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College Basketball Rankings: No Area Teams Ranked In Latest Polls; Syracuse A Near-Unanimous No. 1

Syracuse holds onto the top spot, while no area teams cracked the polls this week.

By Steven Muma

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The Syracuse Orange opened up Big East play with an easy win over DePaul on Sunday, which improved their record to 15-0 and strengthened their hold on the top spot in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls.

The new top 10s:

Rank Coaches Poll AP Poll
1 Syracuse Syracuse
2 Kentucky Kentucky
3 Duke North Carolina
4 North Carolina Baylor
5 Baylor Duke
6 Missouri Ohio State
7 Ohio State Missouri
8 Connecticut Connecticut
9 Georgetown Georgetown
10 Louisville Michigan St.

UNLV is the top ranked Mountain West Conference team; the Rebels check in at No. 17 in both polls this week. San Diego State is No. 24 in the AP and No. 25 in the Coaches Poll. No Pac-12 teams made the rankings this week.

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