Kansas basketball back to No. 1 in Top 25 poll
Kansas’ basketball team is No. 1 for a second time this season – the first school to reach the top for a second stint.
The Jayhawks have been No. 1 for three weeks this season, the first two in January.
Michigan State was No. 1 for four weeks, while Kansas, Oklahoma and Villanova were all there for three weeks. North Carolina and Kentucky both spent two weeks at the top.
The six schools to reach No. 1 is one off the record set in 1982-83.
This is Kansas’ 60th poll as No. 1. The Jayhawks are fifth on the all-time list behind UCLA (134), Duke (127), Kentucky (115) and North Carolina (113).
Sixth on the list is Indiana with 54 weeks.
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Kansas (63) | 25-4 | 1,623 | 2 |
2. Michigan St. (2) | 24-5 | 1,510 | 6 |
3. Villanova | 25-4 | 1,479 | 1 |
4. Virginia | 22-6 | 1,405 | 3 |
5. Xavier | 25-4 | 1,356 | 5 |
6. Oklahoma | 22-6 | 1,297 | 3 |
7. Miami | 23-5 | 1,211 | 12 |
8. North Carolina | 23-6 | 1,205 | 7 |
9. Oregon | 23-6 | 1,065 | 13 |
10. West Virginia | 22-7 | 1,056 | 14 |
11. Louisville | 22-7 | 822 | 11 |
12. Indiana | 23-6 | 819 | 18 |
13. Utah | 23-7 | 751 | 22 |
14. Maryland | 23-6 | 733 | 10 |
15. Purdue | 22-7 | 613 | 20 |
16. Iowa | 20-8 | 572 | 8 |
17. Duke | 21-8 | 495 | 15 |
18. Arizona | 22-7 | 450 | 9 |
19. Baylor | 21-8 | 447 | 19 |
20. Texas A&M | 22-7 | 419 | 21 |
21. Iowa St. | 20-9 | 413 | 17 |
22. Kentucky | 21-8 | 405 | 16 |
23. Texas | 19-10 | 338 | 25 |
24. SMU | 24-4 | 196 | 24 |
25. California | 21-8 | 178 | _ |
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 93, Seton Hall 60, Wichita St. 43, Saint Joseph’s 29, Notre Dame 14, Texas Tech 12, Cincinnati 4, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 3, Vanderbilt 3, UALR 2, Valparaiso 2, Dayton 1, Stephen F. Austin 1.
This story was originally published February 29, 2016 at 1:57 PM with the headline "Kansas basketball back to No. 1 in Top 25 poll."