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
- Kansas (65) 32-2 1,625
- Kentucky 32-2 1,559
- Duke 29-5 1,427
- Syracuse 28-4 1,412
- Ohio State 27-7 1,377
- West Virginia 27-6 1,365
- Kansas State 26-7 1,209
- New Mexico 29-4 1,043
- Villanova 24-7 961
- Purdue 27-5 915
- Butler 28-4 903
- Temple 29-5 843
- Michigan State 24-8 836
- Georgetown 23-10 788
- Tennessee 25-8 616
- Wisconsin 23-8 603
- Brigham Young 29-5 600
- Pittsburgh 24-8 566
- Baylor 25-7 550
- Maryland 23-8 394
- Vanderbilt 24-8 382
- Gonzaga 26-6 359
- Texas A&M 23-9 290
- Richmond 26-8 141
- 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
- Kansas (31) 32-2 775
- Kentucky 32-2 744
- Duke 29-5 699
- Syracuse 28-4 667
- West Virginia 27-6 661
- Ohio State 27-7 626
- Kansas State 26-7 566
- Butler 28-4 511
- Villanova 24-7 471
- New Mexico 29-4 467
- Purdue 27-5 462
- Michigan State 24-8 409
- Temple 29-5 403
- Tennessee 25-8 352
- Georgetown 23-10 341
- Brigham Young 29-5 265
- Pittsburgh 24-8 265
- Gonzaga 26-6 245
- Wisconsin 23-8 215
- Maryland 23-8 184
- Baylor 25-7 177
- Vanderbilt 24-8 127
- Texas A&M 23-9 126
- Northern Iowa 28-4 122
- 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.