Jayhawks gain a spot in basketball polls
Kansas moved up one spot to No. 12 in The Associated Press poll and No. 13 in the USA Today coaches’ poll on Monday.
For the fifth straight week, Kentucky is the unanimous No. 1 team in the AP Top 25.
The Wildcats (13-0) got all 64 first-place votes cast Monday in The AP poll after having the week off, and have been atop the rankings all season. Kentucky hasn’t played since beating Louisville on Dec. 27 and returns Tuesday against Mississippi.
Duke received one first-place vote in the USA Today coaches’ poll.
The top five remained unchanged, with Duke, Virginia, Wisconsin and Louisville behind Kentucky.
Wichita State rose one spot to No. 15 in both polls.
Texas is the highest-ranked Big 12 team at No. 10 in both polls. In the AP poll, West Virginia is No. 14, Oklahoma is No. 16, and Iowa State dropped eight spots to No. 17 after losing to South Carolina on Saturday. Baylor is No. 21.
Seton Hall, VCU, Arkansas and Old Dominion were new arrivals to the Top 25, with the No. 19 Pirates (12-2) the highest of that group after upsetting then-unbeaten Villanova over the weekend. For the No. 25 Monarchs (12-1), it marked their first appearance in program history. Washington, Colorado State, Northern Iowa and Georgetown dropped out of the poll.
The Associated Press poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Kentucky (64) | 13-0 | 1,600 | 1 |
2. Duke | 13-0 | 1,535 | 2 |
3. Virginia | 13-0 | 1,446 | 3 |
4. Wisconsin | 14-1 | 1,397 | 4 |
5. Louisville | 13-1 | 1,322 | 5 |
6. Gonzaga | 14-1 | 1,275 | 7 |
7. Arizona | 13-1 | 1,260 | 8 |
8. Villanova | 13-1 | 1,089 | 6 |
9. Utah | 12-2 | 1,059 | 10 |
10. Texas | 12-2 | 976 | 11 |
11. Maryland | 14-1 | 966 | 12 |
12. Kansas | 11-2 | 884 | 13 |
13. Notre Dame | 14-1 | 775 | 14 |
14. West Virginia | 13-1 | 712 | 17 |
15. Wichita St. | 12-2 | 686 | 16 |
16. Oklahoma | 10-3 | 674 | 18 |
17. Iowa St. | 10-2 | 663 | 9 |
18. North Carolina | 11-3 | 591 | 19 |
19. Seton Hall | 12-2 | 448 | — |
20. VCU | 11-3 | 311 | — |
21. Baylor | 11-2 | 186 | 22 |
22. Ohio St. | 12-3 | 184 | 20 |
23. Arkansas | 11-2 | 103 | — |
24. St. John’s | 11-3 | 92 | 15 |
25. Old Dominion | 12-1 | 80 | — |
Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 72, Iowa 63, Butler 53, LSU 50, George Washington 39, TCU 33, Temple 33, Colorado St. 31, Stanford 29, South Carolina 16, Washington 13, Wyoming 11, Indiana 9, Oklahoma St. 9, Georgetown 7, Cincinnati 6, Dayton 5, BYU 3, Xavier 2, Davidson 1, Hofstra 1.
USA Today poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 4, 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. Kentucky (31) | 13-0 | 799 | 1 |
2. Duke (1) | 13-0 | 768 | 2 |
3. Virginia | 13-0 | 727 | 3 |
4. Wisconsin | 14-1 | 703 | 4 |
5. Louisville | 13-1 | 649 | 6 |
6. Arizona | 13-1 | 634 | 7 |
7. Gonzaga | 14-1 | 628 | 8 |
8. Villanova | 13-1 | 546 | 5 |
9. Maryland | 14-1 | 497 | 11 |
10. Texas | 12-2 | 478 | 10 |
11. Utah | 12-2 | 470 | 12 |
12. Notre Dame | 14-1 | 441 | 13 |
13. Kansas | 11-2 | 420 | 14 |
14. West Virginia | 13-1 | 381 | 15 |
15. Wichita State | 12-2 | 320 | 16 |
16. Iowa State | 10-2 | 317 | 9 |
17. North Carolina | 11-3 | 297 | 20 |
18. Oklahoma | 9-3 | 279 | 21 |
19. Seton Hall | 12-2 | 172 | — |
20. Ohio State | 12-3 | 142 | 18 |
21. VCU | 11-3 | 135 | — |
22. Baylor | 11-2 | 105 | 22 |
23. Northern Iowa | 12-2 | 60 | 23 |
24. St. John’s | 11-3 | 55 | 17 |
25. Arkansas | 11-2 | 50 | — |
Others receiving votes: Colorado State 35, Georgetown 35, Old Dominion 33, Washington 32, Oklahoma State 27, Indiana 20, Stanford 20, San Diego State 18, TCU 18, Butler 16, Iowa 14, LSU 12, South Carolina 12, George Washington 9, Cincinnati 7, Georgia 4, California 3, Dayton 3, Minnesota 3, Temple 2, BYU 1, Oregon 1, Saint Mary’s 1, Wyoming 1.
This story was originally published January 5, 2015 at 12:34 PM with the headline "Jayhawks gain a spot in basketball polls."