Three days after learning it would enter the 2018-19 season with the No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, Kansas completed the sweep.
KU coach Bill Self’s Jayhawks also earned the top spot in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll for the fourth time in school history, joining the 1996-97, 2004-05 and 2009-10 teams.
It marks the fourth consecutive year the Jayhawks have opened the season in the top five of the coaches poll and the 27th time in time in the 30-year history of the poll that KU was ranked in the preseason.
Kentucky, Duke, Gonzaga and Virginia, round out the top five in both polls, although in a slightly different order.
Self, now in his 16th season in charge of the program, has guided KU to an NCAA-record 14 consecutive Big 12 regular season titles and is looking to add No. 15 this season.
The Jayhawks open exhibition play tonight at 7 p.m. vs. Emporia State at Allen Fieldhouse and open the regular season on Nov. 6 against Michigan State at the Champions Classic in Indianapolis.
1 – Kansas (14)
2 – Kentucky (12)
3 – Duke (4)
4 – Gonzaga (1)
5 – Virginia (1)
6 – Tennessee
7 – North Carolina
8 – Villanova
9 – Nevada
10 – Michigan State
11 – Kansas State
12 – Auburn
13 – West Virginia
14 – Syracuse
15 – Florida State
16 – Oregon
17 – Virginia Tech
18 – Michigan
19 – Mississippi State
20 – UCLA
21 – TCU
22 – Purdue
23 – Clemson
24 – Washington
25 – Nebraska
Others receiving votes: LSU 65, Loyola (Chi) 61, Florida 52, Indiana 34, Marquette 34, NC State 30, Cincinnati 30, Alabama 28, Maryland 26, Louisville 10, Providence 10, Buffalo 7, USC 6, Arizona 5, Butler 5, UCF 5, Wisconsin 4, Notre Dame 4, Texas 4, Missouri 3, Baylor 2, Miami 2, St. John’s 1, Vanderbilt 1.
