UCLA still No. 1; OSU falls to No. 6

Florida moved up to third after routing the Buckeyes on Saturday.
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Clemson joined the other unbeaten Division I teams in The Associated Press' Top 25 on Monday.
The Tigers (12-0) were the only one of the four undefeated teams not to be ranked, but they moved in as No. 25, joining No. 1 UCLA (11-0), No. 12 Connecticut (10-0) and No. 20 Oregon (11-0) in the poll.
The ranking is the first for Clemson since Jan. 12, 1999. The Tigers returned four starters from the team that won five of eight games to close 2005-06, and all but three of the wins this season -- Old Dominion, Furman and Mississippi State -- have been by at least 10 points.
"Being ranked among the top 25 teams in the country is certainly a sign of progress in our program," coach Oliver Purnell, who is in his fourth season at Clemson, said Monday. "It is important to use this as motivation to work even harder to get better. We do not need to relax and view it as a major accomplishment at this time of year."
Tennessee (10-2), at No. 21, is the week's other newcomer. The Volunteers were ranked in the preseason Top 25 and for the first two weeks of the season before losing consecutive games to Butler and North Carolina in the NIT Season Tip-Off.
Since then, Tennessee has won six straight, including a decisive win over Memphis and last week's close victories over Oklahoma State (the Cowboys' only loss of the season) and Texas, 111-105 in overtime.
Top teams
UCLA held the top spot for the fifth straight week. The Bruins, who beat Sam Houston State 75-61 and Michigan 92-55 last week, received all but one first-place vote and finished with 1,799 points from the 72-member national media panel.
North Carolina (10-1) was No. 2 for the second week in a row, receiving the other first-place vote and 1,720 points.
Florida, the only team besides UCLA to be No. 1 this season, jumped from fifth to third following its 86-60 victory over Ohio State last weekend. Wisconsin remained fourth while Duke moved up one place to fifth.
Ohio State, which lost for the first time since freshman center Greg Oden made his debut seven games into the season following off-season wrist surgery, fell three places to sixth. Arizona, Alabama and Kansas all moved up two places to seventh through ninth.
Pittsburgh, which bounced back from consecutive losses to Wisconsin and Oklahoma State with a 30-point win over Dayton, fell from seventh to round out the top 10.
Women's poll
The ACC hit the trifecta in the AP women's basketball poll.
Atlantic Coast Conference rivals Maryland, North Carolina and Duke held the top three places in the poll released Monday, just the third time a conference has had teams ranked 1-2-3.
Duke completed the sweep by moving into the No. 3 spot in place of Oklahoma, which fell to eighth after its first loss, 74-67 to Ohio State.
Last season, Maryland, North Carolina and Duke all reached the Final Four, the first time a conference had three teams get that far. Maryland beat Duke in the championship game after knocking off North Carolina in the semifinals.
"It just shows the strength of our league," Duke coach Gail Goestenkors said. "I think we are all three poised to have great seasons once again. It's an exciting time for the ACC."
The Southeastern Conference twice had the top three teams in the poll. Tennessee, LSU and Georgia were 1-2-3 the week of Nov. 22, 2004, while Auburn, Tennessee and Mississippi held the top three spots the week of Jan. 9, 1989.
Maryland and North Carolina, both 13-0, have been 1-2 all season. Duke (12-0) started at No. 6, moved to fifth for two weeks and was fourth the last three weeks.
The Blue Devils defeated two Top 25 teams, Bowling Green and Pittsburgh, while winning three times in Cancun, Mexico, last week. In all, they've defeated six ranked teams this season.
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