Pacific Makes AP Top 25 for First Time
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Pacific moved into The Associated Press men's college basketball Top 25 for the first time in school history Monday thanks to a perfect start in the Big West.
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Auburn caught Oklahoma in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, creating a tie for second place behind No. 1 Southern California. It's the just the second tie for No. 2 in the history of the AP media poll. The other was Nov. 3, 1991, when Miami and Washington were tied behind No. 1 Florida State.
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The Crimson Tide jumped into The Associated Press poll Sunday at No. 16, its first time in the rankings since the final poll of the 2005 season.
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Duke's latest victory over a highly ranked team has convinced everyone now. The Blue Devils were unanimous at No. 1 in the AP women's basketball poll on Monday, receiving all 49 first-place votes from a national media panel.
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Maryland, which beat Duke on Saturday to become the first ACC team to sweep the regular season series from the Blue Devils in 10 years, moved back into the AP's Top 25 at 22nd.
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Air Force hopes its appearance in The Associated Press' Top 25 lasts longer than its previous one. The Falcons &#151; along with Notre Dame and Oregon &#151; moved into the rankings Monday for the first time this season. The only other time Air Force made the rankings was in the poll of March 9, 2004. The Falcons were gone the next week after losing to Colorado State in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament.
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LSU is closing in on Southern California in the AP Top 25, and Appalachian State is getting some recognition &#151; but not a ranking. After a surprisingly easy and thoroughly impressive victory over Virginia Tech, No. 2 LSU took 19 first-place votes from No. 1 USC in the AP Top 25 released Sunday.
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From LSU at No. 1 to Ohio State at No. 10, The AP women's basketball poll had no changes Monday.
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The Mountaineers open the season in The Associated Press top 10 for the first time in school history. There are great expectations in Morgantown these days.
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Daniel Hackett scored 19 points, O.J. Mayo added 18 points and a career-high six assists, and No. 25 Southern California did its typical excellent job on defense in beating Cal Poly 78-55 Saturday night.
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Southern California, Oklahoma and Auburn &#151; the top three teams in The Associated Press Top 25 &#151; all won easily Saturday. No. 4 Wisconsin had its national title hopes dashed, however, with a lopsided loss to Michigan State.
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A week after losing some support as the No. 1 team, Southern California got it right back. Top-ranked USC received 52 first-place votes, four more than last week, and 1,610 points in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday. In the previous poll, Southern Cal lost three first-place votes.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Southern California remained a strong No. 1 in the latest Associated Press college football poll after a 49-0 rout of Colorado State on Saturday.
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No joke. Rutgers is ranked. The Scarlet Knights, long a college football laughingstock, moved Sunday into The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in 30 years.
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Virginia moved into The Associated Press' men's college basketball Top 25 Monday, giving the Atlantic Coast Conference a record-tying seven teams in the poll.
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Ohio State, Kansas, Florida and North Carolina &#151; the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament &#151; held the top four spots in the final Associated Press college basketball poll Monday.
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Duke remained No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll and Ohio State matched its highest ranking in school history with a jump to third.