KU is No. 1 in final AP college basketball poll
The final Associated Press college basketball poll and the NCAA Tournament don’t agree on the top four teams.
Kansas is No. 1 for the third straight week, and fifth overall, while Michigan State, not one of the NCAA field’s top four seeds, is second followed by North Carolina and Virginia.
The Jayhawks, 30-4, received 63 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel. Michigan State, a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, got the other two No. 1 votes.
Oregon, the NCAA’s other No. 1 seed, is fifth followed by Villanova, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Xavier. Miami and Kentucky are tied for 10th.
Big East champion Seton Hall is the week’s only newcomer at No. 20, replacing Texas.
There were six No. 1s this season — one off the record set in 1982-83 — and Kansas’ five weeks were the most on top. There were 44 schools ranked this season and the Atlantic Coast Conference had the most with eight.
AP Top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ final 2015-16 college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 13, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Kansas (63) | 30-4 | 1,623 | 1 |
2. Michigan State (2) | 29-5 | 1,552 | 2 |
3. North Carolina | 28-6 | 1,488 | 7 |
4. Virginia | 26-7 | 1,384 | 4 |
5. Oregon | 28-6 | 1,371 | 8 |
6. Villanova | 29-5 | 1,283 | 3 |
7. Oklahoma | 25-7 | 1,215 | 6 |
8. West Virginia | 26-8 | 1,193 | 9 |
9. Xavier | 27-5 | 1,127 | 5 |
10. Kentucky | 26-8 | 920 | 16 |
10. Miami (Fla.) | 25-7 | 920 | 11 |
12. Purdue | 26-8 | 873 | 13 |
13. Utah | 26-8 | 870 | 12 |
14. Indiana | 25-7 | 828 | 10 |
15. Texas A&M | 26-8 | 682 | 17 |
16. Louisville | 23-8 | 585 | 14 |
17. Arizona | 25-8 | 559 | 15 |
18. Maryland | 25-8 | 489 | 18 |
19. Duke | 23-10 | 383 | 19 |
20. Seton Hall | 25-8 | 374 | — |
21. Baylor | 22-11 | 347 | 22 |
22. Iowa State | 21-11 | 317 | 21 |
23. California | 23-10 | 270 | 24 |
24. SMU | 25-5 | 84 | 25 |
25. Iowa | 21-10 | 82 | 20 |
Others receiving votes: Texas 69, Notre Dame 61, Saint Joseph’s 60, Connecticut 34, Stephen F. Austin 12, Dayton 11, Wichita State 9, Wisconsin 9, Gonzaga 8, Arkansas-Little Rock 5, Providence 4, Butler 3, Cincinnati 3, Monmouth (N.J.) 3, Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 3, Valparaiso 3, Yale 3, Michigan 2, Stony Brook 2, Akron 1, Northern Iowa 1.
Tod Palmer’s ballot: 1. Kansas, 2. Michigan State, 3. North Carolina, 4. Virginia, 5. Oregon, 6. Villanova, 7. Xavier, 8. West Virginia, 9. Oklahoma, 10. Utah, 11. Kentucky, 12. Indiana, 13. Miami (Fla.), 14. Texas A&M, 15. Purdue, 16. Arizona, 17. California, 18. Seton Hall, 19. Louisville, 20. Iowa State, 21. Maryland, 22. Baylor, 23. Duke, 24. SMU, 25. Iowa.
USA Today Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 13, 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. Kansas (31) | 30-4 | 799 | 1 |
2. Michigan State (1) | 29-5 | 761 | 3 |
3. North Carolina | 28-6 | 732 | 7 |
4. Oregon | 28-6 | 673 | 9 |
5. Virginia | 26-7 | 665 | 4 |
6. Villanova | 29-5 | 610 | 2 |
7. Oklahoma | 25-7 | 588 | 6 |
8. West Virginia | 26-8 | 575 | 8 |
9. Xavier | 27-5 | 548 | 5 |
10. Purdue | 26-8 | 466 | 13 |
11. Miami (Fla.) | 25-7 | 459 | 11 |
12. Indiana | 25-7 | 421 | 10 |
13. Kentucky | 26-8 | 418 | 16 |
14. Utah | 26-8 | 379 | 12 |
15. Texas A&M | 26-8 | 343 | 17 |
16. Arizona | 25-8 | 323 | 14 |
17. Maryland | 25-8 | 306 | 15 |
18. Baylor | 22-11 | 227 | 20 |
19. Iowa State | 21-11 | 199 | 19 |
20. Duke | 23-10 | 172 | 21 |
21. Seton Hall | 25-8 | 158 | 28 |
22. Texas | 20-12 | 113 | 22 |
23. California | 23-10 | 108 | 24 |
24. Iowa | 21-10 | 100 | 18 |
25. St. Joseph’s | 27-7 | 46 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 41, Connecticut 36, Providence 25, Wichita State 21, Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 17, Gonzaga 17, Wisconsin 15, Stephen F. Austin 11, Northern Iowa 9, Dayton 9, Virginia Commonwealth 3, Butler 2, Yale 2, Arkansas-Little Rock 1, Cincinnati 1, Fresno State 1.
Women’s AP Top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ final 2015-16 women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 13, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Connecticut (32) | 32-0 | 800 | 1 |
2. Notre Dame | 31-1 | 753 | 2 |
3. South Carolina | 31-1 | 747 | 3 |
4. Baylor | 33-1 | 707 | 4 |
5. Maryland | 30-3 | 672 | 5 |
6. Oregon State | 28-4 | 635 | 6 |
7. Texas | 28-4 | 595 | 7 |
8. Louisville | 25-7 | 568 | 8 |
9. Ohio State | 24-7 | 504 | 9 |
10. UCLA | 24-8 | 475 | 10 |
11. Arizona State | 25-6 | 443 | 11 |
12. Kentucky | 23-7 | 433 | 12 |
13. Stanford | 24-7 | 390 | 13 |
14. Syracuse | 25-7 | 382 | 14 |
15. Mississippi State | 26-7 | 376 | 15 |
16. Michigan State | 24-8 | 342 | 16 |
17. Florida State | 23-7 | 311 | 17 |
18. Texas A&M | 21-9 | 268 | 19 |
19. Miami | 24-8 | 233 | 20 |
20. DePaul | 25-8 | 168 | 18 |
21. South Florida | 23-8 | 151 | 21 |
22. Colorado State | 31-1 | 135 | 22 |
23. West Virginia | 24-9 | 120 | 23 |
24. Oklahoma | 21-10 | 73 | 24 |
25. Florida | 22-8 | 36 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: George Washington 20, Army 12, James Madison 12, Washington 9, St. John’s 8, UTEP 5, Florida Gulf Coast 4, Tennessee 4, Belmont 3, Albany (N.Y.) 2, BYU 2, Oklahoma State 2.
This story was originally published March 14, 2016 at 3:31 PM with the headline "KU is No. 1 in final AP college basketball poll."