Losses to Oklahoma State and unranked Nebraska last week dropped Kansas University from No. 12 to No. 21 in Monday’s Associated Press Top 25.
The Jayhawks (15-6 overall) dropped both games by double digits, falling more than any other team still in the poll.
Other ranked Big 12 teams include No. 7 Oklahoma State (19-2), No. 11 Texas (17-4) and No. 22 Texas Tech (18-6). Oklahoma also received votes.
At the top of the poll, Stanford replaced Duke after the Blue Devils’ 78-74 loss to North Carolina State on Sunday. St. Joseph’s moved up to No. 2 for the first time in nearly 40 years.
The Cardinal and the Hawks, the only undefeated teams in Division I, each rose one spot after Duke’s loss, which ended the Blue Devils’ 18-game winning streak and their four-week stay at No. 1.
This is the third season in which Stanford (21-0) has reached No. 1, after five weeks in 1999-00 and seven weeks in 2000-01.
“It lets us know that we’re working hard, and people are respecting us, and we’re doing something right,” Stanford junior forward Josh Childress said Monday.
He and his teammates weren’t fazed when Duke was voted higher than Stanford even though the Blue Devils had lost.
“Coming into the season, Duke was ranked ahead of us, and they always were, so it was natural for them to take it. It didn’t bother us,” Childress said. “We kept playing hard and working hard, and that’s paying off.”
Stanford received 64 first-place votes and 1,791 points from the national media panel. The Cardinal beat California 69-58 in their only game last week and are the fifth team to top the poll this season.
The other schools with appearances at No. 1 were Connecticut (eight weeks), Kansas (one week) and Florida (one week). The Gators dropped out of the Top 25 completely Monday.
Saint Joseph’s (22-0) received the other eight first-place votes and 1,721 points to match the highest ranking in school history. The Hawks, who beat Dayton and Rhode Island last week, were ranked No. 2 for two weeks in 1965-66.
After No. 3 Duke, Mississippi State (21-1) moved up two spots to fourth, matching the Bulldogs’ highest ranking since the final poll of the 1961-62 season.
Pittsburgh, which lost to Seton Hall in double overtime and then beat Connecticut in a showdown for first place in the Big East, dropped one place to fifth.
Gonzaga moved from seventh to sixth, tying its highest ranking: The Bulldogs were No. 6 for the last two polls of 2001-02.
Oklahoma State jumped three spots to No. 7, and Connecticut, Kentucky and Louisville completed the Top 10.
Texas was No. 11 for the third straight week, followed by Wisconsin, North Carolina State, Arizona, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Providence and Southern Illinois.
The last five ranked teams were Kansas, Texas Tech, Memphis, LSU and South Carolina.
Florida (14-7), which lost 73-70 to LSU on Saturday for its third loss in four games, dropped from No. 22 to out of the rankings. It is the first time the Gators — briefly No. 1 in December — have been out of the Top 25 since Feb. 8, 1999, a span of 94 polls. That was the second-longest current streak behind Duke’s 143; Kansas is now second with 70 consecutive polls.
Memphis (18-4) and LSU (17-4) were the week’s newcomers, replacing Florida and Utah State.
Memphis, which beat Marquette 89-71 Saturday, enters the Top 25 on a nine-game winning streak that includes a victory over Louisville. LSU’s win over Florida on Saturday was its fifth straight since a three-game losing streak.
Utah State (21-2) had its 17-game winning streak snapped Saturday by Pacific. The Aggies broke into the Top 25 two weeks ago for the first time since the 1970-71 season.
North Carolina State’s win over Duke, its first over a No. 1 team since beating North Carolina in February 1998, helped the Wolfpack make the week’s biggest leap, from 21st to 13th.
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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 Feb. 15, 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. Stanford (64) | 21-0 | 1,791 | 2 |
| 2. Saint Joseph’s (8) | 22-0 | 1,721 | 3 |
| 3. Duke | 21-2 | 1,613 | 1 |
| 4. Mississippi St. | 21-1 | 1,541 | 6 |
| 5. Pittsburgh | 23-2 | 1,491 | 4 |
| 6. Gonzaga | 21-2 | 1,481 | 7 |
| 7. Oklahoma St. | 19-2 | 1,394 | 10 |
| 8. Connecticut | 19-5 | 1,225 | 5 |
| 9. Kentucky | 17-4 | 1,153 | 8 |
| 10. Louisville | 17-4 | 1,005 | 9 |
| 11. Texas | 17-4 | 964 | 11 |
| 12. Wisconsin | 17-4 | 915 | 17 |
| 13. N.C. State | 16-5 | 884 | 21 |
| 14. Arizona | 16-6 | 869 | 16 |
| 15. Wake Forest | 15-6 | 652 | 20 |
| 16. North Carolina | 15-7 | 638 | 14 |
| 17. Cincinnati | 17-4 | 620 | 13 |
| 18. Georgia Tech | 18-6 | 580 | 15 |
| 19. Providence | 17-5 | 441 | 24 |
| 20. S. Illinois | 20-2 | 376 | 23 |
| 21. Kansas | 15-6 | 319 | 12 |
| 22. Texas Tech | 18-6 | 244 | 18 |
| 23. Memphis | 18-4 | 240 | – |
| 24. LSU | 17-4 | 227 | – |
| 25. South Carolina | 20-5 | 213 | 25 |
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Others receiving votes: Syracuse 194, Utah St. 117, Air Force 94, Illinois 87, Oklahoma 59, Florida 57, Dayton 40, Seton Hall 40, Charlotte 26, Kent St. 26, W. Michigan 25, Michigan St. 14, Boston U. 8, Maryland 6, Nevada 6, DePaul 1, ETSU 1, Hawaii 1, Manhattan 1.
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