Ole Miss, Rhode Island crack the Top 25
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Last week's three big-time matchups caused plenty of movement in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday, except at the top. For the fourth straight week, North Carolina, Memphis and Kansas were the top three teams in the rankings. Then came the changes courtesy of the high-profile games that handed three teams their first loss of the season.
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The University of Massachusetts made its Atlantic 10 opener yesterday one for the record books, blowing out Rhode Island, 91-53, for its most points in 27 years and its best offensive output ever in 14 years of playing at the Mullins Center in Amherst.
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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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George Washington's weekend has to rank among the best in school history. The Colonials beat two Top 25 teams in winning the BB&amp;T Classic and have won five straight since a season-opening loss to top-ranked Wake Forest.
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Riding a five-game winning streak, Connecticut moved into the Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll yesterday for the first time since January 2007. UConn (16-5) checked in at No. 19, and Notre Dame (16-4) made its poll debut at No. 22, giving the Big East conference a nation-best five ranked teams. Memphis, the only remaining unbeaten, received all 72 ...
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Illinois was a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball for the third straight week Monday, while Charlotte moved into the Top 25 for the first time in six years.
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Mississippi State&#39;s Shane Power (21) drives past New Orleans guard Todd Bostic (11) in the first half of their game in New Orleans Monday night, Dec. 13, 2004.
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Southern California and Oklahoma made it 11 for 11 in the Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday. The top-ranked Trojans and second-ranked Sooners have lined up that way in the rankings since the preseason.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (Sports Network) - Lawrence Roberts  scored 19 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead  15th-ranked Mississippi State to a 66-52 victory over South  Alabama at Humphrey Coliseum.
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Auburn slipped from second to third in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, despite Saturday's 21-13 victory at Alabama in the Iron Bowl. Oklahoma's 35-0 rout of Baylor was enough to pull the Sooners ahead of the Tigers for second in the poll. Southern California remained No. 1.
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-- Memphis is still the only unbeaten and still a unanimous No. 1. The Tigers (23-0), easy winners over SMU and Central Florida last week, were a runaway choice at the top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a second straight week Monday.
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Chaz Carr scored 25 points to lead Boston University to a 73-68 win over Rhode Island last night in a nonconference game at Kingston, R.I.
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As the nation&#39;s No. 1 team, Wake Forest looks pretty good. So just imagine how the Demon Deacons will look tonight if they can knock off fifth-ranked Illinois in Champaign, Ill.
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Syracuse and Georgia Tech came close to pulling off huge upsets last week. Both were rewarded with a spot in the Top 25.
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Two decisive victories last Saturday vaulted the universities of Massachusetts and New Hampshire into the top 10 in the latest Division 1-AA football poll.
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Jason Maxiell scored 20 points and Eric Hicks had 18 points and 12 rebounds Wednesday night, helping No. 24 Cincinnati dominate up front for an 83-51 victory over Southern Mississippi.
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Eniel Polynice and Chris Warren both scored 15 points and No. 16 Mississippi escaped with a 74-71 win over undermanned LSU on Saturday.