Kansas stays at No. 19 in AP Top 25
Even with Saturday’s 87-70 victory over UCLA, Kansas University’s mens’ basketball team kept its No. 19 ranking in the newest AP Top 25 poll.
Alabama took over the top spot with 35 of 71 first-place votes. Arizona, last week’s top-ranked team, dropped to fourth after losing, 66-65, to Louisiana State on Saturday.
Other ranked Big 12 schools include No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 9 Texax and No. 17 Missouri. Texas Tech and Oklahoma State also both received votes.
| Record | Pts | Pv | |
| 1. Alabama (35) | 8-0 | 1,718 | 2 |
| 2. Pittsburgh (14) | 8-0 | 1,673 | 4 |
| 3. Duke (16) | 6-0 | 1,657 | 3 |
| 4. Arizona (5) | 5-1 | 1,551 | 1 |
| 5. Oklahoma | 6-1 | 1,406 | 7 |
| 6. Connecticut | 7-0 | 1,299 | 8 |
| 7. Illinois (1) | 8-0 | 1,279 | 12 |
| 8. Notre Dame | 10-1 | 1,250 | 9 |
| 9. Texas | 7-2 | 1,135 | 10 |
| 10. Indiana | 8-1 | 1,113 | 6 |
| 11. Oregon | 8-1 | 1,029 | 5 |
| 12. Florida | 8-2 | 917 | 13 |
| 13. Marquette | 7-1 | 822 | 14 |
| 14. Kentucky | 6-2 | 806 | 18 |
| 15. Michigan St. | 7-2 | 761 | 15 |
| 16. Mississippi St. | 7-1 | 756 | 16 |
| 17. Missouri | 6-1 | 726 | 11 |
| 18. Creighton | 9-0 | 614 | 20 |
| 19. Kansas | 6-3 | 585 | 19 |
| 20. Tulsa | 6-1 | 334 | 22 |
| 21. Xavier | 6-2 | 314 | 21 |
| 22. North Carolina | 7-2 | 296 | 23 |
| 23. Maryland | 4-3 | 212 | 24 |
| 24. LSU | 7-1 | 173 | — |
| 25. Wake Forest | 6-0 | 87 | — |
Others receiving votes: Saint Joseph’s 77, Georgetown 52, Butler 51, Stanford 47, N.C. State 46, Georgia 34, Cincinnati 27, Texas Tech 25, Virginia 24, Minnesota 22, Clemson 20, Gonzaga 19, Syracuse 19, Oklahoma St. 17, BYU 16, Louisville 15, Coll. of Charleston 12, Iowa St. 11, Wisconsin 11, West Virginia 9, Wyoming 5, Penn 2, N. Arizona 1.
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