1. North Carolina 27-2 (38)  
2. Memphis 27-1 (21)
3. UCLA 26-3 (12)
4. Tennessee 26-3 (1)
5. Kansas 26-3
6. Duke 25-3
7. Stanford 24-4
8. Xavier 25-4  
9. Texas 24-5 (↓5)
10. Wisconsin 24-4
11. Georgetown 24-4 
12. Louisville 24-6
13. Connecticut 23-6
14. Butler 27-3
15. Purdue 21-6 
16. Vanderbilt 24-5
17. Michigan State 23-6
18. Indiana 24-5 (↓6)
19. Notre Dame 22-6
20. Drake 25-4
21. Marquette 21-7 
    
22. Gonzaga 23-6
23. Washington State 22-7 (↓4)
24. Clemson (NR)
25. Davidson (NR)

Dropped out: Saint Mary’s (25), Kent State (23).

Top 5 outside looking in: Brigham Young, Mississippi State, South Alabama, Pittsburgh, Saint Mary’s.

Conference breakdown:

• Big East:5
• Big 10: 4
• Atlantic Coast: 3
• Big XII: 3
• Pacific-10: 3
• Southeastern: 2
• West Coast: 1
• Atlantic 10: 1
• Conference USA: 1
• Horizon: 1
• Missouri Valley: 1
• Southern: 1

Notes:

-This is the most dispersed first-place voting in the polls since the beginning of the year.

-Marquette’s close loss at home to Georgetown boosts them up in the polls.

-Michigan State went 2-0 last week but did not move up. They go 1-1 this week and jump two spots.

-Butler, who has a 27-3 record and has held a better RPI than 23-6 Connecticut for most of the year, is behind the Huskies in the ranking.

-Davidson makes their second appearance in the Top 25 this season.

Monday, March 3rd, 2008 @ 2:47 pm AP Top 25
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