The Jayhawks, who sit at 7-1 overall and on a seven-game winning streak after dropping the season opener to Indiana, are now No. 3 in the poll, behind only Villanova at No. 1 and UCLA at No. 2.

The Jayhawks’ rise to the No. 3 spot puts Kansas in the same place in the poll that it opened the 2016-17 season.

The Bruins rose an incredible nine spots to slide into the No. 2 spot after knocking off Kentucky in Lexington last Saturday.

Baylor, which remains unbeaten and on an absolute tear so far this season, jumps into the Top 5 thanks to an impressive beating of No. 7 Xavier. The Bears (8-0) jumped five spots from last week’s poll and also received six of the 65 available first-place votes.

Villanova (57) and UCLA (2) received the remaining first-place votes.

Riding a 46-game home-court winning streak (44 at Allen Fieldhouse and two at Sprint Center which the NCAA counted as KU’s home floor for those games), the Jayhawks will play host to UMKC at 7 p.m. Tuesday, looking to improve to 8-1 on the season and to give KU coach Bill Self his 600th career victory.

Check back later for much more on Tuesday’s game.

For now, here’s a look at the complete AP Poll:

1 – Villanova (57) — 8-0

2 – UCLA (2) — 9-0

3 – Kansas — 7-1

4 – Baylor (6) — 8-0

5 – Duke — 8-1

6 – Kentucky — 7-1

7 – North Carolina — 8-1

8 – Gonzaga — 8-0

9 – Indiana — 7-1

10 – Creighton — 8-0

11 – Louisville — 7-1

12 – Saint Mary’s — 6-0

13 – Xavier — 7-1

14 – Virginia — 7-1

15 – West Virginia — 6-1

16 – Butler — 8-0

17 – Wisconsin — 7-2

18 – Purdue — 6-2

19 – South Carolina — 8-0

20 – Arizona — 6-2

21 – Florida — 7-1

22 – Cincinnati — 7-1

23 – Notre Dame — 8-0

24 – Oregon — 7-2

25 – Iowa State — 5-2

Others receiving votes: Syracuse 45, USC 43, Ohio State 40, TCU 33, Florida State 18, Virginia Tech 11, California 10, Maryland 9, Valparaiso 7, Wichita St 5, Michigan State 3, Temple 3, UNC Wilmington 1, Minnesota 1, Fort Wayne 1