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Heels Drop to No. 8 in Both Polls
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Inside Carolina Staff
InsideCarolina.com

Feb 26, 2007

The new college basketball Top 25 polls were released Monday afternoon.

Team (First-place votes)	Record	Points	Previous Rank
1. Ohio State Buckeyes (62)	26-3	1,786	2
2. UCLA Bruins (10)	25-3	1,729	4
3. Kansas Jayhawks	25-4	1,580	6
4. Wisconsin Badgers	26-4	1,503	1
5. Florida Gators	25-4	1,488	3
6. Memphis Tigers	25-3	1,422	7
7. Texas A&M Aggies	24-4	1,408	8
8. North Carolina Tar Heels	24-5	1,381	5
9. Georgetown Hoyas	22-5	1,225	12
10. Nevada Wolf Pack	26-2	1,160	11
11. Southern Illinois Salukis	25-5	1,057	13
12. Pittsburgh Panthers	24-5	984	10
13. Washington State Cougars	23-5	974	9
14. Duke Blue Devils	22-7	775	18
15. Texas Longhorns	21-7	708	19
16. Louisville Cardinals	21-8	653	20
17. Oregon Ducks	22-7	466	23
18. Butler Bulldogs	26-5	457	15
19. Vanderbilt Commodores	19-9	317	17
20. Marquette Golden Eagles	22-8	299	16
21. Virginia Tech Hokies	20-8	293	NR
22. Notre Dame Fighting Irish	22-6	279	NR
23. USC Trojans	21-8	254	NR
24. Maryland Terrapins	22-7	247	NR
25. Air Force Falcons	23-6	236	14

Others receiving votes: Michigan State 135, Winthrop 123, Virginia 103, UNLV 78, BYU 70, Xavier 42, Tennessee 40, West Virginia 27, Arizona 24, Indiana 15, Kentucky 12, Kansas State 11, Old Dominion 10, Boston College 9, Massachusetts 6, Akron 3, Davidson 3, Virginia Commonwealth 3, Stanford 2, Vermont 2, Syracuse 1.

Team (First-place votes)	Record	Points	Previous Rank
1. Ohio State Buckeyes (29)	26-3	772	1
2. UCLA Bruins (2)	25-3	742	4
3. Kansas Jayhawks	25-4	680	6
4. Florida Gators	25-4	646	3
5. Wisconsin Badgers	26-4	628	2
6. Texas A&M Aggies	24-4	608	9
7. Memphis Tigers	25-3	607	7
8. North Carolina Tar Heels	24-5	584	5
9. Nevada Wolf Pack	26-2	526	10
10. Georgetown Hoyas	22-5	515	12
11. Southern Illinois Salukis	25-5	451	14
12. Pittsburgh Panthers	24-5	447	8
13. Washington State Cougars	23-5	412	11
14. Duke Blue Devils	22-7	303	17
15. Texas Longhorns	21-7	272	20
16. Butler Bulldogs	26-5	222	15
17. Notre Dame Fighting Irish	22-6	217	23
18. Oregon Ducks	22-7	181	24
19. Louisville Cardinals	21-8	170	NR
20. Air Force Falcons	23-6	141	13
21. Marquette Golden Eagles	22-8	137	16
21. Virginia Tech Hokies	20-8	137	NR
23. Vanderbilt Commodores	19-9	100	21
24. USC Trojans	21-8	90	NR
25. Virginia Cavaliers	19-8	86	19

Others receiving votes: West Virginia 73, Winthrop 69, Maryland 48, BYU 42, UNLV 37, Davidson 34, Michigan State 17, Creighton 12, Arizona 9, Kentucky 8, Akron 7, Appalachian State 7, Kansas State 7, Syracuse 7, Illinois 5, VCU 5, Xavier 5, San Diego State 3, Alabama 2, Vermont 2, Marist 1, New Mexio State 1.