AP college basketball polls: North Carolina men still unanimous No. 1

North Carolina started the season without injured starters Tyler Hansbrough and Marcus Ginyard and stayed a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday.

The Tar Heels (1-0) didn't have Hansbrough (shin) or Ginyard (foot surgery) in their season-opening 86-71 win over Pennsylvania last weekend, but strong play from freshmen big men Tyler Zeller and Ed Davis were enough to draw all 72 first-place votes from the national media panel.

No teams from the preseason poll lost in the first week. That left all 25 teams from the first regular-season poll in the latest rankings, with just a couple of schools moving a place or two.

Connecticut, Louisville and UCLA stayed second through fourth. Michigan State, which beat Idaho 100-62 in its opener, and Pittsburgh, which opened with an 86-63 win over Fairleigh Dickinson, switched places to fifth and sixth, respectively.

Texas held seventh and Notre Dame and Gonzaga each moved up one spot to eight and ninth. Duke dropped from No. 8 to 10. The Blue Devils beat Presbyterian and Georgia Southern by an average of 37 points before rallying to squeak by Rhode Island 82-79 on Sunday night.

Purdue again was No. 11, followed by Oklahoma, Memphis and Tennessee. Arizona State and Marquette were tied for No. 15, with Miami, Florida, Southern California and Wake Forest completing the top 20. The last five ranked teams were Davidson, Georgetown, Villanova, Kansas and Wisconsin.

All the teams started their seasons last week except for Louisville and Georgetown. Louisville opens against Morehead State on Saturday in the first round of the Billy Minardi Classic. Georgetown was to host Jacksonville on Monday night.

Hansbrough, the reigning national player of the year, missed the first game of his college career because of the leg injury and the timetable for his return has not been set. Coach Roy Williams said last week the team is being conservative with his recovery. Ginyard, the Tar Heels' best defender, is out until December.

North Carolina hosts Kentucky on Tuesday and is at Cal-Santa Barbara on Friday, then will play in the EA Sports Maui Invitational next week in a field that also features Texas and Notre Dame.

The season's first matchup of top 10 teams could take place Friday in the championship game of the 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer in New York if Duke beats Southern Illinois in one semifinal and UCLA defeats Michigan in the other.

LSU's streak ends in AP women's poll

LSU's streak of Top 25 appearances is over while Connecticut became a unanimous choice at No. 1.

The Lady Tigers fell out of The Associated Press poll Monday for the first time since Feb. 25, 2002, a span of 117 straight weeks. It was the sixth-longest active streak in the country behind Tennessee (417), Connecticut (279), Duke (169), North Carolina and Stanford (134).

LSU, 24th in the preseason poll, lost to then-No. 16 Notre Dame 56-50 on Sunday. The Lady Tigers have had four different coaches during their streak in the Top 25 and have had a steady stream of talented players. However, they graduated their starting five from last season's Final Four team and Hall of Fame coach Van Chancellor is basically starting from scratch.

The Huskies survived a scare before pulling away from Georgia Tech on Sunday to remain the top choice in the poll. Connecticut, a unanimous No. 1 for five weeks last season, had all but one of the votes in the preseason poll with Stanford garnering the other first place ballot.

The Cardinal lost at Baylor on Sunday and tumbled to No. 8. Maryland, third in the preseason poll, was shocked by TCU on Friday and fell to No. 11. Buoyed by the victory, the Horned Frogs entered the Top 25 at No. 24 for the first time since the final poll of the 2004-05 season.

"It's good to be back," TCU coach Jeff Mittie said. "We always schedule tough which gives us some opportunities. We still play Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and Cal on the road."

With losses by Stanford and Maryland, Oklahoma moved up two spots to second - eight points ahead of No. 3 Rutgers. North Carolina, Tennessee, Duke, and California each moved up two spots.

Rutgers visits seventh-ranked Cal and No. 8 Stanford this weekend.

The Cardinal were followed by Louisville and Baylor, which jumped nine places to No. 10 after its 81-65 win over Stanford.

Maryland fell out of the Top 10 for the first time since the preseason poll of 2005-06. Only Tennessee, Connecticut, and North Carolina have been in the Top 10 longer.

The Terrapins were followed by Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Texas, and Notre Dame.

Virginia dropped one place to 16th and visited Tennessee on Monday night. Ohio State and Arizona State flip-flopped their places in the poll. Oklahoma State dropped five spots to No. 19 after losing at Duke on Friday. Auburn remained in 20th.

Purdue, Florida State, Xavier, TCU, and Old Dominion held the final five spots. The Lady Monarchs' visited Texas on Monday night.

-- Jim O'Connell