Kansas guard Wayne Selden Jr. (1) pulls up for a three from the corner during the second half on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 at Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas’ loss at Oklahoma State, coming five days after an impressive defeat of visiting Iowa State, didn’t hurt Kansas in the Associated Press college basketball poll, released today. The Jayhawks remained at No. 8. It did, however, help the Cowboys. They vaulted from toward the bottom of “others receiving votes” to No. 21.

The top 25 teams in the AP poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 8, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv
1. Kentucky (65) 23-0 1,625 1
2. Virginia 21-1 1,518 3
3. Gonzaga 24-1 1,486 2
4. Duke 20-3 1,450 4
5. Wisconsin 21-2 1,385 5
6. Villanova 21-2 1,294 7
7. Arizona 20-3 1,185 6
8. Kansas 19-4 1,171 8
9. Louisville 19-4 1,120 9
10. Notre Dame 21-4 948 10
11. Utah 18-4 946 13
12. North Carolina 18-6 871 12
13. N. Iowa 22-2 846 14
14. Iowa St. 17-5 842 11
15. Wichita St. 21-3 743 16
16. Baylor 18-5 694 19
17. Oklahoma 16-7 565 21
18. Butler 18-6 462 22
19. Maryland 19-5 347 17
20. VCU 18-5 296 18
21. Oklahoma St. 16-7 273 _
22. West Virginia 18-5 273 15
23. Ohio St. 18-6 271 20
24. Arkansas 18-5 221 _
25. SMU 19-5 81 23

Others receiving votes: Iowa 38, Providence 26, Texas 25, Stephen F. Austin 22, Cincinnati 21, Murray St. 20, Indiana 13, Rhode Island 12, Georgetown 9, Texas A&M 7, Temple 6, Mississippi 3, Old Dominion 3, Harvard 2, San Diego St. 2, Xavier 2, Valparaiso 1.

My AP top 25 ballot:

1 – Kentucky: Sure, the winningest program of all-time has by far the most talent in the nation, but the Wildcats are gamers too. They find different ways to win close games. Saturday night on the road against Florida, Kentucky made 21 of 22 free throws.

2 – Virginia: Justin Anderson, a terrific guard and legitimate first-team All-American candidate, suffered a fractured finger that is expected to keep him out anywhere from four to six weeks.

3 – Gonzaga: Such an enjoyable team to watch because of the wide variety of means of scoring, or as people unfortunately say these days “scoring the basketball.” Zags would have one more way to score, but college referees discourage hard drives into the lane because they have reverted to calling charges when defenders, primary and secondary, slide into position after the offensive player leaves his feet. And they get away with it.

4 – Duke: Justise Winslow wouldn’t be known as “the other freshman” in many programs. He dazzled Notre Dame in 30-point victory with 19 points, 11 rebounds and four assists.

5 – Wisconsin: Badgers only loss with Frank Kaminsky in lineup came against Duke. Kaminsky shoots threes at a .414 clip and blocks 1.6 shots a game. He’s everywhere.

6 – Louisville: Scored 13 points in first half of five-point loss to Virginia. Cards really know how to make the game ugly.

7 – Villanova: Wildcats pride themselves on not letting foes get good looks from three and certainly accomplished that goal evening score against Georgetwon with 16-point victory. Hoyas made 1 of 17 threes.

8 – Kansas: In past five games, Wayne Selden has made 15 of 24 three-point shots (.625) and 5 for 21 two-pointers (.238). On the season, he’s shooting an excellent .419 (39 for 93) from three and an abysmal .324 (36-111) from two inside the arc. Strange numbers for a guy built like a linebacker. It’s such a 180 from a year ago, when he shot .328 from three and .530 from two.

