Three teams slip into poll

Lots of final exams, little change in the Associated Press’ Top 25 on Monday.

With North Carolina No. 1 for the seventh consecutive week, the top 15 teams in the poll held their spots from last week. However, there was movement near the bottom of the rankings with three teams moving in, two for the first time this season.

Miami and West Virginia jumped into the poll at Nos. 22 and 24, respectively, while Southern California again returned to the rankings at No. 25, this time after being out of the poll for one week.

North Carolina received 48 first-place votes and 1,772 points from the 72-member national media panel.

Memphis was No. 1 on 19 ballots and had 1,710 points.

Kansas and Texas, which were third and fourth, both received two first-place votes, while No. 5 Georgetown (8-0) had the only other No. 1 nod.