BASKETBALL

College men’s basketball; times p.m. Eastern

1. Kentucky (7-0) Points: 784 (23 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 1. Monday result: Beat Arizona State 115-69. Upcoming game: Saturday vs. No. 9 UCLA (CBS, 12:30).

2. Villanova (6-0)

Points: 756 (5). Previous rank

ing: 2. Upcoming games: Tuesday at Penn and Saturday vs. Saint Joseph’s (CBSSN, 1).

3. North Carolina (7-0)

Points: 727 (2). Previous rank

ing: 4. Upcoming games: Wednesday at No. 10 Indiana (ESPN, 9:15) and Sunday vs. Radford.

4. Duke (6-1)

Points: 668 (2). Previous rank

ing: 3. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. Michigan State (ESPN, 9:30) and Saturday vs. Maine (ESPN2, 5:30).

5. Kansas (5-1)

Points: 662. Previous ranking: 6 (tie). Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. Long Beach State and Saturday vs. Stanford (ESPN, 3:30).

6. Virginia (6-0)

Points: 659. Previous ranking: 6 (tie). Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Ohio State (ESPN2, 9:15) and Saturday vs. No. 19 West Virginia (ESPNU, 2).

7. Xavier (6-0)

Points: 625. Previous ranking: 8. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. North Dakota State and Saturday at No. 11 Baylor (ESPN2, 3:30).

8. Gonzaga (6-0)

Points: 534. Previous ranking: 11. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Mississippi Valley State and Saturday at No. 15 Arizona (ESPN, 5:30).

9. UCLA (7-0)

Points: 507. Previous ranking: 13. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. UC-Riverside (Pac-12, 11) and Saturday at No. 1 Kentucky (CBS, 12:30).

10. Indiana (4-1)

Points: 457. Previous ranking: 5. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. No. 3 North Carolina (ESPN, 9:15), Friday vs. SIU-Edwardsville and Sunday vs. Southeast Missouri State (ESPN2, 4).

11. Baylor (6-0)

Points: 407. Previous ranking: not ranked. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Sam Houston State and Saturday vs. No. 7 Xavier (ESPN2, 3:30).

12. Creighton (6-0)

Points: 400. Previous ranking: 18. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. Buffalo (FS1, 8:30) and Saturday vs. Akron (FS2, 8).

13. Saint Mary’s (5-0)

Points: 388. Previous ranking: 15. Upcoming game: Wednesday at Stanford (Pac-12, 11).

14. Louisville (5-1)

Points: 381. Previous ranking: 10. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. No. 16 Purdue (ESPN, 7) and Saturday at Grand Canyon.

15. Arizona (5-1)

Points: 364. Previous ranking: 9. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Texas Southern (Pac-12, 10) and Saturday vs. No. 8 Gonzaga (ESPN, 5:30).

16. Purdue (5-1)

Points: 307. Previous ranking: 19. Upcoming games: Wednesday at No. 14 Louisville (ESPN, 7) and Saturday vs. Morehead State.

17. Wisconsin (5-2)

Points: 250. Previous ranking: 14. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. No. 24 Syracuse (ESPN, 7:30) and Saturday vs. Oklahoma (BTN, 1).

18. Butler (7-0)

Points: 200. Previous ranking: not ranked. Monday result: Beat Utah 68-59. Upcoming game: Saturday vs. Central Arkansas (FS2, 4).

19. West Virginia (5-1)

Points: 157. Previous ranking: 17. Monday result: Beat Manhattan 108-61. Upcoming game: Saturday vs. No. 6 Virginia (ESPNU, 2).

20. Oregon (4-2)

Points: 151. Previous ranking: 12. Monday result: Played Boise State. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Western Oregon (Pac-12, 10) and Saturday vs. Savannah State (Pac-12, 6).

21. Iowa State (5-1)

Points: 149. Previous ranking: 22. Upcoming game: Thursday vs. Cincinnati (ESPN, 9).

22. Maryland (7-0)

Points: 144. Previous ranking: 23. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. Pittsburgh (ESPN2, 7) and Saturday vs. Oklahoma State (BTN, 9).

23. South Carolina (6-0)

Points: 141. Previous ranking: not ranked. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Vermont and Sunday vs. Florida International.

24. Syracuse (4-1)

Points: 133. Previous ranking: 16. Upcoming games: Tuesday at No. 17 Wisconsin (ESPN, 7:30) and Saturday vs. North Florida.

25. Rhode Island (5-1)

Points: 116. Previous ranking: 25. Upcoming games: Tuesday at Valparaiso and Saturday at Providence (FSN, 4:30).