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Hawkeyes drop to No. 20, Cyclones stay at No. 21 in latest AP poll

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March 7th, 2016 by admin

Kansas is No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for a second straight week and for the fourth time this season.

The Jayhawks (27-4) are again a runaway choice, receiving 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday.

Michigan State (26-5), which got the other two first-place votes, remained second and was followed by Villanova, Virginia, Xavier, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Oregon, West Virginia and Indiana.

The same teams are in the Top 25 for a second straight week, the first time that has happened this season.

Next Monday’s poll will be the last of the season.

 

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 6, 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) 27-4 1,623 1
2. Michigan St. (2) 26-5 1,520 2
3. Villanova 27-4 1,480 3
4. Virginia 24-6 1,424 4
5. Xavier 26-4 1,351 5
6. Oklahoma 24-6 1,309 6
7. North Carolina 25-6 1,252 8
8. Oregon 25-6 1,127 9
9. West Virginia 24-7 1,113 10
10. Indiana 25-6 1,038 12
11. Miami 24-6 935 7
12. Utah 24-7 898 13
13. Purdue 24-7 798 15
14. Louisville 23-8 647 11
15. Arizona 24-7 626 18
16. Kentucky 23-8 608 22
17. Texas A&M 24-7 574 20
18. Maryland 24-7 544 14
19. Duke 22-9 512 17
20. Iowa 21-9 407 16
21. Iowa St. 21-10 374 21
22. Baylor 21-10 262 19
23. Texas 20-11 191 23
24. California 22-9 189 25
25. SMU 25-5 88 24

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 62, Dayton 35, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 33, Seton Hall 28, Stephen F. Austin 9, Butler 8, Providence 8, Valparaiso 7, Yale 7, Cincinnati 6, St. Bonaventure 6, Gonzaga 5, Akron 4, Temple 4, Notre Dame 3, San Diego St. 3, UAB 2, N. Iowa 1, S. Dakota St. 1, South Carolina 1, Texas Tech 1, Wichita St. 1.