There’s no arguing Duke is No. 1 in the Associated Press college basketball poll and no doubt that Connecticut has moved into the Top 25.

The Blue Devils (6-0) received all 65 first-place votes from the national media panel Monday, and the Huskies (5-0) made the second-most-impressive jump into the rankings in the last 21 years, moving in at No. 7.

Duke was No. 1 on all but seven ballots last week, but Michigan State, which got six No. 1 votes, and Kansas State, which had the other, both lost — the latter to the Blue Devils as they won the CBE Classic.

The wins over Marquette, Kansas State and Oregon made the Blue Devils the first unanimous No. 1 since Kentucky did it for one week last season.

Connecticut beat then-No. 2 Michigan State and then-No. 8 Kentucky on the way to winning the Maui Invitational. Since the poll expanded to 25 teams in 1989, the only more impressive entrance was Kansas’ jump to No. 4 after beating No. 2 LSU, No. 1 UNLV and No. 25 St. John’s on the way to winning the 1989 Preseason NIT.

Ohio State moved up one spot to second, and Pittsburgh and Kansas both moved up two places to third and fourth.

Kansas State, which lost to Duke in the CBE Classic final, dropped one place to fifth, while Michigan State, which lost to Connecticut in the semifinals at Maui, fell four spots to sixth.

Connecticut, Syracuse, Missouri and Kentucky rounded out the top 10.

KU, K-State and MU are all in top 10 together for first time ever.

Women’s basketball

UConn back to unanimous No. 1

Connecticut is back as the unanimous No. 1.

The Huskies, who have won an NCAA women’s basketball record 84 straight games, received all 40 first-place votes in the Associated Press Top 25 poll Monday. It was the 47th straight week they sit atop the poll.

Baylor and Stanford remained second and third while Xavier and Duke each moved up a spot with Tennessee’s loss. The Lady Vols fell five spots to ninth after losing to Georgetown in the championship game of the Paradise Jam on Saturday.

NFL

Johnson, Finnegan fined $25,000

New York — The NFL fined Houston’s Andre Johnson and Tennessee’s Cortland Finnegan $25,000 each Monday for their fight in Sunday’s game, but is not suspending them.

The Texans’ star wide receiver and Titans cornerback slugged it out in the fourth quarter of the Texans’ 20-0 victory.

Owner says McDaniel’s job safe

Englewood, Colo. — Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen says embattled coach Josh McDaniels’ job is safe.

Yet, after telling AOL FanHouse that McDaniels would be back in 2011, Bowlen issued a statement that seemed to back off that a bit.

Bowlen’s statement said that while the season has been a trying and disappointing one, “Josh McDaniels is the head coach of the Broncos, and you always strive for stability at that position.”

He added that with five games left, “we will continue to monitor the progress of the team and evaluate what’s in the best interest of this franchise.”

Official: Fan death an accident

Chicago — The death of a 23-year-old fan who fell from a Soldier Field concourse during halftime of Sunday’s game between the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles appears to have been accidental, a stadium official said Monday.

Witnesses and friends gave differing accounts about the moments before the man, identified publicly by the Cook County medical examiner’s office Monday as 23-year-old Stewart Haverty of Woodstock, cleared a three-foot railing and fell more than 35 feet onto the roof of a storage building.

College football

Boise St. kicker receives threats

Boise, Idaho — Dealing with missing two field goals in Boise State’s loss to Nevada is difficult enough.

Now Boise State kicker Kyle Brotzman is having to endure threats and an endless dose of taunts and barbs on social networking sites.

Michigan AD waiting to evaluate

Ann Arbor, Mich. — Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon refuses to let speculation about Rich Rodriguez’s future change his timetable to evaluate the football coach.

“Everyone needs to take a deep breath,” Brandon said Monday morning.

The first-year AD reiterated that he won’t do performance reviews of any of his coaches until their seasons — not just the regular season — are over.

North Texas to hire McCarney

Fort Worth, Texas — North Texas is going back to an experienced college coach.

Dan McCarney, a Florida assistant and former Iowa State head coach, will be announced as the new coach of the Mean Green today, a person familiar with the decision told the Associated Press on Monday.

The person would not comment publicly because the announcement had not been made.

Baseball

Source: Jeter hasn’t made proposal

New York — Derek Jeter and the Yankees haven’t held contract talks in more than a week, and the shortstop’s agent has yet to make a formal proposal, according to a baseball executive familiar with the negotiations.

Jeter, agent Casey Close and Yankees officials met in Tampa, Fla., about two weeks ago to start discussions. At that time, without making any proposals, Close suggested Jeter was seeking a deal averaging about $25 million for six years, the executive said Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity because neither the team nor Jeter’s side have publicly disclosed details of their discussions.

Palmeiro, Gonzalez on ballot

New York — Suspected steroid users Rafael Palmeiro and Juan Gonzalez are on baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot for the first time and join Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar, both having fallen just short in last year’s vote.

Former Most Valuable Players Jeff Bagwell and Larry Walker, and former Rookies of the Year Benito Santiago and Raul Mondesi also will be on the 33-man ballot, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America said Monday.

Sources: Dodgers, Uribe close

San Francisco — Infielder Juan Uribe is closing in on a three-year deal to leave the Giants for the rival Los Angeles Dodgers, two people with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press on Monday.

A key member of the World Series champions this season, Uribe was set to travel from his native Dominican Republic to Southern California to undergo a physical today, one of the people said. Both people spoke on condition on anonymity because nothing had been announced.

Ex-Yankees infielder dies at 82

New York — Gil McDougald, an All-Star infielder who helped the New York Yankees win five World Series championships during the 1950s, has died. He was 82.