The team that finished the 2020-21 college basketball season on top remains in the No. 1 spot in this week’s Associated Press poll.
The unbeaten Baylor Bears (10-0) received 60 of the 61 first-place votes in this week’s poll, with No. 6 Arizona (11-0) getting the other.
The Kansas Jayhawks, winners of five in a row since their late-November loss to Dayton, stayed in the No. 7 spot.
Baylor, Duke and Purdue all stayed put in the top three spots in this week’s poll, with No. 4 Gonzaga and No. 5 UCLA flip-flopping spots to round out the top five.
USC, Iowa State and Alabama joined Arizona and Kansas in this week’s top 10.
In the Big 12, Texas (8-2) moved up one spot to No. 16 and Texas Tech (8-2) stayed at No. 25. Oklahoma and West Virginia were the first two teams receiving votes, putting the Big 12 on the verge of having six teams in the top 25.
Oklahoma State was also on the “receiving votes” list, putting the Cowboys in the top 40 nationally.
Here’s a look at the complete poll:
1 – Baylor, 10-0 (60), 1,524
2 – Duke, 10-1, 1,445
3 – Purdue, 10-1, 1,360
4 – Gonzaga, 9-2, 1,313
5 – UCLA, 9-1, 1,294
6 – Arizona, 11-0 (1), 1,230
7 – Kansas, 9-1, 1,210
8 – USC, 12-0, 937
9 – Iowa State, 11-0, 926
10 – Alabama, 9-2, 897
11 – Michigan State, 9-2, 822
12 – Auburn, 10-1, 782
13 – Houston, 10-2, 780
14 – Ohio State, 8-2, 744
15 – Seton Hall, 9-2, 693
16 – Texas, 8-2, 569
17 – LSU, 11-0, 542
18 – Xavier, 11-1, 469
19 – Tennessee, 8-2, 447
20 – Kentucky, 8-2, 428
21 – Colorado State, 10-0, 328
22 – Providence, 11-1, 266
23 – Villanova, 7-4, 222
24 – Wisconsin, 9-2, 182
25 – Texas Tech, 8-2, 86
**Others receiving votes:** Oklahoma 65, West Virginia 57, Connecticut 55, Illinois 49, Loyola Chicago 42, Arkansas 9, Michigan 9, BYU 8, North Carolina 7, San Francisco 6, Wake Forest 5, Oklahoma State 4, Virginia Tech 4, Iowa 3, Minnesota 3, Creighton 2, Memphis 1
