Kansas, Oklahoma stay 1-2 in men’s AP basketball poll
Kansas and Oklahoma, who played one of the season’s best games last week, remain 1-2 in the men’s Top 25 basketball poll released Monday by The Associated Press.
The Jayhawks, 14-1, beat the Sooners 109-106 in triple overtime. They received all but two first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel. It is the second week at No. 1 for Kansas.
Oklahoma, 13-1, drew one No. 1 vote. It was followed by Maryland and Michigan State, which had the other first-place vote.
No. 10 SMU, coached by Larry Brown, is in the top 10 for the first time since February 1985. The Mustangs, 15-0, and No. 19 South Carolina, 15-0, coached by former K-State coach Frank Martin, are the only unbeaten Division I teams. SMU is ineligible for the postseason because of NCAA rules violations.
▪ UConn remained No. 1 in the women’s poll. Missouri dropped from 20th to 24th.
AP Top 25
First-place votes are in parentheses, records through Jan. 10, 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) | 14-1 | 1,621 | 1 |
2. Oklahoma (1) | 13-1 | 1,551 | 2 |
3. Maryland | 15-1 | 1,472 | 3 |
4. Michigan State (1) | 16-1 | 1,446 | 5 |
5. North Carolina | 15-2 | 1,371 | 6 |
6. Villanova | 14-2 | 1,246 | 11 |
7. Xavier | 14-1 | 1,200 | 10 |
8. Miami, Fla. | 13-1 | 1,139 | 12 |
9. Duke | 14-2 | 1,100 | 14 |
10. SMU | 15-0 | 1,040 | 15 |
11. West Virginia | 14-1 | 867 | 17 |
12. Providence | 14-2 | 862 | 8 |
13. Virginia | 12-3 | 818 | 4 |
14. Kentucky | 12-3 | 698 | 9 |
15. Texas A&M | 13-2 | 668 | 21 |
16. Iowa | 12-3 | 656 | 19 |
17. Iowa State | 12-3 | 555 | 13 |
18. Arizona | 13-3 | 537 | 7 |
19. South Carolina | 15-0 | 527 | 22 |
20. Pittsburgh | 14-1 | 334 | 24 |
21. Louisville | 13-3 | 330 | 16 |
22. Baylor | 12-3 | 325 | — |
23. Butler | 12-4 | 302 | 18 |
24. Purdue | 14-3 | 145 | 20 |
25. Gonzaga | 13-3 | 101 | — |
Others receiving votes: Southern California 79, Indiana 59, UCLA 21, Texas Tech 10, Utah 10, Saint Mary’s, Calif., 8, Wichita State 7, Oregon 6, Valparaiso 6, Hawaii 4, Akron 1, Dayton 1, Oregon State 1, St. Bonaventure 1.
Tod Palmer’s ballot: 1. Kansas, 2. Oklahoma, 3. Michigan State, 4. Maryland, 5. North Carolina, 6. Miami, Fla., 7. Villanova, 8. Duke, 9. Xavier, 10. Providence, 11. SMU, 12. Virginia, 13. Iowa State, 14. Kentucky, 15. Arizona, 16. Iowa, 17. West Virginia, 18. Texas A&M, 19. Pittsburgh, 20. South Carolina, 21. Butler, 22. Gonzaga, 23. Louisville, 24. Baylor, 25. Southern California
This story was originally published January 11, 2016 at 3:24 PM with the headline "Kansas, Oklahoma stay 1-2 in men’s AP basketball poll."