Illinois Takes Top Ranking in AP Poll
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Illinois took an unusual route to the top of The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - Luther Head had a game-high 17 points and Dee Brown added 15 along with nine assists as top-ranked Illinois cruised to a 78-59 victory over in-state foe Chicago State at Assembly Hall.
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Oklahoma is the only No. 2. After a week of sharing the No. 2 ranking with Auburn, Oklahoma edged ahead of the Tigers in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday.
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The last time top-ranked Illinois got off to this fast a start, it reached the Final Four. Luther Head scored 18 points and shot 5-for-9 from 3-point range to lead the Illini
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Oklahoma is the only No. 2. After a week of sharing the No. 2 ranking with Auburn, the Sooners edged ahead of the Tigers in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday.
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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.
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Luther Head scored 17 points and Dee Brown added 15 points and nine assists as Illinois celebrated its new No. 1 ranking with a 78-59 victory over Chicago State on Monday night.
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There was little celebrating when Illinois men&#39;s players found out they were ranked No. 1 in the nation yesterday afternoon. There was a game to play at night.
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Florida passed Michigan and returned to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 and the coaches' poll on Sunday.
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Illinois and Kansas remained 1-2 in the AP college basketball poll for the sixth straight week, while Marquette and Oklahoma cracked the Top 25 for the first time this season Monday.
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Princeton takes the top spot in the latest U.S. News &amp; World Report college rankings, breaking a three-year tie for No. 1 with Ivy League rival Harvard.
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For more than a month, Ohio State has held the No. 1 spot in college football's all important and often controversial poll system.
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Illinois' eighth consecutive week as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press' college basketball poll was its first without Kansas as No. 2.
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Top-ranked Illinois jumps out to a 20-3 lead to start the game and coasts to a 60-47 victory over Indiana Sunday and stays unbeaten.
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Top-ranked Illinois had its lowest-scoring game of the season, but the Illini remained unbeaten with a 60-47 victory over Indiana on Sunday. James Augustine scored 16 points and Deron Williams' playmaking led to 24 more for Illinois (23-0, 9-0 Big Ten), which should remain the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a second straight week.
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-- For Indiana and Southern California, it was a short stay in the AP Top 25. Stanford and Vanderbilt will try to hang around longer now that they've cracked the rankings for the first time this season. No. 23 Stanford and 24th-ranked Vanderbilt entered The Associated Press college basketball poll...
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Even though Illinois moved to the top of the college basketball poll for the first time in almost 16 years, the Illini were too busy preparing for Chicago State to celebrate.