UK ranked No. 1 in AP poll
Wildcats move up as Texas drops to No. 6
January 25, 2010, 2:51 p.m.
STAFF REPORT
The only unbeaten team in Division I, 19-0 Kentucky received all of the first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, its first time at No. 1 since the final poll of 2002-03.
The Wildcats, Kansas, Villanova, Syracuse and Michigan State all moved up one place from last week as Texas, which was No. 1 for two weeks, dropped to sixth after losing to Kansas State and Connecticut.
Georgetown, Duke, West Virginia and Purdue rounded out the top 10.
Xavier received 11 votes, good for 38th most. The last team to defeat the Musketeers, Temple, is ranked No. 15 in the new poll.