3. Kentucky falls out of Top 25

Kentucky slid out of Monday’s AP poll from No. 18 after losses to South Carolina and Florida, snapping a 30-game home winning streak for the Wildcats in SEC play. That dropped coach John Calipari’s Wildcats out of the Top 25 for the first time since March 2014 and snapped a 68-week stretch in the poll.

Kentucky is out of the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in nearly four years while another bunch of Wildcats — Villanova — maintained their hold on No. 1.

Kentucky (14-5, 4-3 SEC) started the year at No. 5 and remained in the top 10 until Christmas Day, but the Wildcats have lost three of five overall and are 0-2 against ranked teams this year.

Kentucky slid out of Monday’s latest poll from No. 18 after losses to South Carolina and Florida, snapping a 30-game home winning streak for the Wildcats in SEC play.

The top three of Villanova, Virginia and Purdue remained the same, with the Wildcats (18-1) remaining firmly in place by collecting 63 of 65 first-place votes. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers (18-1) and the Boilermakers (19-2) have combined to win 25 straight games, 19 by double-digit margins, and split the remaining firstplace votes.

Duke inched up a spot to No. 4, while Kansas jumped five spots to No. 5 after winning at West Virginia..

(At) Virginia Tech 80, No. 10 North Carolina 69: Justin Robinson scored 19 points, Ahmed Hill had 18 and Kerry Blackshear Jr. added 16 as the Hokies (146, 3-4 ACC) defeated the Tar Heels (16-5, 5-3). Luke Maye (nine rebounds) and Joel Berry II (seven rebounds) each had 23 points for Carolina.

(At) No. 13 Ohio State 64, Nebraska 59: Keita BatesDiop had 20 points and six rebounds, Jae’Sean Tate added 17 points and seven rebounds, and the Buckeyes (18-4, 9-0 Big Ten) held off the Cornhuskers (14-8, 5-4). With 34 points, James Palmer Jr. was the only Nebraska player in double figures.

No. 6 Michigan State at Illinois: Late

No. 7 West Virginia at TCU: Late