receive a No. 1 vote.
Florida, which also advanced to the semifinals of the Preseason NIT, and Oklahoma traded places from last week and were ranked seventh and eight, respectively.
Michigan State and Oregon were again ranked Nos. 9 and 10.
Maryland moved up one spot to lead the second ten and was followed by Connecticut, Marquette, UCLA, Kentucky, Xavier, Georgia, Missouri, Indiana and Gonzaga.
The last five ranked teams were Cincinnati, Tulsa, Mississippi State, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Wisconsin (3-0), which beat Wisconsin-Milwaukee 83-72 in its only game last week, is ranked for the first time since being in the poll for the entire 2000-01 season. The Badgers, who have won their three games this season by an average of 21.7 points, reached as high as 10th that season.
Western Kentucky dropped out of the rankings from 19th after the loss at Arizona.
The only other ranked teams to lose last week were Xavier, which dropped from 11th to No. 16 after losing 63-62 at Stanford in the second round of the Preseason NIT, and Mississippi State, which fell from 12th to No. 23 after a 79-76 loss to Louisiana-Lafayette.
The Bulldogs played without Mario Austin, who is still awaiting an eligibility ruling from the NCAA.