Kentucky drops from 6th to 15th and Tennessee holds on to 20^th in the new USA Today men’s college basketball poll. The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through December 25, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

RecordPtsPvs

1. Villanova (27) 12-0 795 1

2. Michigan State (5) 12-1 769 2

3. Duke 12-1 712 3

4. Arizona State 12-0 708 t4

5. Xavier 12-1 635 8

6. Texas A&M 11-1 599 9

7. West Virginia 11-1 581 10

8. TCU 12-0 518 12

9. Virginia 11-1 496 14

10. Wichita State 10-2 478 11

11. Kansas 10-2 455 13

12. Oklahoma 10-1 421 17

13. Purdue 12-2 410 16

14. North Carolina 11-2 385 t4

15. Kentucky 9-2 375 6

16. Miami (Fla.) 11-1 328 7

17. Baylor 10-2 233 18

18. Arizona 10-3 226 19

19. Gonzaga 10-3 196 15

20. Tennessee 9-2 195 20

21. Texas Tech 11-1 194 21

22. Cincinnati 11-2 159 t22

23. Creighton 10-2 123 24

24. Seton Hall 11-2 122 t22

25. Florida State 11-1 90 25