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Kentucky and Villanova are 1-2 in men’s basketball coaches poll, as loss drops Duke to No. 3,

Men’s basketball Times p.m. Eastern

1. Kentucky (4-0) Points: 754 (20 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 2. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Cleveland State (SEC, 1) and Friday vs. Tennessee-Martin (SEC, 7).

2. Villanova (5-0) Points: 725 (4). Previous ranking: 3. Upcoming game: Wednesday vs. College of Charleston (FS1, 7).

3. Duke (4-1) Points: 658 (5). Previous ranking: 1. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. William & Mary (ESPNU, 7) and Saturday vs. Appalachian State.

4. North Carolina (4-0) Points: 654. Previous ranking: 6. Monday’s result: Played Chaminade. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. Connecticut/Oklahoma State and Wednesday vs. TBD in Lahaina, Hawaii.

5. Indiana (3-0) Points: 650 (2). Previous ranking: 5. Upcoming games: Tues- day at IPFW (BTN, 9) and Sunday vs. Mississippi Valley State.

6. (tie) Kansas (3-1) Points: 600. Previous ranking: 8. Monday’s result: Beat Alabama-Birmingham 83-63. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. Georgia in Kansas City, Mo., and Friday vs. North Carolina-Asheville.

6. (tie) Virginia (3-0) Points: 600. Previous ranking: 7. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. Grambling and Friday vs. Iowa (CBSSN, 7) and Saturday vs. Memphis/Providence in Niceville, Fla.

8. Xavier (5-0) Points: 545. Previous ranking: 10. Upcoming game: Saturday vs. Northern Iowa (Fox, noon).

9. Arizona (4-0) Points: 530. Previous ranking: 9. Monday’s result: Beat Northern Colorado 71-55. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Santa Clara (FS1, 10:30) and Friday vs. Butler/Vanderbilt in Las Vegas.

10. Louisville (3-0) Points: 470. Previous ranking: 12. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Old Dominion, Thursday vs. LSU/Wichita State and Friday vs. TBD in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

11. Gonzaga (3-0) Points: 409. Previous ranking: 14. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Quinnipiac (ESPN2, 6:30), Friday vs. Florida/Seton Hall and Sunday vs. TBD in Orlando.

12. Oregon (2-2) Points: 390. Previous ranking: 4. Monday’s result: Lost to Georgetown 65-61 in Lahaina, Hawaii. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. Tennessee and Wednesday vs. TBD in Lahaina.

13. UCLA (4-0) Points: 318. Previous ranking: 16. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Portland (ESPN2, 11) and Friday vs. Dayton/Nebraska in Fullerton, Calif., and Sunday vs. TBD in Anaheim, Calif.

14. Wisconsin (3-1) Points: 306. Previous ranking: 11. Monday’s result: Beat Tennessee 74-62 in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. Georgetown and Wednesday vs. TBD in Lahaina and Sunday vs. Prairie View A&M.

15. Saint Mary’s (3-0) Points: 301. Previous ranking: 17. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. San Jose State and Sunday vs. Alabama-Birmingham in Las Vegas.

16. Syracuse (3-0) Points: 288. Previous ranking: 18. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. South Carolina State and Saturday vs. South Carolina in New York.

17. West Virginia (3-0) Points: 284. Previous ranking: 19. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Illinois (ESPNU, 2:30) and Friday vs. Temple/Florida State in New York.

18. Creighton (5-0) Points: 280. Previous ranking: 20. Monday’s result: Beat Mississippi 86-77 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Upcoming game: Saturday vs. Loyola (Md.) (FS2, 4:30).

19. Purdue (2-1) Points: 254. Previous ranking: 15. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. Utah State (CBSSN, 8:30) and Wednesday vs. Auburn/Texas Tech in Cancun, Mexico and Saturday vs. New Jersey Institute of Technology.

20. Michigan State (2-2) Points: 227. Previous ranking: 13. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. St. John’s, Thursday vs. Baylor/Virginia Commonwealth and Saturday vs. TBD in Atlantis, Bahamas.

21. Texas (3-1) Points: 146. Previous ranking: 21. Monday’s result: Lost to Northwestern 77-58 in New York.

Upcoming game: Tuesday vs. Colorado in New York.

22. Iowa State (3-0) Points: 134. Previous ranking: 23. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Indiana State (ESPN2, 12:30), Friday vs. Miami (Fla.)/Stanford and Saturday vs. TBD in Orlando.

23. Maryland (4-0) Points: 94. Previous ranking: 24. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. Stony Brook (BTN, 7) and Friday vs. Richmond and Saturday vs. Boston College/Kansas State in New York.

24. Michigan (4-0) Points: 79. Previous ranking: not ranked. Upcoming games: Wednesday at South Carolina (ESPNU, 5) and Saturday vs. Mount St. Mary’s.

25. Rhode Island (4-1) Points: 70. Previous ranking: 22. Upcoming game: Friday vs. Belmont.