The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 16, 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. Syracuse (64)         25-0  1,624   1

2. Florida (1)           23-2  1,543   3

3. Wichita St.           27-0  1,489   4

4. Arizona               23-2  1,427   2

5. Duke                  20-5  1,296   8

6. San Diego St.         22-2  1,232   5

7. Cincinnati            23-3  1,157  10

8. Kansas                19-6  1,129   7

9. Villanova             22-3  1,020   6

10. Saint Louis           23-2  1,019  12

11. Creighton             21-4    991  18

11. Louisville            21-4    991  13

13. Michigan St.          21-5    788   9

14. Virginia              21-5    752  17

15. Iowa                  19-6    721  16

16. Wisconsin             21-5    609  21

17. Iowa St.              19-5    597  11

18. Kentucky              19-6    579  14

19. Texas                 20-5    577  19

20. Michigan              18-7    421  15

21. UConn                 20-5    382  24

22. Memphis               19-6    204  20

23. UCLA                  20-5    168   _

24. Ohio St.              20-6    133  22

25. Gonzaga               23-4    112   _

Others receiving votes: North Carolina 54, Arizona St. 45, Pittsburgh 21, SMU 21, Stephen F. Austin 8, Oklahoma 7, New Mexico 3, VCU 2, Green Bay 1, Kansas St. 1, Louisiana Tech 1.