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(Photo: Jordan Caskey / SWX)With three straight wins, including Saturday's overtime win over Illinois, the Zags are once again in the Top 25. Gonzaga (11-3) showed up at No. 19 in the AP poll released Monday morning.
The Zags were the first team left off the list last week after losing badly to Duke at Madison Square Garden. Before then they had climbed as high as No. 15, but then rattled off wins over Eastern Washington, Oklahoma and Illinois.
Kansas, Texas, Kentucky and Purdue are still atop the poll for the fourth straight week. Duke moved up to No. 5.
Washington (10-3) dropped from No. 17 to No. 24 after losing to Oregon 90-79. The Huskies are the only ranked team in the Pac-10.
Three other teams moved into the rankings with Gonzaga: Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh and BYU.
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AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll (1/4/10) 1. Kansas (56) 13-0 1,614 |
| 2. Texas (8) 13-0 1,550 |
| 3. Kentucky (1) 15-0 1,489 |
| 4. Purdue 13-0 1,457 |
| 5. Duke 12-1 1,348 |
| 6. Villanova 12-1 1,279 |
| 7. Syracuse 13-1 1,173 |
| 8. West Virginia 11-1 1,147 |
| 9. North Carolina 11-3 1,098 |
| 10. Michigan State 11-3 1,009 |
| 11. Kansas State 13-1 996 |
| 12. Georgetown 11-1 911 |
| 13. Connecticut 10-3 760 |
| 14. Mississippi 11-2 699 |
| 15. New Mexico 14-1 667 |
| 16. Tennessee 10-2 649 |
| 17. Wisconsin 12-2 526 |
| 18. Florida State 12-2 446 |
| 19. Gonzaga 11-3 351 |
| 20. Georgia Tech 11-2 203 |
| 21. Temple 11-3 173 |
| 22. Texas Tech 12-2 166 |
| 23. Pittsburgh 12-2 156 |
| 24. Washington 10-3 149 |
| 25. Brigham Young 14-1 145 |
| Other notables: USC 46, Wake Forest 42, California 15, Oregon 4 |
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