Bulldogs 25th In AP Poll
12/6/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 6, 2004
NEW YORK (Ticker) - An impressive victory over previous No. 1 Wake Forest has moved Illinois to the top of the this week's Associated Press college basketball poll.
The Fighting Illini (6-0) jumped from third after routing the Demon Deacons, 91-73, in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and edged Kansas (4-0) for the No. 1 spot.
Illinois received 25 of 72 first-place votes and collected 1,717 points. Kansas garnered 23 first-place votes and 1,700 points.
Gonzaga, which fell out of the Top 25 following a loss to Illinois on Nov. 27 at the Wooden Tradition in Indianapolis, moved back into the poll at No. 25 following victories last week over then-No. 14 Washington and Massachusetts.
The Bulldogs were unable to get back into the USA Today/ESPN Top 25, the Bulldogs the third team in the others receiving votes category.
The top 25 again featured a record seven Atlantic Coast Conference teams, including four in the top 10. Georgia Tech (5-0), which claimed 12 first-place votes, heads the ACC contingent at No. 3, while Wake Forest (6-1) dropped to sixth following its first loss. North Carolina (6-1) is No. 8 and Duke No. 9.
Syracuse (7-0) and Oklahoma State (5-0) complete the top five, while No. 7 Connecticut (3-0) and No. 10 Kentucky (4-1) round out the first 10.
Pittsburgh (5-0) starts the second 10, followed by North Carolina State (6-0), Louisville (4-1), Texas (5-1), Arizona (5-2), Washington (5-1), Iowa (6-1), Alabama (6-1), Virginia (6-0) and Michigan State (4-2).
The Spartans dropped nine spots after losing two of three games last week. They lost to Duke and George Washington (5-1), which also beat Maryland in the championship game of the BB&T Classic to move into the poll for the first time this season at No. 21.
Completing the poll are Mississippi State (6-2), Maryland (4-2), Wisconsin (4-1) and Gonzaga (5-1).
Maryland suffered the week's biggest fall, plummeting 11 spots after also losing two of three games. The Terrapins' other defeat came to Wisconsin.
Florida and Notre Dame dropped out.
The Illini also jumped to the top spot in the USA Today/ESPN top 25.
The Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll, withnumber of first-place votes and record in parentheses, totalpoints and previous ranking:(Records through December 5, 2004) TEAM PTS PVS ---- --- --- 1. ILLINOIS (25) (6-0) 1,717 5 2. KANSAS (23) (4-0) 1,700 2 3. GEORGIA TECH (12) (5-0) 1,632 4 4. SYRACUSE (9) (7-0) 1,607 3 5. OKLAHOMA ST (2) (5-0) 1,479 6 6. WAKE FOREST (6-1) 1,397 1 7. CONNECTICUT (1) (3-0) 1,383 7 8. NORTH CAROLINA (6-1) 1,354 9 9. DUKE (5-0) 1,276 1010. KENTUCKY (4-1) 1,075 811. PITTSBURGH (5-0) 987 1312. NO CAROLINA ST (6-0) 909 1613. LOUISVILLE (4-1) 697 1714. TEXAS (5-1) 692 1815. ARIZONA (5-2) 598 2116. WASHINGTON (5-1) 524 1417. IOWA (6-1) 496 2318. ALABAMA (6-1) 495 2219. VIRGINIA (6-0) 481 2420. MICHIGAN ST (4-2) 434 1121. GEO WASHINGTON (5-1) 423 NR22. MISSISSIPPI ST (6-2) 417 1523. MARYLAND (4-2) 405 1224. WISCONSIN (4-1) 343 2525. GONZAGA (5-1) 267 NRDropped Out: No. 19 Florida, No. 20 Notre DameOthers Receiving Votes: FLORIDA 136, NOTRE DAME 128,CINCINNATI 103, CREIGHTON 81, BOSTON COLLEGE 35, OKLAHOMA29, MARQUETTE 23, SOUTHERN ILL 17, MEMPHIS 8, NEW MEXICO 7,WISC MILWAUKEE 6, CHARLOTTE 5, OREGON 5, UAB 5, HAWAII 4,MIAMI FLA 4, MICHIGAN 3, PEPPERDINE 3, ARKANSAS 2, OHIO 2,PACIFIC 2, INDIANA 1, SANTA CLARA 1, STANFORD 1, VERMONT 1.
The Top 25 teams in the USA Today/ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses. Records through Dec. 5, 2004, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.
Team/Record PTS PVS1. Illinois (18) 6-0 757 32. Kansas (10) 4-0 749 23. Georgia Tech (2) 5-0 700 44. Syracuse 7-0 651 55. Oklahoma State (1) 5-0 621 76. Connecticut 3-0 610 67. Wake Forest 6-1 590 18. North Carolina 6-1 568 119. Duke 5-0 555 1010. N.C. State 6-0 445 1311. Kentucky 4-1 421 812. Pittsburgh 5-0 416 1413. Texas 5-1 391 1514. Louisville 4-1 283 1715. Arizona 5-2 253 2016. Michigan State 4-2 251 917. Maryland 4-2 248 1218. Alabama 6-1 222 2219. Virginia 6-0 194 2520. Cincinnati 4-0 179 2421. Washington 5-1 174 1622. Wisconsin 4-1 163 2323. Mississippi State 6-2 112 2124. Iowa 6-1 91 NR25. George Washington 5-1 80 NRDropped out: No. 18 Florida (4-1), No. 19 Notre Dame (3-1).
Others receiving votes: Florida 76; Notre Dame 51; Gonzaga 49; Marquette 41; Oklahoma 34; Michigan 15; Creighton 14; UAB 13; Boston College 12; Southern Illinois 10; Old Dominion 9; Memphis 8; Santa Clara 7; West Virginia 5; Pacific 2; Providence 2; Miami (Ohio) 1; Oregon 1; Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.
