Kentucky again unanimous No. 1

— -- The Kentucky Wildcats are the unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press Top 25 for the third straight week.

With one month to go until Selection Sunday, the Wildcats (25-0) received all 65 first-place votes from a media panel Monday after holding off LSU and rolling over South Carolina last week.

Kentucky matched the best start in school history -- tying the 1953-54 team -- with a 77-43 victory over South Carolina on Saturday.

"It's just, like, special," forward  Willie Cauley-Stein said Saturday. "It's special to me because I came from one of the worst teams in Kentucky history (21-12 two years ago) to being on one of the top teams. It's just cool to see the evolution."

The top eight teams remained the same from last week, with Virginia at No. 2, followed by Gonzaga, Duke, Wisconsin, Villanova, Arizona and Kansas.

The No. 5 Badgers (23-2) are also off to the best start in school history after a 68-49 victory over Illinois on Sunday.

Utah moved into the top 10 for the second time this season, up two spots to No. 9. Louisville dropped three spots to No. 12 after losing to North Carolina State on Saturday.

Northern Iowa moved up two spots to No. 11 for its highest ranking ever.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.