Kansas jumped up into first place in the latest AP Poll, vaulting the Denzel Valentine-less Michigan State Spartans and remaining slotted above Oklahoma, who received 21 first place votes of their own.
Oklahoma and Kansas play each other tonight. Which will be awesome.
There are a couple of weird rankings here that I can’t really wrap my head around. For starters, Arizona is ranked above Providence despite the fact that Providence beat them on a neutral court. And Xavier is ranked above Villanova despite the fact that, roughly 96 hours ago, Villanova beat Xavier by 31 points.
Someone explain that one to me.
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Anyway, here is the full AP Poll. The NBCSports.com Top 25 -- way more accurate and reliable, I might add -- can be found here.
1. Kansas (12-1, 44)
2. Oklahoma (12-0, 21)
3. Maryland (13-1)
4. Virginia (12-1)
5. Michigan State (14-1)
6. North Carolina (13-2)
7. Arizona (13-1)
8. Providence (14-1)
9. Kentucky (11-2)
10. Xavier (13-1)
11. Villanova (12-2)
12. Miami (12-1)
13. Iowa State (11-2)
14. Duke (12-2)
15. SMU (13-0)
16. Louisville (12-2)
17. West Virginia (12-1)
18. Butler (11-3)
19. Iowa (11-3)
20. Purdue (13-2)
21. Texas A&M (11-2)
22. South Carolina (13-0)
23. UConn (10-3)
24. Pittsburgh (12-1)
25. Dayton (11-2)