The Kansas men’s basketball team moved up three spots in both national polls, jumping to No. 14 in the Associated Press poll and No. 15 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll.
The Jayhawks were one of four ranked Big 12 teams. Baylor (fourth AP/fifth coaches), Missouri (seventh/sixth) and Kansas State (23rd/22nd) were the other conference teams in the polls.
KU will open league play with a home game against K-State at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
See how Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan voted.
The complete rankings are below.
AP Poll
- Syracuse (60) 15-0 1,618 1
- Kentucky (5) 13-1 1,554 3
- North Carolina 13-2 1,451 5
- Baylor 13-0 1,389 6
- Duke 12-1 1,354 7
- Ohio St. 13-2 1,277 2
- Missouri 13-0 1,255 8
- UConn 12-1 1,199 9
- Georgetown 12-1 1,072 12
- Michigan St. 13-2 992 16
- Louisville 12-2 977 4
- Indiana 13-1 974 13
- Florida 11-3 753 10
- Kansas 10-3 663 17
- Mississippi St. 13-2 644 15
- Michigan 12-2 641 18
- UNLV 15-2 611 19
- Wisconsin 12-3 506 11
- Murray St. 14-0 454 20
- Marquette 12-2 447 14
- Virginia 12-1 292 23
- Harvard 12-1 269 24
- Kansas St. 11-1 229 —
- San Diego St. 12-2 196 25
- Gonzaga 11-2 121 —
Others receiving votes: Creighton 86, Ohio 28, Stanford 12, Pittsburgh 8, Vanderbilt 8, Xavier 8, Cincinnati 6, New Mexico 6, Purdue 6, Saint Louis 6, Texas A&M 4, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 3, California 2, Seton Hall 2, Alabama 1, Wagner 1.
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
- Syracuse (30) 15-0 774 1
- Kentucky (1) 13-1 739 3
- Duke 12-1 679 5
- North Carolina 13-2 670 6
- Baylor 13-0 638 7
- Missouri 13-0 620 8
- Ohio State 13-2 593 2
- Connecticut 12-1 580 9
- Georgetown 12-1 515 12
- Louisville 12-2 454 4
- Michigan State 13-2 442 17
- Indiana 13-1 423 15
- Michigan 12-2 368 16
- Florida 11-3 367 10
- Kansas 10-3 318 18
- Mississippi State 13-2 300 14
- UNLV 15-2 263 20
- Murray State 14-0 236 21
- Wisconsin 12-3 230 11
- Marquette 12-2 196 13
- Harvard 12-1 156 23
- Kansas State 11-1 127 25
- Virginia 12-1 125 24
- Creighton 11-2 67 19
- San Diego State 12-2 60 NR
Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 57; Saint Mary’s 17; Vanderbilt 16; Middle Tennessee 9; New Mexico 9; Stanford 7; Pittsburgh 6; Alabama 3; Purdue 3; Seton Hall 3; Saint Louis 2; Southern Mississippi 2; Illinois 1.
