Bruins move up to No. 5

UCLA moved up to No. 5 in the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls today, passing conference rival Washington State, which dropped to ninth in both polls. Memphis stayed at No. 1, followed by Kansas, Duke and North Carolina and then the Bruins. Duke and North Carolina will play each other in Chapel Hill in the first of two meetings this season on Feb. 6.

Stanford moved up to 14th in both polls, but was the only other Pac-10 school to be ranked. Arizona, USC and Arizona State received votes in both polls.

RPI watchers will note that five Pac-10 teams have ratings of 45 or better, usually the number needed to get into the NCAA Tournament. Arizona has the highest RPI of any Pac-10 school at No. 7 now, followed by Washington State (10), UCLA (12), Stanford (29) and USC (38). Dangerously low are Oregon (52), Washington (88), Arizona State (90), Cal (92) and Oregon State (235).