North Carolina was back at No. 1 again Monday, thanks to a memorable few days in the state of Tennessee.

Tennessee started last week at No. 1 in the Associated Press’ college basketball poll after defeating previously top-ranked Memphis. But the Vols then lost to Vanderbilt on Tuesday.

Up stepped North Carolina, which ran its record to 27-2 with a victory over Boston College and returned to the top spot it held for the first 10 weeks of the season.

Memphis (28-1), which held the top spot for five weeks, stayed at No. 2. UCLA (26-3) moved up one spot to third while Tennessee (26-3) three spots dropped to No. 4.

North Carolina, which rallied from 18 points down to beat BC, 90-80, in its only game last week, received 38 first-place votes and 1,745 points from the 72-member national media panel.

Memphis, which bounced back from its only loss with victories over Tulsa and Southern Mississippi last week, had 21 first-place votes and 1,706 points.

UCLA, which swept Arizona and Arizona State on the road last week, was No. 1 on 12 ballots, while Tennessee, which beat Kentucky 63-60 on Sunday, had one first-place vote.

Kansas moved up one spot to sixth.