The Oregon Ducks stayed put at No. 6 while Kansas claimed the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press NCAA men’s basketball poll released on Monday.
The Ducks (26-4, 14-2 Pac-12) have won five of their last six games, including a nail-biter at Stanford on Saturday, where Jordan Bell’s tip-in with 14 seconds left gave Oregon a 75-73 victory.
Kansas (26-3) moved up two places to the top spot, earning 58 first-place votes — including The Oregonian/Oregonlive.com’s Tyson Alger’s — Monday from the 65-member national media panel.
Villanova (27-3) kept its spot at No. 2 despite losing to Butler last week and earned two No. 1 votes.
The Pac-12’s UCLA (26-3), got three No. 1 votes and moved up from fifth to third after its win over Arizona on Saturday.
Gonzaga (29-1) dropped from first to fourth place after losing its first game of the season, an upset by BYU on Saturday. The Zags, who had been No. 1 for the last four polls, received two first-place votes.
Here’s the full ranking from The Associated Press:
1. Kansas (58) 26-3 1618 3 2. Villanova (2) 27-3 1487 2 3. UCLA (3) 26-3 1474 5 4. Gonzaga (2) 29-1 1419 1 5. North Carolina 25-5 1381 8 6. Oregon 26-4 1343 6 7. Arizona 26-4 1223 4 8. Louisville 23-6 1176 7 9. Kentucky 24-5 1119 11 10. West Virginia 23-6 1041 12 11. Baylor 23-6 923 9 12. Florida 23-6 807 13 13. Butler 23-6 795 22 14. SMU 25-4 738 17 15. Florida State 23-6 722 19 16. Purdue 23-6 651 14 17. Duke 22-7 622 10 18. Cincinnati 25-4 504 15 19. Notre Dame 22-7 482 21 20. Saint Mary’s 26-3 445 20 21. Wichita State 27-4 250 25 22. Wisconsin 22-7 206 16 23. Virginia 19-9 194 18 24. Iowa State 19-9 168 — 25. Miami 20-8 123 —
Others receiving votes: Minnesota 66, Oklahoma State 54, Dayton 32, Michigan 14, Middle Tennessee 13, Creighton 12, Southern Cal 7, Michigan State 3, Monmouth 3, Vermont 2, VCU 2, Virginia Tech 2, Arkansas 1, BYU 1, Maryland 1, Princeton 1.
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