The Kansas men’s basketball team’s 80-62 home loss to Kentucky on Saturday led to a five-spot drop in the weekly Associated Press poll.
Kansas, which entered last week at No. 5, is now ranked No. 10, while Kentucky, which started last week at No. 12, jumped seven spots to No. 5 following the convincing win at Kansas.
The Jayhawks did beat No. 13 Texas Tech last week at home prior to the loss, which was both a good win and probably helped KU stay in the top 10.
Texas Tech dropped one spot to No. 14.
Baylor remains the highest ranked Big 12 team in the poll this week, falling from No. 4 to No. 8 after its SEC/Big 12 Challenge loss at Alabama.
Baylor and Kansas will square off at Allen Fieldhouse this weekend, after the Jayhawks head to Ames, Iowa, to take on Iowa State at 6 p.m. Tuesday night.
The Cyclones, who took KU down to the wire in their meeting at Allen Fieldhouse, moved up three spots to No. 20 in the latest poll.
Texas, which knocked off Tennessee in the challenge over the weekend, also returned to the poll at No. 23 after a week outside of the Top 25.
*Here’s a look at the rest of this week’s poll:*
1 – Auburn, 20-1, 1,508 (49)
2 – Gonzaga, 17-2, 1,475 (12)
3 – UCLA, 16-2, 1,338
4 – Purdue, 18-3, 1,282
5 – Kentucky, 17-4, 1,195
6 – Houston, 18-2, 1,164
7 – Arizona, 17-2, 1,159
8 – Baylor, 18-3, 1,141
9 – Duke, 17-3, 1,107
10 – Kansas, 17-3, 1,014
11 – Wisconsin, 17-3, 938
12 – Villanova, 16-5, 807
13 – Michigan State, 16-4, 751
14 – Texas Tech, 16-5, 741
15 – Providence, 18-2, 709
16 – Ohio State, 13-5, 548
17 – Connecticut, 15-4, 483
18 – Illinois, 15-5, 445
19 – USC, 18-3, 337
20 – Iowa State, 16-5, 324
21 – Xavier, 15-5, 255
22 – Tennessee, 14-6, 234
23 – Texas, 16-5, 203
24 – Marquette, 15-7
25 – LSU, 16-5, 180
**Others receiving votes:** Alabama 97, Murray State 42, Saint Mary’s 32, Boise State 32, Miami (FL) 29, Indiana 22, Davidson 10, Arkansas 7, Iowa 6, Iona 6, TCU 4, Notre Dame 4, Loyola Chicago 4, Colorado State 3, Toledo 1