Villanova Back At No. 1 In AP Top 25 Men's Hoops Poll
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) -- Reigning national champion Villanova is No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the second time in school history.
The Wildcats (8-0), who were No. 1 for three weeks in February last season, moved up one spot from last week with 57 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday.
UCLA (9-0), which beat No. 1 Kentucky 97-92 on Saturday, jumped from 11th to second with two first-place votes. Kentucky, which dropped to sixth, had been No. 1 for the past two weeks. Duke is the other team to be No. 1 this season, for two weeks.
Villanova was playing Saturday afternoon when the Kentucky game ended. During the latter stages of their 82-57 victory over Saint Joseph's, the Villanova students started chanting "No. 1! No. 1!" They have their wish.
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