Kansas moves up four spots in new AP Top 25
Two dominating victories over lesser opponents helped vault KU’s men’s basketball team to No. 14 in the latest AP Top 25.
The Jayhawks (9-3) received 800 votes and moved up four spots from last week. Along with big wins over UNC Asheville and UMKC, the Jayhawks were helped by two losses by both Michigan State – which dropped from 14 to 25 – and Marquette, which fell to 24 from 13.
Duke (9-0) is the top-ranked team in the nation after Alabama lost, 51-49, to Utah last week. The Blue Devils received 54 of 71 first-place votes.
Other ranked Big 12 teams include No. 8 Texas (9-2), No. 9 Oklahoma (8-2), No. 13 Missouri (8-1) and No. 23 Texas Tech (9-1). Oklahoma State and Iowa State also received votes.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 5, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
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| Record | Pts | Pv | |
| 1. Duke (54) | 9-0 | 1,778 | 3 |
| 2. Arizona (15) | 9-1 | 1,714 | 4 |
| 3. Connecticut (1) | 9-0 | 1,563 | 5 |
| 4. Alabama | 10-1 | 1,513 | 1 |
| 5. Notre Dame | 12-1 | 1,490 | 6 |
| 6. Pittsburgh | 10-1 | 1,427 | 2 |
| 7. Mississippi St. (2) | 10-1 | 1,376 | 8 |
| 8. Texas | 9-2 | 1,321 | 7 |
| 9. Oklahoma | 8-2 | 1,132 | 10 |
| 10. Illinois | 10-1 | 1,083 | 11 |
| 11. Florida | 11-2 | 1,063 | 12 |
| 12. Oregon | 10-2 | 975 | 9 |
| 13. Missouri | 8-1 | 864 | 16 |
| 14. Kansas | 9-3 | 800 | 18 |
| 15. Indiana | 10-2 | 779 | 17 |
| 16. Creighton | 11-1 | 605 | 15 |
| 17. Wake Forest | 9-0 | 562 | 23 |
| 18. Kentucky | 9-3 | 440 | 20 |
| 19. Louisville | 8-1 | 433 | 24 |
| 20. Georgia | 9-3 | 392 | — |
| 21. Maryland | 7-3 | 362 | 22 |
| 21. Xavier | 9-3 | 362 | 19 |
| 23. Texas Tech | 9-1 | 293 | 25 |
| 24. Marquette | 8-3 | 292 | 13 |
| 25. Michigan St. | 8-4 | 267 | 14 |
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Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 96, LSU 73, Syracuse 62, Memphis 54, Saint Joseph’s 51, Butler 37, Iowa St. 24, N.C. State 23, Georgetown 18, Tulsa 16, Cincinnati 10, Utah 10, Dayton 7, Wisconsin 7, Stanford 6, Clemson 5, Hawaii 5, Wyoming 5, Fresno St. 1, Gonzaga 1, Kent St. 1, Manhattan 1, North Carolina 1.
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