The top six spots in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 stayed the same, with Kansas (10-2 overall, 4-1 Big 12) again landing at No. 6 behind Gonzaga, Baylor, Villanova, Texas and Iowa.
The Jayhawks’ spot in the AP Top 25 extends their NCAA record to 228 consecutive weeks in the poll and represents 27 consecutive weeks in the poll’s top-10.
As has been the case for most of the season, a trio of Big 12 foes joins the Jayhawks in this week’s AP poll, with Texas the highest ranked of the bunch and West Virginia (14th to 13th) and Texas Tech (18th to 15th) both moving up this week.
Oklahoma State, which Kansas will play at 7 p.m. Tuesday night in Stillwater, Okla., on Big 12 Now/ESPN+, also appeared in the poll this week, receiving 28 votes after an 8-3 start.
For the second week in a row, unbeaten Gonzaga (12-0) received all but one first-place vote. Baylor, which also is undefeated at 11-0, received the lone first-place vote that did not go to the Zags.
Here’s a look at this week’s complete AP Top 25:
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1 – Gonzaga, 12-0, 1,599 (63)
2 – Baylor, 11-0, 1,536 (1)
3 – Villanova, 8-1, 1,436
4 – Texas, 10-1, 1,422
5 – Iowa, 11-2, 1,322
6 – Kansas, 10-2, 1,220
7 – Michigan, 10-0, 1,161
8 – Creighton, 10-2, 1,151
9 – Wisconsin, 10-2, 1,110
10 – Tennessee, 9-1, 1,093
11 – Houston, 10-1, 993
12 – Clemson, 9-1, 747
13 – West Virginia, 9-4, 701
14 – Illinois, 9-4, 694
15 – Texas Tech, 10-3, 689
16 – Louisville, 8-1, 464
17 – Missouri, 7-2, 436
18 – Virginia, 7-2, 403
19 – Duke, 5-2, 397
20 – Virginia Tech, 9-2, 286
21 – Ohio State, 9-3, 280
22 – Oregon, 9-2, 264
23 – Minnesota, 10-4, 233
24 – Saint Louis, 7-1, 220
25 – Connecticut, 6-1, 181
**Others receiving votes:** Alabama 173, UCLA 137, Colorado 96, Florida State 74, USC 48, Rutgers 46, Drake 42, Michigan State 34, Oklahoma State 28, Arkansas 24, San Diego State 10, Boise State 8, Florida 7, Xavier 7, LSU 7, Northwestern 6, Tulsa 5, North Carolina State 5, Indiana 2, Winthrop 2, Belmont 1
