Nick KrugRare back-to-back losses for Kansas this past week cost the Jayhawks 11 spots in the Associated Press Top 25.
Previously ranked No. 2 in the nation, KU’s men’s basketball team dropped all the way down to No. 13 in the new rankings released Monday.
Kansas (7-2) first lost to unranked Washington (7-3) at Sprint Center — the Huskies followed up the upset with a 97-70 home defeat to No. 12 Gonzaga.
Next, KU dropped another Pac-12 matchup on Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse, where Arizona State remained undefeated.
The ASU victory jumped the Sun Devils from No. 16 in the country to No. 5.
Only No. 1 Villanova (10-0), No. 2 Michigan State (9-1), No. 3 Wichita State (8-1) and No. 4 Duke (11-1) currently rank ahead the Sun Devils (9-0).
The Jayhawks, meanwhile, now have 12 teams in front of them, including one from the Big 12 — No. 11 West Virginia (9-1), which defeated No. 16 Virginia this past week.
Three other Big 12 programs rank among the top 25: No. 14 TCU (10-0), No. 21 Baylor (7-2) and No. 24 Texas Tech (7-1).
Before this past week, Kansas had survived a stretch of 146 games without consecutive losses.
The last time Bill Self’s program lost twice in a row was in 2013, when the Jayhawks came up short on the road at Colorado and at Florida.
No. 1 – Villanova
No. 2 – Michigan State
No. 3 – Wichita State
No. 4 – Duke
No. 5 – Arizona State
No. 6 – Miami
No. 7 – North Carolina
No. 8 – Kentucky
No. 9 – Texas A & M
No. 10 – Xavier
No. 11 – West Virginia
No. 12 – Gonzaga
No. 13 – Kansas
No. 14 – TCU
No. 15 – Seton Hall
No. 16 – Virginia
No. 17 – Purdue
No. 18 – Notre Dame
No. 19 – Florida State
No. 20 – Tennessee
No. 21 – Baylor
No. 22 – Florida
No. 23 – Arizona
No. 24 – Texas Tech
No. 25 – Cincinnati
