Gonzaga leapfrogs Kansas for No. 1 in men’s AP Top 25 after knocking off Duke, which falls to No. 3

After knocking off then-No. 1 Duke last Wednesday in the Maui Invitational final, Gonzaga leapfrogged Kansas to become the new No. 1 team in the nation.

It’s the third time in program history that Gonzaga has risen to No. 1. But, the Zags have now climbed to the nation’s top spot in three of the last seven seasons.

Kansas remained at No. 2 despite beating No. 5 Tennessee to win the NIT Season Tip-Off on Friday at Barclays Center.

Duke fell to No. 3.

Virginia, Nevada, Tennessee, Michigan, Auburn, Michigan State and KEntucky round out the Top 10.

After last week, when the Big East didn’t have a team in the Top 25 for the first time since February 1982, Villanova re-enters the poll at No. 23.

Associated Press Top 25 Poll

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Gonzaga (32)	6-0	1,590
2	Kansas (31)	5-0	1,584
3	Duke (1)	5-1	1,486
4	Virginia (1)	6-0	1,396
5	Nevada	6-0	1,329
6	Tennessee	4-1	1,284
7	Michigan	6-0	1,213
8	Auburn	5-1	1,129
9	Michigan State	5-1	1,111
10	Kentucky	5-1	1,022
11	North Carolina	6-1	943
12	Kansas State	6-0	936
13	Virginia Tech	5-0	921
14	Iowa	5-0	599
15	Florida State	5-1	581
16	Ohio State	6-0	511
17	Texas	5-1	486
18	Oregon	4-1	439
19	Purdue	5-1	387
20	Texas Tech	6-0	380
21	Buffalo	5-0	351
22	Wisconsin	5-1	253
23	Villanova	5-2	217
24	Maryland	6-0	170
25	Mississippi State	4-1	161

Others receiving votes: Arizona State 156, Clemson 135, Furman 72, Creighton 65, LSU 41, Indiana 35, UCLA 30, Iowa State 22, St. John’s 19, Minnesota 17, Miami 10, Syracuse 8, TCU 8, Nebraska 6, Arkansas 6, Notre Dame 4, UConn 4, Florida 3, UCF 3, Davidson 1, Houston 1

 

USA Today/Coaches’ Top 25 Poll

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Gonzaga (17)	6-0	784
2	Kansas (15)	5-0	782
3	Duke	5-1	712
4	Virginia	6-0	710
5	Michigan	6-0	638
6	Nevada	6-0	614
7	Tennessee	4-1	612
8	Michigan State	5-1	542
9	Kentucky	5-1	502
10	Auburn	5-1	492
10	Kansas State	6-0	492
12	Virginia Tech	5-0	471
13	North Carolina	6-1	452
14	Florida State	5-1	275
15	Iowa	5-0	264
16	Ohio State	6-0	249
17	Texas	5-1	235
18	Purdue	5-1	209
19	Texas Tech	6-0	173
20	Buffalo	5-0	159
21	Oregon	4-1	157
22	Wisconsin	5-1	139
23	Villanova	5-2	118
24	Clemson	5-1	114
25	Mississippi State	4-1	97

Others receiving votes: Maryland 77, Arizona State 51, UCLA 37, LSU 36, Miami 30, Furman 27, Creighton 26, Minnesota 19, NC State 19, Iowa State 16, Butler 12, UCF 9, St. John’s 9, Nebraska 8, Syracuse 7, Houston 7, TCU 7, Indiana 5, West Virginia 4, Arkansas 1, North Texas 1