The Syracuse University men's basketball team climbed a few spots in both of the latest polls.

In the Associated Press writers poll, the Orange are now ranked 13th in the nation, up from 16th in the previous weeks' poll. Syracuse, which has won its first eight games this season, is ranked just behind Notre Dame and just ahead of Purdue. North Carolina remains the top team in the country, followed by Connecticut.

The top 25 includes eight teams from the Big East conference.

In the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll, Syracuse moved from 20th to 16th place, just behind Memphis and just ahead of Purdue. UNC and UConn are also ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in that poll.

AP Poll:

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. North Carolina (72) 8-0 1,800 1

2. Connecticut 8-0 1,710 2

3. Pittsburgh 9-0 1,633 3

4. Gonzaga 6-0 1,574 5

5. Oklahoma 8-0 1,529 6

6. Texas 6-1 1,381 8

7. Duke 8-1 1,256 4

8. Tennessee 6-1 1,203 10

9. Louisville 4-1 1,080 11

10. Xavier 7-0 1,041 14

11. Wake Forest 8-0 957 15

12. Notre Dame 6-2 954 7

13. Syracuse 8-0 869 16

14. Purdue 6-2 718 9

15. Villanova 8-0 713 17

16. UCLA 5-2 705 12

17. Memphis 5-1 579 18

18. Michigan St. 5-2 536 13

19. Georgetown 5-1 475 20

20. Arizona St. 7-1 462 19

21. Ohio St. 5-0 435 —

22. Baylor 7-1 351 24

23. Davidson 6-1 348 22

24. Marquette 7-1 222 25

25. Kansas 7-1 206 —

Others receiving votes: Dayton 155, Clemson 141, Michigan 119, Miami 63, BYU 33, Florida 33, Missouri 22, LSU 21, Butler 15, Wisconsin 13, Illinois 11, Florida St. 9, Saint Mary's, Calif. 8, Maryland 7, Texas A&M 5, Northwestern 4, Minnesota 2, Houston 1, Utah 1.

USA Today/ESPN coaches poll:

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 7, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

1. North Carolina (31) 8-0 775 1

2. Connecticut 8-0 734 2

3. Pittsburgh 9-0 715 3

4. Gonzaga 6-0 674 5

5. Oklahoma 8-0 632 6

6. Texas 6-1 601 8

7. Duke 8-1 551 4

8. Tennessee 6-1 465 13

9. Xavier 7-0 463 14

10. Louisville 4-1 446 11

11. Wake Forest 8-0 368 17

12. Villanova 8-0 362 16

13. Notre Dame 6-2 359 7

14. UCLA 5-2 349 9

15. Memphis 5-1 330 15

16. Syracuse 8-0 317 20

17. Purdue 6-2 293 10

18. Arizona State 7-1 254 19

19. Georgetown 5-1 246 18

20. Michigan State 5-2 190 12

21. Ohio State 5-0 173 —

22. Davidson 6-1 143 24

23. Kansas 7-1 136 25

24. Marquette 7-1 102 —

25. Miami 5-2 69 t22

Others receiving votes: Baylor 65, Dayton 57, Wisconsin 43, Brigham Young 34, Clemson 29, Michigan 29, Butler 27, Florida 22, Saint Mary's 8, Missouri 5, Maryland 3, Minnesota 2, Washington State 2, Florida State 1, West Virginia 1.