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Villanova still No. 1; Gonzaga at No. 7

Gonzaga guards Jordan Mathews (4) and Josh Perkins (13) celebrate a hard-fought win over Tennessee on Sunday. On Monday, the Zags moved up one spot in the AP Top 25 poll to No. 7. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
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Villanova held onto its impressive lead as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll and Gonzaga finally got some movement.

The Wildcats (11-0) are on top for a third straight week, receiving 56 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel.

Gonzaga, coming off an 86-76 win over Tennessee on Sunday, moved up one spot to No. 7. The Zags (11-0) spent the last two weeks at No. 8. The Zags face South Dakota at McCarthey Athletic Center on Wednesday.

UCLA remained ranked second with three No. 1 votes. Kansas, Baylor (which got the other six first-place votes), Duke and Kentucky remained third through sixth for a third consecutive week.

North Carolina, which lost 103-100 to Kentucky on Saturday, dropped one place to eighth.

Creighton and Louisville moved up one spot each to round out the top 10.

West Virginia was 11th followed by Virginia, Butler, Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana, Xavier, Arizona, Saint Mary’s and Oregon.

The last five teams are Florida State, South Carolina, Southern California, Cincinnati and Notre Dame.

Butler’s 83-78 victory over Indiana gave the Bulldogs the week’s biggest jump, from 18th to No. 13. The loss dropped Indiana from ninth to No. 16.

South Carolina’s 67-64 loss to Seton Hall saw the Gamecocks fall from 16th to No. 22.

There is only one double-ranked game this week but it means an awful lot to the people of a certain commonwealth as No. 6 Kentucky visits No. 10 Louisville on Wednesday.