Ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 each of the previous two weeks, Kansas University’s basketball team dropped just two spots, to No. 3 in the latest rankings, released Monday afternoon.
The Jayhawks’ 11-point loss at West Virginia — now ranked No. 6 in the nation — cost them the top spot, and allowed Big 12 foe Oklahoma to take over the No. 1 position in this week’s poll.
No. 2 North Carolina also is ranked ahed of Kansas this week.
KU (15-2 overall, 4-1 Big 12) opened the season at No. 4 in the AP Top 25 and has remained in the top five every week.
Kansas visits Oklahoma State (9-8, 1-4) on Tuesday and plays host to Texas (11-6, 3-2) on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
The No. 1 Sooners (15-1, 4-1) play at No. 19 Iowa State (13-4, 2-3) for this week’s edition of Big Monday, on ESPN (8 p.m. tip). Then, on Saturday, OU travels to No. 13 Baylor.
The Jayhawks, who beat the Sooners in a wild, 1-versus-2, triple-overtime affair two weeks ago, won’t play their rematch with Oklahoma until Saturday, Feb. 13, at Lloyd Noble Center, in Norman, Oklahoma.
POLL ALERT: Oklahoma a unanimous No. 1 in men’s AP Top 25; first time at top since 1990. https://t.co/bAlGpX7fiD pic.twitter.com/XcQQi3Mmp3
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) January 18, 2016
(Big 12 teams in bold)
No. 1: Oklahoma
No. 2: North Carolina
No. 3: Kansas
No. 4: Villanova
No. 5: Xavier
No. 6: West Virginia
No. 7: Maryland
No. 8: SMU
No. 9: Iowa
No. 10: Texas A&M
No. 11: Michigan State
No. 12: Arizona
No. 13: Virginia
No. 13: Baylor
No. 15: Miami
No. 16: Providence
No. 17: Louisville
No. 18: Butler
No. 19: Iowa State
No. 20: Duke
No. 21: USC
No. 22: Purdue
No. 23: Kentucky
No. 24: South Carolina
No. 25: Indiana