Unbeaten Kentucky and Villanova held on to the top two spots in The Associated Press men's basketball Top 25, with No. 1 UK receiving 40 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel.

Second-ranked Villanova made it a 1-2 Wildcats punch, earning 20 first-place votes.

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Also receiving first-place votes: No. 3 North Carolina (7-0), coming off winning the Maui Invitational, got four, and No. 9 Baylor (6-0) got the remaining vote for No. 1 after winning the Battle 4 Atlantis, vaulting it from No. 20 into the Top 10.

Indiana, ranked No. 3 last week, fell to No. 13 after losing to Fort Wayne, a Summit League team.

Three teams make their first appearance of the year in this season's poll: No. 18 Butler, No. 20 South Carolina and No. 24 Florida.

The Big East and ACC have three teams each in the Top 10, while ACC leads with five teams in the Top 25.

AP Top 25

Rank. Team (first-place votes), W-L, Points

1. Kentucky (40), 6-0 1,590

2. Villanova (20), 6-0 1,567

3. North Carolina (4), 7-0 1,497

4. Kansas, 5-1, 1,414

5. Duke, 6-1, 1,365

6. Virginia, 6-0, 1,286

7. Xavier, 6-0, 1,181

8. Gonzaga, 6-0, 1,112

9. Baylor (1), 6-0, 1,068

10. Creighton, 6-0, 965

11. UCLA, 7-0, 955

12. Saint Mary's (Calif.), 5-0, 866

13. Indiana, 4-1, 857

14. Louisville, 5-1, 808

15. Purdue, 5-1, 687

16. Arizona, 5-1, 655

17. Wisconsin, 5-2, 555

18. Butler, 6-0, 506

19. Iowa State, 5-1, 389

20. South Carolina, 6-0, 379

21. Rhode Island, 5-1, 354

22. Syracuse, 4-1, 229

23. Oregon, 4-2, 189

24. Florida, 6-1, 154

25. West Virginia, 4-1, 132

Others receiving votes: Maryland 126, Notre Dame 85, Cincinnati 49, Michigan State 28, Ohio State 22, Michigan 13, Temple 8, USC 7, Houston 6, Florida State 5, VCU 5, California 3, Tennessee State 2, Virginia Tech 1, Arkansas State 1, San Diego State 1, Colorado 1, Minnesota 1, Rutgers 1

Dropped from rankings: Texas 22, Michigan State 24, Michigan 25, Florida State 25