Kansas remains atop AP Top 25 with nearly all the first place votes
Five Big 12 teams, including both from the state of Kansas, are in this week’s AP Top 25, out Monday afternoon.
Kansas remains in first — where it’s been since the seasons started, and is joined by Texas at No. 2, Texas Tech at No. 16, Kansas State at No. 17 and Texas A&M at No. 23.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll is below, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 13, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.
See Journal-World sports editor’s Tom Keegan’s Associated Press ballot.
- Kansas (61) 9-0 1,620 1
- Texas (1) 8-0 1,512 2
- Kentucky (1) 10-0 1,486 4
- Purdue 9-0 1,426 5
- Syracuse (2) 10-0 1,388 7
- West Virginia 8-0 1,315 6
- Duke 7-1 1,137 8
- Villanova 9-1 1,107 3
- Tennessee 7-1 1,104 9
- North Carolina 8-2 1,039 11
- Georgetown 8-0 1,008 15
- Michigan St. 8-2 922 12
- Florida 8-1 864 10
- Connecticut 6-2 762 14
- Gonzaga 8-2 505 21
- Texas Tech 9-0 492 23
- Kansas St. 9-1 391 —
- Ohio St. 7-2 383 13
- New Mexico 10-0 364 —
- Mississippi 8-1 334 25
- Butler 7-3 257 22
- Georgia Tech 6-1 253 24
- Texas A&M 8-2 221 16
- Washington 6-2 179 17
- Cincinnati 6-2 174 19
Others receiving votes: Memphis 129, Wisconsin 110, UNLV 96, Clemson 84, Temple 83, Northwestern 59, Illinois 44, Miami 40, St. John’s 30, Oklahoma St. 29, Charlotte 24, Dayton 24, Seton Hall 24, Florida St. 23, Missouri St. 20, BYU 14, Mississippi St. 9, Virginia Tech 7, Baylor 6, Minnesota 5, Cornell 3, N.C. State 3, Rhode Island 3, Tulsa 3, N. Iowa 2, Pittsburgh 2, W. Carolina 2, Wake Forest 2, Army 1, William & Mary 1.