Connecticut returned to No. 1 in the Associated Press’ college basketball poll Monday after one week out of the top spot.
The Huskies (27-2) had their three-week stint at No. 1 end with a loss to Pittsburgh. The Huskies received 67 first-place votes from the 72-member national media panel.
North Carolina (25-3) moved from fourth to second and was No. 1 on three ballots. Pittsburgh (26-3) fell to third and received one first-place vote.
Oklahoma, which lost to Kansas last week without preseason All-America Blake Griffin, then beat Texas Tech with him back in the lineup, fell one place to fourth.
Memphis (26-3) received one first-place vote and remained fifth. Louisville and Duke stayed sixth and seventh while Michigan State advanced one spot to eighth.
Kansas, the defending national champion, used the win over Oklahoma and a 90-65 victory over Missouri to jump from 15th to ninth. Wake Forest moved from No. 13 to round out the top 10.