KU stays at No. 3 in both polls

By J-W Staff Reports     Dec 20, 2010

The Kansas men’s basketball team stayed at No. 3 in the latest ESPN/USA Today coaches poll and Associated Press poll released Monday.

KU was one of six Big 12 teams to make the coaches poll. Missouri moved up two spots to No. 10, while Kansas State fell from sixth to 11th after a loss to Florida. Baylor, meanwhile, dropped six spots from ninth to 15th after a loss to Gonzaga.

Texas (22nd) and Texas A&M (24th) were the other Big 12 teams in the top 25.

In the AP ranking, Missouri was ninth, followed by KSU (11th), Baylor (15th), Texas (18th) and Texas A&M (25th).

See how Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan voted in the Associated Press poll.

The full rankings are below.

ESPN/USA Today coaches poll

  1. Duke (31) 10-0 775
  2. Ohio State 10-0 743
  3. Kansas 10-0 709
  4. Connecticut 8-0 675
  5. Syracuse 11-0 658
  6. Pittsburgh 11-1 597
  7. San Diego State 12-0 564
  8. Villanova 9-1 546
  9. Georgetown 10-1 492
  10. Missouri 10-1 484
  11. Kansas State 9-2 422
  12. Michigan State 8-3 386
  13. Purdue 10-1 375
  14. Kentucky 8-2 371
  15. Baylor 7-1 318
  16. Minnesota 10-1 275
  17. Memphis 8-1 235
  18. Tennessee 7-2 214
  19. Florida 8-2 183
  20. Notre Dame 10-1 171
  21. Illinois 10-2 161
  22. Texas 9-2 152
  23. Brigham Young 10-1 150
  24. Texas A&M 10-1 81
  25. Louisville 9-1 73

Others receiving votes: UCF 47, Wisconsin 39, West Virginia 32, UNLV 32, Washington 27, Northwestern 21, Temple 20, Vanderbilt 15, New Mexico 13, Wichita State 5, Oklahoma State 4, Old Dominion 3, Saint Mary’s 3, Washington State 2, Cincinnati 1, Richmond 1.

Associated Press poll

  1. Duke (64) 10-0 1624
  2. Ohio State (1) 10-0 1551
  3. Kansas 10-0 1479
  4. Connecticut 8-0 1408
  5. Syracuse 11-0 1395
  6. Pittsburgh 11-1 1270
  7. San Diego State 12-0 1134
  8. Villanova 9-1 1118
  9. Missouri 10-1 1009
  10. Georgetown 10-1 980
  11. Kansas State 9-2 866
  12. Michigan State 8-3 858
  13. Kentucky 8-2 850
  14. Purdue 10-1 712
  15. Baylor 7-1 684
  16. Memphis 8-1 577
  17. Minnesota 10-1 504
  18. Texas 9-2 429
  19. Tennessee 7-2 411
  20. Florida 8-2 382
  21. Illinois 10-2 370
  22. Notre Dame 10-1 327
  23. Brigham Young 10-1 302
  24. UCF 10-0 258
  25. Texas A&M 10-1 246

Others Receiving Votes: Louisville 124, Vanderbilt 49, Washington 49, Temple 39, West Virginia 24, Wisconsin 16, Northwestern 15, Cincinnati 14, North Carolina 10, UNLV 10, Arizona 8, Drexel 6, St. Mary’s 3, Gonzaga 3, Washington State 3, Boston College 2, Oklahoma State 2, Old Dominion 2, Cleveland State 1, New Mexico 1.

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