Reigning national champion Villanova is back at the top of the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll.
NCAA basketball rankings 2017: Villanova reclaims No. 1 spot
Baylor’s time at the top of the AP Poll proved to be short lived, as the Bears’ 22-point loss to West Virginia paved the way for Villanova to claim the top spot for the second time this season.
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Despite receiving four fewer first-place votes than No. 2 Kansas, the Wildcats still received enough total points to jump the Jayhawks and claim the poll’s top spot for the second time this season. Villanova replaces Baylor, which was No. 1 for the first time in program history last week, but was defeated soundly by West Virginia in its first game with the ranking. The Bears fell all the way to No. 6.
UCLA, which received three first-place votes, moved up one spot to No. 3. The other two first-place votes went to the nation’s only remaining unbeaten team, Gonzaga, which moved up to No. 4. Kentucky rounded out the poll’s top five.
Here’s the full AP Poll for this week, with first-place votes in parentheses:
AP top 25
1. Villanova (28)
2. Kansas (32)
3. UCLA (3)
4. Gonzaga
5. Kentucky
6. Baylor
7. West Virginia
8. Creighton
9. North Carolina
10. Florida State
11. Oregon
12. Louisville
13. Butler
14. Arizona
15. Notre Dame
16. Virginia
17. Wisconsin
18. Duke
19. Florida
20. Cincinnati
21. Purdue
22. Xavier
23. Saint Mary’s
24. South Carolina
25. Maryland
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