UNDATED (AP) — Gonzaga, Arizona and reigning national champion Baylor remained atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. Monday’s poll also saw Tennessee crack the top 10 and North Carolina return to the poll at No. 25. Mark Few’s Bulldogs claimed 52 of 61 first-place votes to hold the No. 1 ranking for the fourth straight week and eighth time this season going back to the preseason poll. Tennessee jumped into a tie for No. 9 for its first top-10 appearance this year. Colorado State joined UNC as the week’s new additions. Ohio State and Alabama fell out from last week’s poll.
UNDATED (AP) — South Carolina is still No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll despite suffering its second loss of the season. The Gamecocks fell to Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference tournament title game, but stayed atop the poll ahead of No. 2 Stanford. South Carolina received 17 first-place votes from the 30-member national media panel. Stanford, which won the Pac-12 tournament, got 11. North Carolina State was third with Baylor and Louisville rounding out the top five teams. Central Florida entered the poll for the first time in school history, coming in at No. 25.
UNDATED (AP) — The Clemson baseball team’s 11-0 start following a three-game weekend sweep of in-state rival South Carolina has quickly put the Tigers’ first losing season since 1957 in the rearview mirror. The Tigers are out to their best start since Jack Leggett’s 2002 team opened 13-0 and finished 54-17 with two wins in the College World Series. The Tigers were 25-27 last season and picked fifth this year in the seven-team ACC Atlantic Division. Texas remains the consensus No. 1 team this week despite taking its first loss of the season.
