NCAA Basketball Rankings: Kentucky Moves To No. 1 In AP Poll After North Carolina's Loss To UNLV

The UNLV Rebels knocked off the previously No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels over the weekend. The Rebels entered the AP Poll at No. 18 and the Kentucky Wildcats moved to the No. 1 spot. UNC is now No. 5.

The latest AP Top 25 Basketball Poll is out and the Kentucky Wildcats are the new No. 1 team in the country. The North Carolina Tar Heels fell from the top spot after a 90-80 loss to the UNLV Runnin' Rebels on Saturday. Ohio State, Duke, Syracuse and North Carolina finished out the top five this week.

The Memphis Tigers took a big tumble this week, from No. 8 to No. 22. The Tigers needed two overtime periods to defeat the Tennessee Volunteers, 99-97 and then lost to the Georgetown Hoyas, 91-88, in another overtime game. Connecticut remained in the top 10 at No. 9 despite a 68-63 loss to the Central Florida Knights.

UNLV received 23 votes last week and with the victory over the Tar Heels jumped to No. 18 this week. The Rebels are now 7-0 on the season. The St. Louis Billikens entered the poll at No. 23. The team beat Boston College, Villanova and Oklahoma over the last week to improve to 6-0.

The California Golden Bears defeated Georgia, lost to Missouri and won against the Denver Pioneers, but fell to No. 24 in the poll.

Rank	Team	Prev
1	Kentucky	2
2	Ohio State	3
3	Duke	6
4	Syracuse	5
5	North Carolina	1
6	Louisville	7
7	Baylor	9
8	Connecticut	4
9	Wisconsin	11
10	Florida	10
11	Xavier	12
12	Alabama	13
13	Missouri	21
14	Michigan	15
15	Kansas	14
16	Marquette	16
17	Pitt	17
18	UNLV	NR
19	Gonzaga	19
20	Vandy	18
21	Mississippi State	24
22	Memphis	8
23	St. Louis	NR
24	Cal	20
25	Texas A&M	25