Tonight’s Big Monday battle between Kansas and West Virginia is now officially a clash between Top 10 teams.
In the latest Associated Press poll, released Monday morning, Kansas (22-3 overall, 10-2 Big 12) maintained its spot at No. 3 — behind No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 2 Villanova — and West Virginia (20-5, 8-4) jumped up from No. 13 to No. 9.
The Jayhawks and Mountaineers will square off in a rematch of WVU’s victory in Morgantown earlier this season at 8 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse on ESPN.
Fellow Big 12 foe Baylor jumped back into the Top 5 to No. 4, up two spots from last week, and Arizona made the leap four spots from No. 9 to No. 5 to round out this week’s Top 5.
Here’s a quick look at the entire poll:
1 – Gonzaga (60), 1,620
2 – Villanova (5), 1,564
3 – Kansas, 1,493
4 – Baylor, 1,394
5 – Arizona, 1,301
6 – UCLA, 1,276
7 – Oregon, 1,229
8 – Louisville, 1,204
9 – West Virginia, 1,012
10 – North Carolina, 1,005
11 – Wisconsin, 868
12 – Duke, 857
13 – Kentucky, 854
14 – Virginia, 825
15 – Florida, 717
16 – Purdue, 682
17 – Florida State, 665
18 – Cincinnati, 634
19 – SMU, 415
20 – Creighton, 298
21 – South Carolina 296
22 – Saint Mary’s, 269
23 – Maryland, 136
24 – Butler, 129
25 – Notre Dame, 122
Also receiving votes: Wichita State 87, Xavier 72, Northwestern 60, USC 16, VCU 14, Dayton 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Monmouth 2, Oklahoma State 1, Vermont 1