Gamecock men tumble in latest Top 25 poll
South Carolina slipped in the Top 25 on Monday after a mid-week loss at Alabama, but stretched its streak of appearances in the Associated Press poll to five weeks.
The Gamecocks (16-1, 3-1 SEC) are No. 24 after ranking 19th last week. They are No. 18 in the USA Today/coaches Top 25 after being 15th last week.
USC has a pair of road games this week, against Ole Miss on Tuesday and Tennessee on Saturday.
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AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 17, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Rec | Pts | Prv | |
1. Oklahoma (65) | 15-1 | 1,625 | 2 |
2. North Carolina | 16-2 | 1,515 | 5 |
3. Kansas | 15-2 | 1,499 | 1 |
4. Villanova | 16-2 | 1,403 | 6 |
5. Xavier | 16-1 | 1,321 | 7 |
6. West Virginia | 15-2 | 1,278 | 11 |
7. Maryland | 16-2 | 1,259 | 3 |
8. SMU | 17-0 | 1,179 | 10 |
9. Iowa | 14-3 | 1,167 | 16 |
10. Texas A&M | 15-2 | 994 | 15 |
11. Michigan St. | 16-3 | 950 | 4 |
12. Arizona | 15-3 | 801 | 18 |
13. Baylor | 14-3 | 649 | 22 |
13. Virginia | 13-4 | 649 | 13 |
15. Miami | 13-3 | 645 | 8 |
16. Providence | 15-3 | 609 | 12 |
17. Louisville | 14-3 | 608 | 21 |
18. Butler | 13-4 | 439 | 23 |
19. Iowa State | 13-4 | 411 | 17 |
20. Duke | 14-4 | 375 | 9 |
21. Southern Cal | 15-3 | 338 | — |
22. Purdue | 15-3 | 322 | 24 |
23. Kentucky | 13-4 | 276 | 14 |
24. USC | 16-1 | 252 | 19 |
25. Indiana | 15-3 | 210 | — |
Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 184, Clemson 53, Wichita State 38, Valparaiso 30, Notre Dame 14, Dayton 9, St. Mary's 8, Gonzaga 5, Hawaii 3, Utah 3, Monmouth 1, Navy 1, Oregon 1, UALR 1
This story was originally published January 18, 2016 at 1:43 PM.