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KU guard Dajuan Harris Jr. falls out of bounds at the Bad Boy Mower’s Men’s Battle 4 Atlantis at Atlantis, Paradise Island in The Bahamas. (Photo by Tim Aylen)

The Kansas men’s basketball team fell six spots to No. 9 in the Week 3 Associated Press Top 25 poll, but the Jayhawks’ fall was just the sixth largest of the week.

No. 1 North Carolina fell 17 spots to 18th while Duke dropped nine spots to 17th, Gonzaga eight spots to 14th, Michigan State eight spots to No. 20 and San Diego State seven spots to No. 24.

On the flip side, there were some serious risers in this week’s poll, as well, with Purdue jumping 19 spots to No. 5 after wins over Duke and Gonzaga, Arizona jumping 10 spots to No. 4 and UConn climbing 12 spots to No. 8.

Alabama (from 18 to 11) and Tennessee (from 22 to 13) also made big jumps this week, with the Volunteers using their win over Kansas in the title game of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament to move back up the polls.

Things were calmer at the top, where Houston moved up one place into the No. 1 overall spot in this week’s poll and Texas and Virginia each moving up two spots to Nos. 2 and 3. It marks the first time since 1983 that Houston has claimed the top spot in the AP poll.

After Arizona and Purdue, Baylor, Creighton, UConn, KU and Indiana rounded out this week’s Top 10.

The Week 3 poll includes four Big 12 teams, with Iowa State jumping into the poll at No. 23 after a win over North Carolina and a 5-1 start. The Cyclones join Texas, Baylor and Kansas in the poll, and TCU, West Virginia and Texas Tech are all among the first six teams receiving votes on the brink of cracking into the poll.

Oklahoma and Kansas State also received votes this week.

Here’s a look at the complete poll…

1 – Houston, 6-0 – 1,534 (45)

2 – Texas, 5-0 – 1,467 (8)

3 – Virginia, 5-0 – 1,408 (2)

4 – Arizona, 6-0 – 1,341

5 – Purdue, 6-0 – 1,307 (8)

6 – Baylor, 5-1 – 1,111

7 – Creighton, 6-1 – 1,100

8 – UConn, 8-0 – 1,099

9 – Kansas, 6-1 – 990

10 – Indiana, 6-0 – 938

11 – Arkansas, 5-1 – 860

11 – Alabama, 6-1 – 860

13 – Tennessee, 5-1 – 848

14 – Gonzaga, 5-2 – 845

15 – Auburn, 7-0 – 733

16 – Illinois, 5-1 – 643

17 – Duke, 6-2 – 614

18 – North Carolina, 5-2 – 541

19 – Kentucky, 4-2 – 472

20 – Michigan State, 5-2 – 469

21 – UCLA, 5-2 – 346

22 – Maryland, 6-0 – 282

23 – Iowa State, 5-1 – 198

24 – San Diego State, 4-2 – 189

25 – Ohio State, 5-1 – 108

Others receiving votes: TCU 45, Iowa 31, Charleston 20, West Virginia 14, Mississippi State 12, Texas Tech 11, Michigan 8, Wisconsin 6, UNLV 6, Arizona State 6, Miami (FL) 5, Ok-lahoma 2, Missouri 2, New Mexico 1, Kansas State 1, St. John’s 1, Virginia Tech 1