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NEW YORK (AP) – Gonzaga is back in the top 25 ranking of men's college basketball by the AP.
The University of Kentucky remained stable in 4th place.
The Zags earned a spot Monday to start a second stint at No. 1 this season, both replacing Duke atop. They got 44 of 64 votes from first place.
Gonzaga (27-2) spent two weeks at No. 1 after defeating the Blue Devils to win the Maui Invitational in November. Mark Few's team lost after losing to Tennessee in December, followed by another in North Carolina, but has since won 18 games in a row.
Virginia won a place in second place and got 15 first-place votes, while the Blue Devils dropped to third after losing at home to North Carolina in a match that saw the star of the first year Zion Williamson hurt his right knee. in the first minute – complete with the image of his left foot ripping off his shoe as he fell to the ground.
The Tar Heels climbed to fifth place behind Kentucky. Michigan State, Tennessee, Houston, Michigan and Marquette complete the top 10.
Kansas' pre-season No. 1 dropped to 15th place, the lowest ranking of the Jayhawks since January 2014.
Three new additions were made to this week's survey. Wofford ranked # 24 for the first appearance of the AP survey in the program's history. The Terriers (24-4) are 16-0 in the South Conference and their only losses were suffered by teams from the UNC, Oklahoma, Kansas and Mississippi Power Conference.
Cincinnati and Washington both returned to the poll, while Louisville, Iowa State and reigning national champion Villanova, escaped.
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