University of Kansas

Kansas nearly unanimous as AP college basketball No. 1 team

Kansas coach Bill Self shouts during Saturday’s first half at Texas Tech.
Kansas coach Bill Self shouts during Saturday’s first half at Texas Tech. Associated Press

Kansas received 63 of 64 first-place votes in the Associated Press college basketball poll Monday.

Oklahoma, which lost at KU 109-106 in three overtimes a week ago, received the other first-place vote.

Wichita State received seven votes.

The Top Twenty Five

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 10, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record

Pts

Prv

1. Kansas (63)

14-1

1,621

1

2. Oklahoma (1)

13-1

1,551

2

3. Maryland

15-1

1,472

3

4. Michigan St. (1)

16-1

1,446

5

5. North Carolina

15-2

1,371

6

6. Villanova

14-2

1,246

11

7. Xavier

14-1

1,200

10

8. Miami

13-1

1,139

12

9. Duke

14-2

1,100

14

10. SMU

15-0

1,040

15

11. West Virginia

14-1

867

17

12. Providence

14-2

862

8

13. Virginia

12-3

818

4

14. Kentucky

12-3

698

9

15. Texas A&M

13-2

668

21

16. Iowa

12-3

656

19

17. Iowa St.

12-3

555

13

18. Arizona

13-3

537

7

19. South Carolina

15-0

527

22

20. Pittsburgh

14-1

334

24

21. Louisville

13-3

330

16

22. Baylor

12-3

325

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23. Butler

12-4

302

18

24. Purdue

14-3

145

20

25. Gonzaga

13-3

101

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Others receiving votes: Southern Cal 79, Indiana 59, UCLA 21, Texas Tech 10, Utah 10, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 8, Wichita St. 7, Oregon 6, Valparaiso 6, Hawaii 4, Akron 1, Dayton 1, Oregon St. 1, St. Bonaventure 1.

Ballots Online: http://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

This story was originally published January 11, 2016 at 1:41 PM with the headline "Kansas nearly unanimous as AP college basketball No. 1 team."

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