By Jim O'Connell
The Associated Press

Arizona and Kentucky held the first two spots in The Associated Press college basketball poll for a third straight week Monday. Wisconsin returned to the rankings for the first time since November.

Arizona widened its lead over its fellow Wildcats from last week by one first-place vote.

Arizona (23-2) won its 10th Pac-10 regular-season title in coach Lute Olson's 20 seasons after last week's sweep of a Bay area road trip. The Wildcats are the third team to go unbeaten on the road in the conference since the league expanded to 10 teams in 1978-79. The wins at California and Stanford extended Arizona's winning streak to eight games.

Arizona received 59 first-place votes and 1,787 points from the national media panel. Kentucky had 13 first-place votes and 1,737 points,

Kentucky (24-3) ran the nation's longest winning streak to 18 games with victories over Tennessee and Georgia. The Wildcats can wrap up an undefeated Southeastern Conference season by beating Vanderbilt and Florida.

The Gators, who host Kentucky on Saturday, and Texas each moved up one place to third and fourth. Oklahoma, which lost at Missouri last week, dropped from third to fifth.

Kansas moved from seventh to No. 6 - making it three Big 12 schools in a row in the rankings - and was followed by Pittsburgh, Marquette, Wake Forest and Duke.

The Blue Devils' 72-71 loss at St. John's on Sunday dropped them from sixth to No. 10, their lowest ranking of the season. They remained one of five teams to be in the Top 10 all season along with Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and Pittsburgh.

Xavier, which has won 13 consecutive games, was No. 11 and was followed by Syracuse, Maryland, Illinois, Louisville, Notre Dame, Stanford, Memphis, Creighton and Oklahoma State.

The last five ranked teams were Dayton, California, Mississippi State, Wisconsin and Georgia.

Wisconsin (21-6) moved into the poll for the first time since being ranked 23rd and 22nd for consecutive weeks in November. The Badgers have won three straight, including victories over Michigan and Minnesota last week, and 11 of 13 overall. Wisconsin hosts Illinois on Wednesday and a victory would give the Badgers the Big Ten title.

Utah (21-5) dropped out from 22nd after beating BYU 71-64 last Monday in a matchup of the top two teams in the Mountain West Conference, then losing 76-69 at New Mexico on Sunday.

Memphis beat TCU and Cincinnati last week, and the Tigers' jump from No. 24 to No. 18 was the week's biggest. The biggest fall was Notre Dame's drop from No. 9 to No. 16. The Fighting Irish lost at home to Connecticut and at Rutgers.

AP Top 25

	Record	Pts	Pv
1. Arizona (59)	23-2	1,787	1
2. Kentucky (13)	24-3	1,737	2
3. Florida	24-4	1,633	4
4. Texas	20-5	1,528	5
5. Oklahoma	20-5	1,466	3
6. Kansas	22-6	1,453	7
7. Pittsburgh	21-4	1,382	8
8. Marquette	22-4	1,271	10
9. Wake Forest	21-4	1,135	12
10. Duke	20-5	1,116	6
11. Xavier	22-4	1,083	13
12. Syracuse	21-4	996	15
13. Maryland	19-7	943	14
14. Illinois	20-5	864	18
15. Louisville	20-5	772	11
16. Notre Dame	21-7	689	9
17. Stanford	22-7	537	19
18. Memphis	20-5	461	24
19. Creighton	25-4	438	17
20. Oklahoma St.	20-7	344	16
21. Dayton	21-5	297	25
22. California	20-6	240	23
23. Mississippi St.	18-7	206	20
24. Wisconsin	21-6	204	-
25. Georgia	17-8	198	21

Others receiving votes: Saint Joseph's 134, Utah 118, Connecticut 113, Missouri 98, S. Illinois 58, Butler 50, Weber St. 10, Boston College 6, Gonzaga 6, Kent St. 6, Oregon 6, Purdue 6, Troy St. 3, Penn 2, BYU 1, Holy Cross 1, N.C.-Wilmington 1, Seton Hall 1.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25

	Record	Pts	Pv
1. Arizona (29)	23-2	773	1
2. Kentucky (2)	24-3	746	2
3. Florida	24-4	690	4
4. Texas	20-5	670	6
5. Oklahoma	20-5	644	3
6. Kansas	22-6	593	7
7. Pittsburgh	21-4	590	8
8. Marquette	22-4	536	11
9. Duke	20-5	512	5
10. Wake Forest	21-4	483	12
11. Xavier	22-4	418	13
12. Maryland	19-7	415	14
12. Syracuse	21-4	415	15
14. Illinois	20-5	379	16
15. Louisville	20-5	361	9
16. Notre Dame	21-7	348	10
17. Stanford	22-7	241	19
18. Oklahoma State	20-7	205	17
19. Creighton	25-4	187	18
20. California	20-6	137	21
21. Mississippi State	18-7	120	20
22. Dayton	21-5	96	25
23. Utah	21-5	89	23
24. Wisconsin	21-6	76	-
25. Georgia	17-8	73	22

Others receiving votes: Memphis 72, Connecticut 66, Saint Joseph's 59, Missouri 36, Butler 12, Southern Illinois 11, Brigham Young 8, Oregon 4, Fresno State 3, Central Michigan 2, Weber State 2, Boston College 1, Cincinnati 1, Troy State 1.

RPI Ratings

	W	L	Rating	Rank	RPI
1. Arizona	23	2	.5900	23	.6640
2. Kentucky	24	3	.5848	28	.6562
3. Texas	20	5	.6306	3	.6555
4. Oklahoma	20	5	.6204	6	.6484
5. Florida	24	4	.5686	51	.6375
6. Georgia	17	8	.6519	1	.6367
7. Marquette	22	4	.5763	41	.6365
8. Kansas	20	6	.6121	8	.6364
9. Syracuse	21	4	.5806	34	.6347
10. Notre Dame	21	7	.6218	4	.6347
11. Wake Forest	21	4	.5756	42	.6337
12. Louisville	20	5	.5832	29	.6317
13. Duke	20	5	.5824	31	.6283
14. Utah	20	5	.5905	21	.6273
15. Oklahoma St.	19	7	.6089	9	.6259
16. Stanford	22	7	.5921	20	.6217
17. Missouri	18	7	.6058	12	.6199
18. Pittsburgh	21	4	.5504	65	.6198
19. BYU	19	7	.6086	10	.6191
20. Xavier	22	4	.5455	78	.6189
21. Dayton	21	5	.5567	58	.6158
22. Illinois	20	5	.5497	67	.6117
23. Maryland	19	7	.5814	32	.6104
24. Cincinnati	16	9	.6204	5	.6075
25. Miss. St.	18	7	.5799	36	.6074

Scores
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas St. 85, Fla. International 65
Creighton 86, Wichita State 60
Kansas 65, Texas Tech 56

EAST
Georgetown 69, West Virginia 67

MIDWEST
Bradley 77, Drake 67
E. Michigan 88, Buffalo 78
Evansville 77, Indiana St. 69
S. Illinois 78, Illinois St. 62
SW Missouri St. 52, N. Iowa 51

SOUTH
Coppin St. 70, Bethune-Cookman 65
Delaware St. 59, Howard 56
Florida A&M 69, Morgan St. 56
Grambling St. 99, MVSU 92
N. Carolina A&T 61, Norfolk St. 54
N.C.-Wilmington 60, William & Mary 49
Southern U. 77, Morris Brown 49