Heels remain No. 1 in poll

The many holiday tournaments didn’t cause any changes at the top of the Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll.

The bottom of the Top 25, however, was another matter after 13 ranked teams lost a game last week.

North Carolina held its slim lead over No. 2 UCLA on Monday as the top five teams stayed the same from last week.

Five schools fell out of the Top 25, while others made significant jumps and falls.

The Tar Heels (5-0) received 28 first-place votes and 1,725 points from the 72-member national media panel.

UCLA (6-0) was again nine points behind North Carolina.

Memphis (5-0) was No. 1 on 18 ballots, one less than last week, and had the same total of 1,689 points.

Kansas (5-0) and Georgetown (3-0), which received the only other first-place vote, held fourth and fifth.

Then came the changes.

Washington State, Duke, Texas and Texas A&M jumped to take sixth through ninth, while Michigan State stayed No. 10.

Texas (5-0) and Texas A&M (6-0) won the Legends Classic and NIT Season Tip-Off, respectively, and both moved up seven places.

The five newcomers move in as a block from 20th through 24th: Wisconsin, BYU, Southern California, Xavier and North Carolina State.

Teams that fell out were Southern Illinois, Villanova, Syracuse, Virginia and Florida.

The last five ranked teams were BYU, Southern California, Xavier, North Carolina State and Kansas State.