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Updated at 7:43 a.m., Monday, January 19, 2009

CBKB: Wake Forest new No. 1 in AP men's Top 25

Associated Press

AP TOP 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Wake Forest (68) 16-0 1,793 2

2. Duke (4) 16-1 1,721 3

3. Connecticut 16-1 1,590 4

4. Pittsburgh 16-1 1,569 1

5. North Carolina 16-2 1,510 5

6. Oklahoma 17-1 1,498 6

7. Michigan St. 15-2 1,394 7

8. Syracuse 17-2 1,146 8

9. Louisville 13-3 1,090 20

10. Clemson 16-1 1,043 10

11. Marquette 16-2 1,003 14

12. Georgetown 12-4 979 13

13. UCLA 14-3 897 9

14. Texas 13-4 858 11

15. Xavier 15-2 848 15

16. Butler 16-1 726 17

17. Arizona St. 15-3 671 16

18. Purdue 14-4 553 19

19. Notre Dame 12-5 469 12

20. Villanova 14-3 353 23

21. Minnesota 16-2 298 18

22. Memphis 14-3 208 —

23. Gonzaga 12-4 201 —

24. Florida 16-2 175 —

25. Illinois 15-3 159 —

Others receiving votes: Baylor 148, Saint Mary's, Calif. 137, Kentucky 105, California 82, Florida St. 34, Kansas 23, Ohio St. 20, Davidson 14, Missouri 14, Tennessee 14, Utah St. 12, Washington 12, Miami 8, West Virginia 8, Arkansas 6, Michigan 5, Dayton 4, George Mason 1, LSU 1.

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Wake Forest, the last unbeaten team in Division I, is No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll.

The Demon Deacons are 16-0 and moved into the top spot Monday by receiving 68 of 72 first-place votes from a national media panel. They replaced Pittsburgh, which dropped to fourth following its first loss of the season.

Wake Forest was No. 1 was for two weeks in November 2004. The Demon Deacons defeated fellow unbeaten Clemson 78-68 on Saturday, hours before Pittsburgh lost 69-63 to Louisville.

Duke and Connecticut each moved up a spot to second and third. Memphis, Gonzaga and Florida returned to the poll this week. Illinois was ranked for the first time since 2006.