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Record
1. Duke (36) 14-1 1558
2. Michigan (9) 17-0 1497
3. Tennessee (13) 14-1 1482
4. Virginia (6) 15-0 1473
5. Gonzaga 16-2 1315
6. Michigan St. 15-2 1292
7. Kansas 14-2 1188
8. Texas Tech 15-1 1157
9. Virginia Tech 14-1 1091
10. Nevada 16-1 1015
11. Florida St. 13-3 918
12. Kentucky 12-3 790
13. North Carolina 12-4 678
14. Auburn 12-3 669
15. Marquette 14-3 668
16. Buffalo 15-1 625
17. N.C. State 14-2 586
18. Mississippi 13-2 501
19. Maryland 14-3 412
20. Oklahoma 13-3 394
21. Houston 16-1 387
22. Villanova 13-4 300
23. Iowa 14-3 172
24. Mississippi St. 12-3 154
25. Indiana 12-4 116 Others receiving votes: Louisville 112, Nebraska 36, Ohio St. 34, Wisconsin 31, Iowa St. 20, UCF 17, Purdue 16, Kansas St. 14, St. John’s 12, TCU 12, Murray St. 9, Arizona 8, Washington 8, LSU 7, Seton Hall 6, South Carolina 6, Temple 5, Minnesota 3, Cincinnati 2, Wofford 2, Florida 1, Hofstra 1.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 13, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record Pts Prv Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 18 12 11 21 19 15 _ _ 23 17 _ _ 14 22
Prv
1. Notre Dame (23) 16-1 736
2. Baylor (6) 13-1 706
2. UConn (1) 14-1 706
4. Louisville 15-1 652
5. Oregon 15-1 621
6. Stanford 14-1 615
7. Mississippi St. 15-1 571
8. N.C. State 17-0 542
9. Maryland 15-1 505
10. Oregon St. 14-2 482
11. Texas 14-2 452
12. Syracuse 14-2 427
13. Gonzaga 16-1 369
14. Marquette 14-3 352
15. South Carolina 12-4 273
16. Kentucky 15-3 243
17. Michigan St. 12-3 217
18. Iowa St. 13-3 202
19. Arizona St. 12-4 192
20. Rutgers 13-3 163
20. Tennessee 12-4 163
22. Iowa 11-4 146
23. Minnesota 12-3 76
24. DePaul 12-5 57
25. Indiana 15-2 56 Others receiving votes: Florida St. 54, Utah 36, Butler 20, Texas A&M 20, Missouri 19, California 17, Georgia 17, Cent. Michigan 12, Drake 9, South Dakota 7, Auburn 4, UCF 4, Clemson 3, Purdue 3, Arizona 1. 1 4 3 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 21 16 23 20 19 _ 13 17 18 _ 25 Men’s Singles
First Round
Marin Cilic (6), Croatia, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Mackenzie Mcdonald, United States, def. Andrey Rublev, Russia, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Radu Albot, Moldova, def. Michael Mmoh, United States, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Fernando Verdasco (26), Spain, def. Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-3.
Roberto Bautista-Agut (22), Spain, def. Andy Murray, Britain, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-2.
John Millman, Australia, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, def. Tennys Sandgren, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4.
Karen Khachanov (10), Russia, def. Peter Gojowczyk, Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (14), Greece, def. Matteo Berrettini, Italy, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Roberto Carballes Baena, Spain, 6-1, 1-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Stefano Travaglia, Italy, def. Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Nikoloz Basilashvili (19), Georgia, def. Christopher Eubanks, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
Gael Monfils (30), France, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-0, 6-4, 6-0.
Taylor Fritz, United States, def. Cameron Norrie, Britain, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Daniel Evans, Britain, def. Tatsuma Ito, Japan, 7-5, 6-1, 7-6 (8).
Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Kevin Anderson (5), South Africa, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.
Frances Tiafoe, United States, def. Prajnesh Gunneswaran, India, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-3.
Jordan Thompson, Australia, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-1, 7-6 (0), 6-3. Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Steve Johnson (31), United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Grigor Dimitrov (20), Bulgaria, def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1. Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, def. Jason Kubler, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (1), 2-6, 6-3. Reilly Opelka, United States, def. John Isner (9), United States, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5).
Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, def. Kyle Edmund (13), Britain, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5. Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 7-5, 6-4, 7-5. Denis Kudla, United States, def. Marc Polmans, Australia, 5-7, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Diego Schwartzman (18), Argentina, def. Rudolf Molleker, Germany, 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.
Alex de Minaur (27), Australia, def. Pedro Sousa, Portugal, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. Henri Laaksonen, Switzerland, def. Mirza Basic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3.
Matthew Ebden, Australia, def. JanLennard Struff, Germany, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5. Women’s Singles
First Round
Petra Kvitova (8), Czech Republic, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2.
Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-7 (3), 4-3, ret. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Barbora Strycova (32), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-6 (1).
Lesia Tsurenko (24), Ukraine, def. Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Amanda Anisimova, United States, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 7-6 (3), 6-4.