By The Associated Press -- Harvard is in The Associated Press' Top 25 for the first time. The Crimson are off to an 8-0 start that includes a win over then-ranked Florida State. They are one of four teams to join the Associated Press men's college basketball rankings. Georgetown, Creighton and Illinois have all been regulars compared to No. 25 Harvard.
Kentucky (8-0) beat North Carolina Saturday, and the Wildcats hold the No. 1 spot for a second straight week. They received 47 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel.
Ohio State (8-0) had the other 18 first-place votes to remain second. Syracuse, which beat Florida last week, moved up a spot to third. North Carolina, Louisville and Baylor are fourth through sixth, each advancing a place.
Memphis moves up one spot from No. 22 to No. 21. The Tigers play at Miami December 6th.
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Kentucky (47) 8-0 1,606
2 Ohio State (18) 8-0 1,575
3 Syracuse 8-0 1,491
4 North Carolina 6-2 1,328
5 Louisville 7-0 1,325
6 Baylor 7-0 1,283
7 Duke 7-1 1,264
8 Xavier 6-0 1,133
9 Connecticut 7-1 1,120
10 Missouri 7-0 1,009
11 Marquette 7-0 982
12 Florida 5-2 923
13 Kansas 5-2 833
14 Wisconsin 6-2 665
15 Pittsburgh 7-1 660
16 Alabama 7-1 635
17 Mississippi State 8-1 493
18 Georgetown 7-1 491
19 Creighton 7-0 352
20 Michigan 6-2 312
21 Memphis 4-2 216
22 Texas A&M 6-1 199
23 Gonzaga 5-1 197
24 Illinois 8-0 193
25 Harvard 8-0 191
Others receiving votes: UNLV 188, Vanderbilt 141, Michigan State 135, San Diego State 50, Virginia 26, Saint Louis 25, Stanford 23, Purdue 12, California 11, Cleveland State 9, Florida State 7, Kansas State 6, Arizona 5, Indiana 4, Murray State 2, Northern Iowa 2, Oregon State 2, UC Santa Barbara 1
Dropped from rankings: UNLV 18, Vanderbilt 20, Saint Louis 23, California 24
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