A wild triple-overtime win over Oklahoma means the Kansas Jayhawks get to hold on to their No. 1 spot in the latest Associated Press top-25 poll. Bill Self's crew followed up that impressive home victory with a 69-59 win Saturday at Texas Tech to move to 14-1 on the year.
NCAA basketball rankings 2016: Kansas, Oklahoma stay 1-2 in polls after triple OT classic
The new polls are out, with the Jayhawks and Sooners still atop the rankings.
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Oklahoma responded to that Monday night loss with an 86-76 home win Saturday over Kansas State. The Sooners now stand at 13-1 and were able to hang on their No. 2 ranking in both polls.
A few top-25 teams saw their respective rankings drop. Virginia, which lost to both Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech last week and is now 12-3, fell from No. 4 to No. 13. Arizona (13-3), who entered as the No. 7 team in the country, plummeted down to No. 18 after road road losses to USC and UCLA.
There are a couple newcomers in this week’s top-25 as well. Baylor, now No. 22, knocked off No. 13 Iowa State, as well as Oklahoma State, and improved to 12-3. And Gonzaga (12-3) also joins the top-25, at No. 25, after a win Saturday over Portland. It was Gonzaga’s seventh straight victory.
Here’s a look at the full top 25:
AP Poll
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas Jayhawks (63) | 14-1 | 1,621 |
| 2 | Oklahoma Sooners (1) | 13-1 | 1,551 |
| 3 | Maryland Terrapins | 15-1 | 1,472 |
| 4 | Michigan State Spartans (1) | 16-1 | 1,446 |
| 5 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 15-2 | 1,371 |
| 6 | Villanova Wildcats | 14-2 | 1,246 |
| 7 | Xavier Musketeers | 14-1 | 1,200 |
| 8 | Miami-Florida Hurricanes | 13-1 | 1,139 |
| 9 | Duke Blue Devils | 14-2 | 1,100 |
| 10 | SMU Mustangs | 15-0 | 1,040 |
| 11 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 14-1 | 867 |
| 12 | Providence Friars | 14-2 | 862 |
| 13 | Virginia Cavaliers | 12-3 | 818 |
| 14 | Kentucky Wildcats | 12-3 | 698 |
| 15 | Texas A&M Aggies | 13-2 | 668 |
| 16 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 12-3 | 656 |
| 17 | Iowa State Cyclones | 12-3 | 555 |
| 18 | Arizona Wildcats | 13-3 | 537 |
| 19 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 15-0 | 527 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh Panthers | 14-1 | 334 |
| 21 | Louisville Cardinals | 13-3 | 330 |
| 22 | Baylor Bears | 12-3 | 325 |
| 23 | Butler Bulldogs | 12-4 | 302 |
| 24 | Purdue Boilermakers | 14-3 | 145 |
| 25 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 13-3 | 101 |
| Others receiving votes: USC 79, Indiana 59, UCLA 21, Utah 10, Texas Tech 10, Saint Mary's 8, Wichita St 7, Valparaiso 6, Oregon 6, Hawaii 4, St Bonaventure 1, Oregon State 1, Akron 1, Dayton 1 | |||
USA Today Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas (32) | 14-1 | 800 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 13-1 | 743 |
| 3 | Maryland | 15-1 | 742 |
| 4 | Michigan St | 16-1 | 694 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 15-2 | 673 |
| 6 | Duke | 14-2 | 596 |
| 7 | Villanova | 14-2 | 557 |
| 8 | Xavier | 14-1 | 555 |
| 9 | Miami-Florida | 13-1 | 551 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 14-1 | 477 |
| 11 | Virginia | 12-3 | 426 |
| 12 | Providence | 14-2 | 400 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 12-3 | 393 |
| 14 | Texas A&M | 13-2 | 383 |
| 15 | South Carolina | 15-0 | 361 |
| 16 | Arizona | 13-3 | 337 |
| 17 | Pittsburgh | 14-1 | 263 |
| 18 | Iowa St. | 12-3 | 253 |
| 19 | Iowa | 12-3 | 226 |
| 20 | Louisville | 13-3 | 205 |
| 21 | Gonzaga | 13-3 | 173 |
| 22 | Baylor | 12-3 | 156 |
| 23 | Butler | 12-4 | 147 |
| 24 | Purdue | 14-3 | 122 |
| 25 | Indiana | 14-3 | 38 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Connecticut 34; Oregon 18; Southern California 16; UCLA 12; George Washington 11; California 9; Dayton 5; Houston 5; Valparaiso 5; Washington 3; Texas Tech 3; Cincinnati 2; Arkansas-Little Rock 2; Boise State 1; Hawaii 1; Utah 1; Saint Mary's 1. | |||
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