Victories over Texas A&M and Oklahoma State, combined with a Duke loss, have moved KU up a spot to No. 6 in the latest AP Top 25. The Jayhawks (22-6 overall, 12-2 Big 12 Conference) moved back to No. 6 after dropping to No. 7 last week after losing to Oklahoma.
Kansas, the only team with six or more losses in the top 12 teams, is one of three Big 12 schools in the top six, along with No. 4 Texas (20-5) and No. 5 Oklahoma (20-5). No. 20 Oklahoma State (20-7) is the only other ranked Big 12 team, though Missouri did receive votes.
Arizona (23-2) is still No. 1, follwed by Kentucky (24-3). The rest of the top 10 includes Florida, Pittsburgh, Marquette, Wake Forest and Duke.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 2, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
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| Record | Pt | Pv | |
| 1. Arizona (59) | 23-2 | 1,787 | 1 |
| 2. Kentucky (13) | 24-3 | 1,737 | 2 |
| 3. Florida | 24-4 | 1,633 | 4 |
| 4. Texas | 20-5 | 1,528 | 5 |
| 5. Oklahoma | 20-5 | 1,466 | 3 |
| 6. Kansas | 22-6 | 1,453 | 7 |
| 7. Pittsburgh | 21-4 | 1,382 | 8 |
| 8. Marquette | 22-4 | 1,271 | 10 |
| 9. Wake Forest | 21-4 | 1,135 | 12 |
| 10. Duke | 20-5 | 1,116 | 6 |
| 11. Xavier | 22-4 | 1,083 | 13 |
| 12. Syracuse | 21-4 | 996 | 15 |
| 13. Maryland | 19-7 | 943 | 14 |
| 14. Illinois | 20-5 | 864 | 18 |
| 15. Louisville | 20-5 | 772 | 11 |
| 16. Notre Dame | 21-7 | 689 | 9 |
| 17. Stanford | 22-7 | 537 | 19 |
| 18. Memphis | 20-5 | 461 | 24 |
| 19. Creighton | 25-4 | 438 | 17 |
| 20. Oklahoma St. | 20-7 | 344 | 16 |
| 21. Dayton | 21-5 | 297 | 25 |
| 22. California | 20-6 | 240 | 23 |
| 23. Mississippi St. | 18-7 | 206 | 20 |
| 24. Wisconsin | 21-6 | 204 | — |
| 25. Georgia | 17-8 | 198 | 21 |
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Others receiving votes: Saint Joseph’s 134, Utah 118, Connecticut 113, Missouri 98, S. Illinois 58, Butler 50, Weber St. 10, Boston College 6, Gonzaga 6, Kent St. 6, Oregon 6, Purdue 6, Troy St. 3, Penn 2, BYU 1, Holy Cross 1, N.C.-Wilmington 1, Seton Hall 1.
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