USA Today Top 25 Poll

The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 men's basketball poll, with first-place votes received in parenthesis, team's records, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th and ranking in last week's final poll:

Dropped Out: No. 14 Arkansas (3-1); No. 20 Southern California (3-1); No. 21 Villanova (3-1); No. 24 Saint Mary's (2-3).

Others Receiving Votes: Arkansas (3-1) 83; Southern California (3-1) 75; James Madison (4-0) 60; Villanova (3-1) 50; TCU (4-0) 40; Iowa State (4-0) 35; Clemson (4-0) 30; San Diego State (4-1) 30; Auburn (3-1) 29; BYU (4-0) 27; Nevada (4-0) 12; Princeton (4-0) 11; South Carolina (5-0) 7; Liberty (5-0) 2; Florida (3-1) 2; Kansas State (3-2) 2; Oregon (3-0) 2; Iowa (3-1) 1; North Carolina State (3-0) 1.