UNLV Scores Another Clean Sweep in AP Basketball Poll

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Jan. 14, 1991 12 AM PT

From Associated Press

It was another clean sweep for UNLV in the Associated Press college basketball poll today.

The Runnin’ Rebels beat San Jose State, Utah State and Fresno State last week, pushing their record to 11-0. Their reward was a unanimous No. 1 ranking with all 64 first-place ballots and 1,600 points for the second straight week in the voting by sports writers and broadcasters.

Behind UNLV, it was status quo for most of the Top 10. Arkansas pushed its record to 15-1 with victories over Texas and Texas Tech and remained No. 2 with 1,520 points. The Razorbacks will play UNLV at Arkansas on Feb. 10.

Indiana, Ohio State, North Carolina, Arizona, UCLA (7th) and Syracuse held their positions from last week. The only change came at No. 9, with Kentucky up two notches from No. 11. St. John’s remained at No. 10 with Sunday’s victory at Connecticut, which dropped from No. 9 to 13th.

There were two new teams in the rankings.

Utah (15-1) used 12 straight victories to show up at No. 23, and Seton Hall (10-3) grabbed No. 25 despite a loss at home to Syracuse.

They replaced Georgia Tech and Texas-El Paso, who each lost twice and fell out of the rankings. The Yellow Jackets (9-5) were No. 24 and UTEP (10-4) was No. 25.

Ohio State, at 14-0, and UNLV are the only unbeaten major college teams. Indiana is 14-1 and North Carolina improved to 13-1 with a double-overtime victory at Virginia, which slipped a notch to No. 14.

THE TOP 25 The top 25 teams in the AP college basketball poll; first-place votes in parentheses. 1. UNLV (64) 11-0

2. Arkansas 15-1

3. Indiana 14-1

4. Ohio State 14-0

5. North Carolina 13-1

6. Arizona 13-2

7. UCLA 13-2

8. Syracuse 14-2

9. Kentucky 12-2

10. St. John’s 11-2

11. Oklahoma 13-2

12. Duke 12-3