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(AP) -- Syracuse was so impressive in the 2K Sports Classic that it made one of the best entrances ever into The Associated Press' college basketball poll.

The Orange, who beat California and North Carolina by an average of 19 points in winning the tournament at Madison Square Garden, went from unranked to No. 10 on Monday, the third-best jump-in in poll history.

Kansas was still the runaway No. 1 and Michigan State and Texas held on to second and third in the second poll of the regular season, but that's where the changes started after a week that saw six ranked teams lose, including California and Dayton, which both lost twice and dropped out.

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