SYRACUSE (AP) -- Syracuse is a runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for the sixth straight week.
The Orange, one of three unbeatens entering play Monday, received 60 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel.
Kentucky was second with four first-place votes, followed by undefeated Baylor, which got its first No. 1 vote this season.
Duke and Missouri moved up four places to fourth and fifth, while Ohio State, Kansas, North Carolina, Michigan State and Georgetown round out the top 10.
Unbeaten Murray State moved from No. 15 to No. 12.
Illinois moved in at No. 22. Saint Mary's, Calif. is No. 24, its first appearance this season.
Gonzaga and Seton Hall dropped out of the poll.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record - Points - Previous Rank
1. Syracuse (60) 19-0 1,619 1
2. Kentucky (4) 17-1 1,558 2
3. Baylor (1) 17-0 1,503 4
4. Duke 15-2 1,380 8
5. Missouri 16-1 1,335 9
6. Ohio St. 16-3 1,312 5
7. Kansas 14-3 1,218 10
8. North Carolina 15-3 1,172 3
9. Michigan St. 15-3 1,119 6
10. Georgetown 14-3 884 11
11. Indiana 15-3 858 7
12. Murray St. 18-0 825 15
13. UConn 14-3 807 17
14. UNLV 16-3 651 12
15. Virginia 14-2 649 16
16. San Diego St. 15-2 621 22
17. Florida 14-4 596 19
18. Mississippi St. 15-3 590 20
19. Creighton 16-2 471 23
20. Michigan 14-4 461 13
21. Marquette 14-4 278 25
22. Illinois 15-3 257 -
23. Louisville 14-4 208 14
24. Saint Mary's (Cal) 17-2 167 -
25. Kansas St. 12-4 102 18
Others receiving votes: Vanderbilt 101, Wisconsin 90, Seton Hall 79, Gonzaga 64, New Mexico 61, Harvard 22, Cincinnati 17, Stanford 16, West Virginia 16, Alabama 10, Wichita St. 3, Iona 2, Florida St. 1, Northwestern 1, Wagner 1.
The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 15, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record - Points - Previous Rank:
1. Syracuse (31) 19-0 775 1
2. Kentucky 17-1 742 2
3. Baylor 17-0 714 4
4. Duke 15-2 654 6
5. Missouri 16-1 629 9
6. Ohio State 16-3 619 5
7. Kansas 14-3 591 10
8. North Carolina 15-3 569 3
9. Michigan State 15-3 509 7
10. Murray State 18-0 449 14
11. Connecticut 14-3 416 16
12. Georgetown 14-3 410 11
13. Indiana 15-3 358 8
14. Florida 14-4 304 19
15. Mississippi State 15-3 288 20
16. San Diego State 15-2 282 22
17. Virginia 14-2 269 17
18. Creighton 16-2 260 21
19. Michigan 14-4 259 13
20. UNLV 16-3 252 12
21. Louisville 14-4 130 15
22. Marquette 14-4 119 24
23. Saint Mary's 17-2 100 -
24. Harvard 15-2 61 25
25. Illinois 15-3 58 -
Others receiving votes: Vanderbilt 47, Kansas State 46, New Mexico 41, Wisconsin 27, Gonzaga 21, Middle Tennessee 21, Seton Hall 16, West Virginia 13, Wichita State 13, Alabama 7, Nevada 3, California 2, BYU 1.
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