There was not a much movement at the top of the polls this week, with the top four teams retaining their rankings from last week.
That included Kansas, which remained at No. 4 when the new poll was released Monday, and Michigan State, which held strong at No. 3. Duke and Louisville remained 1-2 in this week’s poll.
In fact, the only change in the top 16 spots in this week’s poll was at No. 5 and No. 6, where Maryland jumped one spot to fifth and flip-flopped spots with North Carolina.
Three Big 12 teams are ranked in this week’s Top 25 (Texas Tech is 12th and Baylor 19th) and Colorado, KU’s first opponent after the Maui Invitational (Dec. 7 in Lawrence) jumped two spots to No. 21.
Kansas will open play in the 2019 Maui Invitational tonight at 8 p.m. against host team Chaminade.
A win there would move the Jayhawks (3-1) into the semifinals on Tuesday night against the winner of the Monday matchup between BYU and UCLA.
While four quality teams sit on the other side of the bracket, all eyes at this tournament are on a potential title-game matchup between KU and Michigan State on Wednesday (which would tip off at 4 p.m. central).
Michigan State opens the tournament against Virginia Tech at 5 p.m. central and, if the third-ranked Spartans win there, they would face the winner of Georgia-Dayton in Tuesday’s semifinals.
**Here’s the rest of this week’s AP Top 25**
1 – Duke, 6-0, 1,610 (53)
2 – Louisville, 6-0, 1,512 (7)
3 – Michigan State, 3-1, 1,500 (4)
4 – Kansas, 3-1, 1,383
5 – Maryland, 5-0, 1,262
6 – North Carolina, 4-0, 1,260
7 – Virginia, 6-0, 1,232 (1)
8 – Gonzaga, 6-0, 1,222
9 – Kentucky, 5-1, 1,090
10 – Ohio State, 5-0, 1,033
11 – Oregon, 5-0, 1,006
12 – Texas Tech, 5-0, 933
13 – Seton Hall, 4-1, 866
14 – Arizona, 6-0, 716
15 – Utah State, 7-0, 702
16 – Memphis, 5-1, 587
17 – Tennessee, 4-0, 490
18 – Auburn, 5-0, 488
19 – Baylor, 5-1, 450
20 – VCU, 5-0, 426
21 – Colorado, 4-0, 290
22 – Villanova, 4-2, 247
23 – Washington, 5-1, 228
24 – Florida, 5-2, 148
25 – Xavier, 6-1, 139
**Others receiving votes:** Florida State 137, Saint Mary’s 22, Oklahoma 22, Butler 21, LSU 19, Texas 16, Arkansas 13, Michigan 12, Penn State 10, Purdue 10, Liberty 6, Wisconsin 4, Missouri 3, Cincinnati 3, Vermont 2, San Diego State 2, Dayton 1, Mississippi State 1, Georgia 1
