The Kansas men's basketball team moved up to No. 2 in the USA Today coaches poll and also into a tie for third in the latest Associated Press poll released Monday.
The Jayhawks (16-1) received eight of 31 first-place votes in the coaches poll and seven of 65 first-place votes in the AP ranking.
Duke is No. 1 in both polls. In the AP poll, Michigan is No. 2, followed by KU and Syracuse, who tied for third.
Kansas State — KU's opponent Tuesday — is the only other Big 12 team ranked in either poll. The Wildcats are 11th in the AP ranking and 13th in the coaches' ballot.
The full rankings are below.
See how Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan voted.
Associated Press
1. Duke (39)
2. Michigan (11)
3. Kansas (7)
3. Syracuse (8)
5. Louisville
6. Arizona
7. Indiana
8. Florida
9. Butler
10. Gonzaga
11. Kansas State
12. Minnesota
13. Michigan State
14. Ohio State
15. New Mexico
16. Oregon
17. Creighton
18. North Carolina State
19. Virginia Commonwealth
20. Wichita State
21. Cincinnati
22. Missouri
23. Mississippi
24. Notre Dame
25. Miami (Fla.)
USA Today coaches poll
- Duke (20)
- Kansas (8)
- Michigan (1)
- Syracuse (2)
- Louisville
- Arizona
- Florida
- Indiana
- Butler
- Gonzaga
- Michigan St.
- Creighton
- Kansas St.
- Minnesota
- Ohio St.
- VCU
- New Mexico
- N.C. State
- Oregon
- Cincinnati
- Wichita St.
- Missouri
- Notre Dame
- Mississippi
- San Diego St.
Comments
JayhawkFan1985 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Rock chalk to the top!
jazzttt 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Nooo...it's too early to wear that bulls-eye (Old Far Side cartoon: "Bummer of a birthmark, Hal.") The way we've escaped in a couple of our last outings makes me think we don't need to be rated so highly this early in the season. Still some fine-tuning to be done. Being rated #1 is feedback for the fact that you're doing well, but all we really need is to win enough quality games to get a decent seeding in the dance. Big-12 regular season is enough to shoot for now. Meanwhile, beat KSU!
dudedog12 3 months, 3 weeks ago
They're gettin ready for a big fall on their noses !!!
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