Florida New No. 1 in AP Poll; Syracuse Falls to No. 4

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 23, 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

1. Florida (47)          25-2  1,606   2

2. Wichita St. (14)      29-0  1,549   3

3. Arizona (4)           25-2  1,494   4

4. Syracuse              25-2  1,410   1

5. Kansas                21-6  1,310   8

6. Duke                  22-6  1,286   5

7. Louisville            23-4  1,152  11

8. Villanova             24-3  1,113   9

9. Creighton             23-4  1,103  11

10. Saint Louis           25-2  1,047  10

11. Cincinnati            24-4    921   7

12. Virginia              23-5    909  14

13. San Diego St.         23-3    886   6

14. Wisconsin             22-5    818  16

15. Iowa St.              21-5    709  17

16. Michigan              19-7    653  20

17. Kentucky              21-6    629  18

18. Michigan St.          22-6    552  13

19. North Carolina        20-7    440   _

20. Iowa                  19-7    418  15

21. Memphis               21-6    288  22

22. Ohio St.              22-6    253  24

23. SMU                   22-6    155   _

24. Texas                 20-7    129  19

25. New Mexico            21-5    113   _

Others receiving votes: UConn 81, UCLA 41, Oklahoma 35, Stephen F. Austin 11, UMass 9, Gonzaga 2, Green Bay 2, NC Central 1