KU unanimous No. 1 in both polls

The Kansas men’s basketball team is the unanimous No. 1 in the latest Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today coaches polls released Monday.

The Jayhawks picked up all 65 first-place votes in the AP ranking and also all 31 first-place tallies in the coaches poll.

Other Big 12 teams in the rankings are: Kansas State (seventh AP/seventh coaches), Baylor (19th/21st) and Texas A&M (23rd/23rd).

See how Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan voted.

The complete rankings are below.

Associated Press

  1. Kansas (65) 32-2 1,625
  2. Kentucky 32-2 1,559
  3. Duke 29-5 1,427
  4. Syracuse 28-4 1,412
  5. Ohio State 27-7 1,377
  6. West Virginia 27-6 1,365
  7. Kansas State 26-7 1,209
  8. New Mexico 29-4 1,043
  9. Villanova 24-7 961
  10. Purdue 27-5 915
  11. Butler 28-4 903
  12. Temple 29-5 843
  13. Michigan State 24-8 836
  14. Georgetown 23-10 788
  15. Tennessee 25-8 616
  16. Wisconsin 23-8 603
  17. Brigham Young 29-5 600
  18. Pittsburgh 24-8 566
  19. Baylor 25-7 550
  20. Maryland 23-8 394
  21. Vanderbilt 24-8 382
  22. Gonzaga 26-6 359
  23. Texas A&M 23-9 290
  24. Richmond 26-8 141
  25. Xavier 24-8 106

Others receiving votes: Northern Iowa 68, UTEP 58, Notre Dame 39, Marquette 33, San Diego State 18, Saint Mary’s 15, Cornell 6, UNLV 5, Georgia Tech 4, Utah State 3, Virginia Tech 3, Mississippi State 1, Murray State 1, Texas 1.

ESPN/USA Today coaches poll

  1. Kansas (31) 32-2 775
  2. Kentucky 32-2 744
  3. Duke 29-5 699
  4. Syracuse 28-4 667
  5. West Virginia 27-6 661
  6. Ohio State 27-7 626
  7. Kansas State 26-7 566
  8. Butler 28-4 511
  9. Villanova 24-7 471
  10. New Mexico 29-4 467
  11. Purdue 27-5 462
  12. Michigan State 24-8 409
  13. Temple 29-5 403
  14. Tennessee 25-8 352
  15. Georgetown 23-10 341
  16. Brigham Young 29-5 265
  17. Pittsburgh 24-8 265
  18. Gonzaga 26-6 245
  19. Wisconsin 23-8 215
  20. Maryland 23-8 184
  21. Baylor 25-7 177
  22. Vanderbilt 24-8 127
  23. Texas A&M 23-9 126
  24. Northern Iowa 28-4 122
  25. UTEP 26-6 67

Others receiving votes: Saint Mary’s 37, Richmond 24, San Diego State 16, Cornell 14, Washington 10, Marquette 9, Utah State 5, Xavier 4, Old Dominion 3, Georgia Tech 2, Siena 2, Texas 1, Minnesota 1.

Note — Brigham Young and Pittsburgh tied for the 16th ranking in the coaches poll.