MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Kentucky is still the unanimous No. 1 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches' basketball poll but Syracuse leapfrogged Ohio State into the No. 2 spot.
Kentucky (21-1) regained the top spot in the poll last week when Syracuse slipped from first to fourth following its first loss of the season. Syracuse (22-1) regains the voters' good graces this week and moves up to second, switching places with Missouri.
Ohio State (19-3) keeps the No. 3 place with Missouri (19-2) fourth. Duke (18-3) inches up one place to fifth while Baylor (19-2) and North Carolina (18-3) are tied for sixth.
Kansas (17-4) drops from fifth to No. 8 ahead of its annual trip to Missouri, which is Saturday.
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Murray State (21-0), the lone unbeaten, remains ninth and Michigan State (17-4) moves from 11th to No. 10.
No. 11 Florida (17-4), 12th-ranked Creighton (20-2) and No. 13 Nevada-Las Vegas (20-3) all improve two places this week. Georgetown (16-4) is 14th after a week at No. 10 and Marquette (18-4) comes in 15th.
St. Mary's (Calif.) (21-2) goes from 20th to 16th while San Diego State (18-3) drops from 12th to No. 17. Virginia (17-3) is at 18th followed by No. 19 Mississippi State (17-5) and Big Ten rivals Indiana and Wisconsin, which are both 17-5 and tied for 20th. Wisconsin beat Indiana last week.
Michigan (16-6), with two ranked teams on this week's schedule, remains at 22nd and Harvard (18-2) is again No. 23. Florida State (14-6) returns to the rankings, after eight weeks, at 24th and Louisville (17-5) is No. 25.
Connecticut and Kansas State fall out of the Top 25 this week.
In addition to the Top 10 match of Kansas at Missouri, games sending ranked teams against each other this week are: Indiana at Michigan on Wednesday, Ohio State at Wisconsin and Virginia at Florida State on Saturday, and Michigan at Michigan State on Sunday.