9 – Arizona: Wildcats’ three losses, all on the road, none to ranked teams, have come by combined margin of nine points. If Davidson, in sixth place in the Atlantic 10 with a 6-4 record and 15-6 overall mark, could get hot at right time, win the A-10 tournament for an automatic tournament berth and pull off a series of upsets, it could set up an all-Wildcat Final Four, joining Kentucky, Villanova and Arizona. Or maybe Kansas State could … never mind.

10 – Notre Dame: Ten days after defeating Duke, the Irish were blasted out of Cameron Indoor Stadium, 90-60. It’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature.

11 – North Carolina: Late great coach Dean Smith not only was a member of the Kansas 1957 national-championship basketball team, he played freshman football and earned three varsity letters (1951-53) on the baseball team.

12 – Iowa State: It’s amazing how much motivational fuel teams bring against opponents that upset them earlier in the year. Cyclones, two weeks after getting knocked off by Texas Tech, slammed the Red Raiders, 75-38, in Ames. Jameel McKay, such a diference-maker for the Cyclones, made all seven field-goal attempts and had 17 points, eight rebounds, three blocked shots and two steals in the rematch.

13 – Utah: Utes went on the road and defeated USC and Colorado, both by 28 points, and moved into a first-place tie with Arizona at 8-2 in the Pac-12. Conference title could come down to Feb. 28 showdown with Arizona in Utah on Feb. 28.

14 – Baylor: Bears aren’t just on a three-game winning streak, they’re on a three-game rout streaking, wasting Texas by 23, TCU by 20 and West Virginia by 18. Rico Gathers (12.5 rebounds per game) ranks second nationally to Delaware State senior Kendall Gray.

15 – Ohio State: Marc Loving, the nation’s leading three-point shooter (.532) and the Buckeyes only double-figures scorer other than freshman sensation D’Angelo Russell, was suspended indefinitely by the athletic department for an unspecified off-the-court incident. Without Loving, Buckeyes lost to Purdue, 60-58, and Russell (20 points) was only one in double figures.

16 – Oklahoma: Sooners avenged 21-point loss to West Virginia by blasting Mountaineers by 19 and won at TCU by a dozen. Tonight, in what should be one of the more entertaining Big 12 games of season, Sooners visit Iowa State.

17 – Northern Iowa: Three-point shooting percentages of Panthers’ top six scorers: Seth Tuttle (.433), Wes Weshpun (.450), Deon Mitchell (.390), Nate Buss (.429), Matt Bohannon (.389), Paul Jesperson (.438). Leave your man to play help defense at your own peril. UNI has won 11 in a row and only two losses came at VCU in double-overtime and at Evansville.

18 – Wichita State: Ron Baker, the junior guard from Scott City, leads Shockers with 15.9 points and is shooting .415 from three.

19 – Butler: If I see one more TV tease or internet headline that reads: “The Butler Did It,” I’m going to send the butler after whomever wrote it.

20 – Maryland: Lost by 16 at Iowa, which makes it three losses in five games for Turge’s Terps.

21 – Virginia Commonwealth: Rams lost at St. Bonaventure. Perhaps they were distracted. Olean, N.Y. is so beautiful this time of year.

22 – West Virginia: Look for Mountaineers to bounce back from rough week. Lost at Oklahoma, 71-52, and in Morgantown vs. Baylor, 87-69. Mountaineers made just 11 of 49 threes for the week and are shooting .294 from long distance for the season.

23 – Oklahoma State: Michael Cobbins suffered season-ending injury right before conference play last season. Man, does he ever make the Cowboys tougher to score on in the paint. The 6-8 senior plays a lot taller than that and averages 2.2 blocks a game. Love his game.

24 – Arkansas: Bobby Portis, a 6-11 sophomore from Little Rock, averages 17.7 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.3 blocks and shoots .562 from the field, .529 from three and .739 from the line. In the past four games — three victories and a one-point loss at Florida — he has made 30 of 50 shots and 15 of 17 free throws.

25 – SMU: Recovered from second loss of season to Cincinnati by hitting the road to deal Tulsa its first American Conference loss.