1. Kansas (55)
2. Syracuse (8)
3. Kentucky(2)
4. Villanova
5. West Virginia
6. Purdue
7. Georgetown
8. Duke
9. Kansas State
10. Michigan State (down 5)
11. Wisconsin (up 5)
12. Tennessee
13. Ohio State
14. Texas (down 5)
15. New Mexico
16. Gonzaga
17. Brigham Young (down 5)
18. Butler (up 5)
19. Northern Iowa (up 5)
20. Georgia Tech
21. Temple
22. Vanderbilt
23. UNLV (NR)
24. Baylor
25. Pittsburgh (down 4)
Top 5 outside looking in: Texas A&M, Cornell, Wake Forest, Maryland, Charlotte.
Dropped out: Ole Miss (25).
Notes: Mountain West gets three teams in the AP Top 25 for the first time in God knows how long. Hard to believe the MWC has more ranked teams than the ACC. Six teams from mid-major conferences take up spots in this week’s poll. That’s the most all season.
Conference breakdown:
- Big East: 5
- Big 10: 5
- Big XII: 4
- Southeastern: 3
- Mountain West: 3
- Atlantic Coast: 2
- Atlantic 10: 1
- Missouri Valley: 1
- Horizon: 1
- West Coast: 1
