AP Men’s College Basketball Poll: TCU jumps to No. 18

The TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team routed the Richmond Spiders, 86-68, in a National Invitation Tournament quarterfinal game on Tuesday night at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth during an ESPN2 broadcast. TCU advanced to the NIT semifinal that's scheduled for March 28 at New York's Madison Square Garden.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv

1. Duke (53) 3-0 1564 1

2. Kansas (7) 3-0 1510 2

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3. Gonzaga 3-0 1437 3

4. Virginia (2) 3-0 1299 4

5. Tennessee (1) 3-0 1281 5

6. Nevada 3-0 1253 6

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7. North Carolina 4-0 1246 7

8. Auburn 3-0 1123 9

9. Michigan 5-0 1021 18

10. Kentucky 3-1 980 10

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11. Michigan St. 3-1 937 11

12. Kansas St 4-0 889 12

13. Virginia Tech 4-0 849 16

14. Florida St. 2-0 794 14

15. Mississippi St. 3-0 619 17

16. Clemson 3-0 462 19

17. UCLA 3-0 430 20

18. TCU 3-0 388 21

19. LSU 4-0 358 22

20. Iowa 4-0 354 –

21. Oregon 3-1 325 13

22. Buffalo 3-0 240 25

23. Ohio St. 4-0 222 –

24. Purdue 4-1 199 23

25. Wisconsin 3-0 150 –

Others receiving votes: Nebraska 98, Indiana 74, Maryland 56, Villanova 53, Furman 50, Syracuse 29, Washington 29, Texas 23, West Virginia 18, Miami 18, Butler 18, St. John’s 13, Iowa St. 11, Texas Tech 8, Florida 7, Marquette 7, Saint Louis 6, Arizona St 4, Vanderbilt 4, Notre Dame 4, Marshall 4, UConn 3, Loyola of Chicago 2, Temple 2, Loyola Marymount 2, Davidson 1, Arkansas 1.