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Syracuse's Fab Melo jams a shot against DePaul during the first half of an NCAA basketball game in Rosemont, Ill., Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Syracuse won 87-68. (AP Photo/John Smierciak)

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AP poll: Syracuse No. 1 for 4th straight week

Updated: Monday, 02 Jan 2012, 1:17 PM EST
Published : Monday, 02 Jan 2012, 1:17 PM EST

(AP) - Syracuse is No. 1 in The Associated Press' Top 25 for a fourth straight week and Pittsburgh is out of the poll for the first time since the middle of 2009-10.

The Orange received 60 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. Kentucky, which moved up one spot to second, got the other five.

North Carolina, Baylor and Duke all jumped two places to third through fifth. Ohio State dropped from second to sixth after losing at Indiana. Missouri, Connecticut, Georgetown and Michigan State round out the top 10.

Louisville, which lost to Georgetown and Kentucky, dropped from fourth to 11th.

No. 23 Kansas State and No. 25 Gonzaga enter the rankings on six-game winning streaks. Creighton fell out from 21st. Pittsburgh, losers of three straight, dropped out from 22nd.