KU remains at No. 3 in both polls

By J-W Staff Reports     Jan 3, 2011
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The Kansas men’s basketball team remained at No. 3 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today coaches polls released Monday.

The Jayhawks (13-0) are the highest-ranked Big 12 team, followed by Missouri (ninth AP/eighth coaches), Texas (12th/12th), Texas A&M (16th/16th) and Kansas State (17th/17th). Baylor received votes in both polls.

Duke was the unanimous No. 1, picking up all 65 first-place votes in the AP poll and all 31 first-place votes in the coaches poll. Ohio State was second in both polls, while Syracuse and Pittsburgh rounded out the top five.

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

The full rankings are below.

Associated Press poll

  1. Duke (65) 13-0 1,625
  2. Ohio State 14-0 1,551
  3. Kansas 13-0 1,491
  4. Syracuse 15-0 1,437
  5. Pittsburgh 13-1 1,358
  6. San Diego State 15-0 1,198
  7. Villanova 12-1 1,187
  8. Connecticut 11-1 1,168
  9. Missouri 13-1 1,116
  10. Kentucky 11-2 1,052
  11. Purdue 13-1 930
  12. Texas 11-2 902
  13. Georgetown 12-2 834
  14. Notre Dame 12-2 688
  15. Brigham Young 14-1 648
  16. Texas A&M 12-1 569
  17. Kansas State 11-3 523
  18. Michigan State 9-4 504
  19. UCF 13-0 490
  20. Illinois 12-3 328
  21. Memphis 11-2 313
  22. Vanderbilt 11-2 238
  23. Washington 10-3 173
  24. Cincinnati 14-0 159
  25. UNLV 12-2 136

Others receiving votes: Louisville 124, Minnesota 96, Temple 74, Wisconsin 55, Baylor 50, Florida 35, Butler 25, Wichita State 17, North Carolina 9, Saint Mary’s 8, Gonzaga 7, Arizona 2, Cleveland State 2, Florida State 2, Georgia 1.

ESPN/USA Today coaches poll

  1. Duke (31) 13-0 775
  2. Ohio State 14-0 742
  3. Kansas 13-0 714
  4. Syracuse 15-0 678
  5. Pittsburgh 13-1 639
  6. San Diego State 15-0 600
  7. Villanova 12-1 577
  8. Missouri 13-1 536
  9. Connecticut 11-1 516
  10. Purdue 13-1 489
  11. Kentucky 11-2 477
  12. Texas 11-2 424
  13. Georgetown 12-2 417
  14. Brigham Young 14-1 356
  15. Notre Dame 12-2 316
  16. Texas A&M 12-1 285
  17. Kansas State 11-3 271
  18. UCF 13-0 204
  19. Michigan State 9-4 203
  20. Illinois 12-3 142
  21. Minnesota 11-3 128
  22. Memphis 11-2 110
  23. Louisville 11-2 73
  24. Vanderbilt 11-2 71
  25. Cincinnati 14-0 56

Others receiving votes: Baylor 50, UNLV 50, Washington 44, Wisconsin 39, Temple 26, Wichita State 14, Saint Mary’s 13, Gonzaga 12, Florida 9, Butler 6, Old Dominion 6, Utah State 4, North Carolina 1, Cleveland State 1, Arizona 1.

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