Top 25

No. School (Record): Comment

1. North Carolina (14-0): Georgia had upset on its mind.

2. Duke (11-1): OK for now, but loss of Brand too big.

3. Utah (11-0): Schedule softer than Park City snow.

4. Kansas (16-2): Aloha, Jayhawks, until LaFrentz returns.

5. Kentucky (11-2): Painful loss to Louisville.

6. Stanford (11-0): Close call against Harrick’s Rhode Island.

7. Arizona (9-3): Inconsistent Wildcats may be susceptible Saturday.

8. UCLA (9-1): Beat Arizona, and all is forgiven.

9. Florida State (11-2): Nice debut for Coach Steve Robinson.

10. Connecticut (12-1): Soph Richard Hamilton a serious scorer.

11. Purdue (11-3): Bad shooting resulted in loss to Michigan State.

12. Xavier, Ohio (8-2): X-pectations are high.

13. South Carolina (8-1): Gamecocks down with Melvin Watson out.

14. New Mexico (9-1): First Utah game not until Feb. 1.

15. Iowa (12-1): Who are the Hoosiers?

16. Mississippi (9-1): About to move up against South Carolina.

17. Princeton (10-1): Tigers might not lose another game.

18. Syracuse (11-1): Team gets a snow day.

19. Hawaii (10-1): Kansas knows how good Anthony Carter is.

20. Michigan (11-3): Fab Five on other team at Rose Bowl today.

21. Clemson (10-3): Hosting North Carolina on Saturday.

22. West Virginia (11-2): Hoyas were a handful.

23. Rhode Island (7-2): Harrick team might make noise.

24. Arkansas (10-2): Shouldn’t have drunk water in Puerto Rico.

25. Oklahoma State (10-0): Unbeaten, and better than Marquette.