KU leaps to No. 6 in AP Top 25
Helped by six of the top 11 teams losing Saturday, the Jayhawks have jumped six spots to No. 6 in the latest AP Top 25 poll. Kansas (13-3 overall, 3-0 Big 12) received more than 500 more votes than last week.
Then-No. 1 Duke, No. 6 Connecticut, No. 8 Illinois, No. 9 Alabama, No. 10 Notre Dame and No. 11 Missouri each lost Saturday. Arizona, which will play Kansas on Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse, is now No. 1 with 67 of 72 first-place votes.
The rest of the top 10 is as follows: Pittsburgh, Duke, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Louisville and Creighton. Oklahoma (11-3, 2-1) dropped just two spots after losing to Oklahoma State last Monday and defeating Iowa State, 70-60, on Saturday.
No. 13 Oklahoma State, which was ranked 24 last week, had the biggest jump in the poll after topping both Oklahoma and Missouri. The Tigers (10-3, 1-1) tied Illinois for the biggest drop, falling to No. 21. Texas Tech was the only other Big 12 team to receive 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. 19, 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. Arizona (67) | 13-1 | 1,795 | 2 |
| 2. Pittsburgh (3) | 14-1 | 1,685 | 3 |
| 3. Duke (1) | 12-1 | 1,617 | 1 |
| 4. Texas | 12-2 | 1,597 | 4 |
| 5. Florida (1) | 15-2 | 1,543 | 6 |
| 6. Kansas | 13-3 | 1,328 | 12 |
| 7. Oklahoma | 11-3 | 1,277 | 5 |
| 8. Kentucky | 13-3 | 1,112 | 16 |
| 9. Louisville | 12-1 | 1,055 | 15 |
| 10. Creighton | 15-1 | 1,047 | 13 |
| 11. Connecticut | 11-2 | 1,032 | 6 |
| 12. Maryland | 10-4 | 873 | 17 |
| 13. Oklahoma St. | 14-1 | 853 | 24 |
| 14. Indiana | 13-3 | 833 | 18 |
| 15. Alabama | 12-3 | 815 | 9 |
| 16. Notre Dame | 14-3 | 793 | 10 |
| 17. Wake Forest | 12-1 | 711 | 19 |
| 18. Illinois | 12-3 | 677 | 8 |
| 19. Georgia | 10-4 | 517 | 20 |
| 20. Marquette | 12-3 | 358 | 21 |
| 21. Missouri | 10-3 | 356 | 11 |
| 22. Mississippi St. | 10-4 | 347 | 14 |
| 23. Oregon | 12-4 | 265 | 22 |
| 24. Auburn | 15-2 | 146 | — |
| 25. California | 12-2 | 134 | — |
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Others receiving votes: Syracuse 123, Butler 94, Xavier 91, Iowa 81, Saint Joseph’s 63, LSU 36, Cincinnati 28, Texas Tech 28, Dayton 22, Memphis 11, Stanford 10, Purdue 9, Tulsa 9, Gonzaga 6, North Carolina 6, Fresno St. 5, Wisconsin 5, Michigan 2, Villanova 2, Holy Cross 1, Kent St. 1, Virginia 1.
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