A week after slipping to No. 3 following its first loss of the season, Virginia impressed voters enough with big wins over fellow top 15 foes North Carolina and Louisville to climb back into the spot directly behind Kentucky in the new Associated Press Top 25 poll.
NCAA basketball rankings 2015: Virginia reclaims No. 2 spot from Gonzaga
Big wins over North Carolina and Louisville have the Cavaliers back in the spot directly behind Kentucky.
Once-beaten Gonzaga, which had replaced the Cavaliers in the second spot last week, fell back to No. 3. Duke and Wisconsin rounded out the top five for a third consecutive week.
A week after receiving just two votes from the AP, Oklahoma State re-joined the poll at No. 21 thanks to big wins over Texas and Kansas. The Longhorns fell from the rankings entirely, as did Georgetown, which moved aside to make room for new No. 24 Arkansas.
Here’s your full AP Top 25 for week 14:
| RECORD | PTS | PRV |
1. Kentucky (65) | 23-0 | 1,625 | 1 |
2. Virginia | 21-1 | 1,518 | 3 |
3. Gonzaga | 24-1 | 1,486 | 2 |
4. Duke | 20-3 | 1,450 | 4 |
5. Wisconsin | 21-2 | 1,385 | 5 |
6. Villanova | 21-2 | 1,294 | 7 |
7. Arizona | 20-3 | 1,185 | 6 |
8. Kansas | 19-4 | 1,171 | 8 |
9. Louisville | 19-4 | 1,120 | 9 |
10. Notre Dame | 21-4 | 948 | 10 |
11. Utah | 18-4 | 946 | 13 |
12. North Carolina | 18-6 | 871 | 12 |
13. N. Iowa | 22-2 | 846 | 14 |
14. Iowa St. | 17-5 | 842 | 11 |
15. Wichita St. | 21-3 | 743 | 16 |
16. Baylor | 18-5 | 694 | 19 |
17. Oklahoma | 16-7 | 565 | 21 |
18. Butler | 18-6 | 462 | 22 |
19. Maryland | 19-5 | 347 | 17 |
20. VCU | 18-5 | 296 | 18 |
21. Oklahoma St. | 16-7 | 273 | - |
21. West Virginia | 18-5 | 273 | 15 |
23. Ohio St. | 18-6 | 271 | 20 |
24. Arkansas | 18-5 | 221 | - |
25. SMU | 19-5 | 81 | 23 |
Others receiving votes: Iowa 38, Providence 26, Texas 25, Stephen F. Austin 22, Cincinnati 21, Murray St. 20, Indiana 13, Rhode Island 12, Georgetown 9, Texas A&M 7, Temple 6, Mississippi 3, Old Dominion 3, Harvard 2, San Diego St. 2, Xavier 2, Valparaiso 1.
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