No. 1 North Carolina, rest of top 5 unchanged in AP poll

The many holiday tournaments didn't cause any changes at the top of the Associated Press' men's college basketball poll.

The bottom of the Top 25, however, was another matter after 13 ranked teams lost a game last week.

North Carolina held its slim lead over No. 2 UCLA on Monday as the top five teams stayed the same from last week.

Five schools fell out of the Top 25 while others made significant jumps and falls.

The Tar Heels (5-0), who beat South Carolina State, Old Dominion and BYU last week, received 28 first-place votes -- two more than last week -- and 1,725 points from the 72-member national media panel.

UCLA (6-0), despite losing one first-place vote from last week's 26, was again nine points behind North Carolina. The Bruins beat Maryland, Michigan State and Yale last week.

Memphis (5-0), which beat Arkansas State in its only game last week, was No. 1 on 18 ballots, one less than last week, and had the same total of 1,689 points.

Kansas (5-0), which beat Arizona 76-72 in overtime on Sunday, and Georgetown (3-0), which won at Ball State and again received the only other first-place vote, held fourth and fifth.

Then came the changes.

Washington State, Duke, Texas and Texas A&M jumped to take sixth through ninth, while Michigan State stayed No. 10.

Washington State (6-0) beat Montana, Mississippi Valley State and Air Force to jump from ninth, while Duke (6-0) rode its title in the Maui Invitational to jump six spots to No. 7.

Texas (5-0) and Texas A&M (6-0) won the Legends Classic and NIT Season Tip-Off, respectively, and both moved up seven places.

The five newcomers move in as a block from 20th through 24th: Wisconsin, BYU, Southern California, Xavier and North Carolina State.