The Kansas men’s basketball team returned to the top spot in both national polls Monday.

The Jayhawks (20-1) received 54 of 65 first-place votes in the Associated Press poll and also 26 of 31 first-place votes in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll.

The other Big 12 teams in the rankings were: Texas (ninth AP; 10th coaches), Kansas State (tied 10th AP, 11th coaches) and Baylor (20th AP, 24th coaches).

See Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan’s Associated Press ballot.

The full rankings are below.

Associated Press poll

1. Kansas Jayhawks (54) 20-1 1,605 2
2. Villanova Wildcats (4) 19-1 1,534 3
3. Syracuse Orange (6) 21-1 1,506 4
4. Kentucky Wildcats (1) 20-1 1,460 1
5. Michigan State Spartans 19-3 1,367 5
6. West Virginia Mountaineers 17-3 1,230 9
7. Georgetown Hoyas 16-4 1,204 7
8. Purdue Boilermakers 18-3 1,182 10
9. Texas Longhorns 18-3 1,069 6
10. (tie for 10th) Duke Blue Devils 17-4 1,025 8
11. (tie for 10th) Kansas State Wildcats 17-4 1,025 11
12. BYU Cougars 21-2 748 12
13. Ohio State Buckeyes 16-6 677 20
14. Tennessee Volunteers 16-4 655 14
15. New Mexico Lobos 20-3 636 23
16. Wisconsin Badgers 16-5 585 16
17. Gonzaga Bulldogs 17-4 541 13
18. Vanderbilt Commodores 16-4 502 21
19. Temple Owls 18-4 495 15
20. Baylor Bears 16-4 461 24
21. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 16-5 459 22
22. Pittsburgh Panthers 16-5 278 17
23. Butler Bulldogs 18-4 216 NR
24. Northern Iowa Panthers 19-2 193 NR
25. Ole Miss Rebels 16-5 132 18

Others receiving votes — Florida State 77, Cornell 39, UAB 32, Wake Forest 31, Xavier 31, Siena 19, Rhode Island 17, UNLV 16, Clemson 16, Missouri 13, Charlotte 12, Marquette 10, Saint Mary’s (CA) 9, UTEP 7, Wichita State 5, Oklahoma State 3, Maryland 2, George Mason 1.

ESPN/USA Today coaches poll

1. Kansas (26) 20-1 769
2. Villanova (4) 19-1 735
3. Kentucky (1) 20-1 705
4. Syracuse 21-1 703
5. Michigan State 19-3 652
6. West Virginia 17-3 596
7. Purdue 18-3 552
8. Georgetown 16-4 550
9. Duke 17-4 503
10. Texas 18-3 495
11. Kansas State 17-4 433
12. Brigham Young 21-2 432
13. Gonzaga 17-4 351
14. Tennessee 16-4 330
15. Butler 18-4 297
16. Wisconsin 16-5 277
17. Temple 18-4 253
18. Ohio State 16-6 245
19. Georgia Tech 16-5 211
20. Vanderbilt 16-4 160
21. Pittsburgh 16-5 133
22. Northern Iowa 19-2 129
23. New Mexico 20-3 125
24. Baylor 16-4 109
25. Cornell 18-3 53

Others Receiving Votes — Mississippi 52, Clemson 47, Florida State 34, Missouri 32, UAB 21, Saint Mary’s 18, Xavier 15, Rhode Island 11, UNLV 11, Siena 8, Connecticut 6, Maryland 5, Louisiana Tech 4, Virginia Tech 4, Tulsa 3, California 2, Oklahoma State 2.