Jayhawks drop to third in both polls
Texas moves to top spot
The Kansas Jayhawks dropped to third in the The Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today college basketball polls after falling to Tennessee on Sunday. Texas grabbed the top spot, picking up 30 of the possible 31 first-place votes in the ESPN/USA Today poll and 56 first-place votes in the AP poll. Kentucky came in second in both polls, receiving nine first-place votes in the AP and one first-place vote in the ESPN/USA Today. The Volunteers’ win over KU vaulted them from 16 to nine in the AP.
Complete polls are below.
Associated Press
- Texas (56) 15-0 1,616
- Kentucky (9) 16-0 1,569
- Kansas 14-1 1,441
- Villanova 14-1 1,426
- Syracuse 15-1 1,353
- Purdue 14-1 1,317
- Michigan St. 13-3 1,191
- Duke 13-2 1,178
- Tennessee 12-2 1,030
- West Virginia 12-2 1,006
- Georgetown 12-2 934
- North Carolina 12-4 844
- Kansas St. 13-2 746
- Wisconsin 13-3 746
- Connecticut 11-4 633
- Pittsburgh 13-2 565
- Gonzaga 12-3 559
- BYU 16-1 456
- Temple 13-3 388
- Georgia Tech 12-3 342
- Mississippi 12-3 326
- Baylor 13-1 301
- Miami 15-1 189
- Clemson 13-3 167
- Florida St. 13-3 155
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 126, N. Iowa 91, Missouri 64, Mississippi St. 61, New Mexico 59, Dayton 39, UAB 35, UNLV 28, Oklahoma St. 26, Vanderbilt 21, Notre Dame 18, Wake Forest 14, Cornell 12, Butler 10, Texas Tech 10, Marquette 9, Virginia Tech 9, William & Mary 8, Florida 2, Louisiana Tech 2, Harvard 1, Missouri St. 1, Siena 1.
ESPN/USA Today coaches poll
- Texas (30) 15-0 774
- Kentucky (1) 16-0 745
- Kansas 14-1 697
- Villanova 14-1 681
- Syracuse 15-1 641
- Purdue 14-1 625
- Duke 13-2 578
- Michigan State 13-3 556
- West Virginia 12-2 471
- Tennessee 12-2 463
- Georgetown 12-2 439
- Kansas State 13-2 375
- North Carolina 12-4 362
- Gonzaga 12-3 345
- Connecticut 11-4 293
- Wisconsin 13-3 289
- Brigham Young 16-1 285
- Georgia Tech 12-3 261
- Clemson 13-3 213
- Pittsburgh 13-2 201
- Temple 13-3 151
- Butler 12-4 106
- Mississippi 12-3 90
- Baylor 13-1 66
- Florida State 13-3 65
Dropped out: No. 14 New Mexico, No. 22 Washington.
Others receiving votes: Northern Iowa (14-1) 62; New Mexico (14-3) 54; UNLV (13-3) 26; Saint Mary’s (15-2) 25; Oklahoma State (13-2) 21; Texas A&M (12-3) 17; Cornell (13-3) 16; Dayton (12-3) 16; Alabama-Birmingham (14-2) 14; Miami (Fla.) (15-1) 8; Wake Forest (11-3) 8; Rhode Island (12-2) 7; Mississippi State (13-3) 6; Arizona State (12-5) 5; Texas Tech (12-3) 4; William & Mary (12-3) 4; Missouri (13-3) 3; Marquette (10-6) 2; Minnesota (12-4) 1; Notre Dame (14-3) 1; San Diego State (12-4) 1; Vanderbilt (12-3) 1; Washington (10-5) 1.