Top 3 remain the same in AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll. Villanova drops out again.

Kansas, Duke and Tennessee remained the top three teams in the AP Top 25 Poll released Monday.

The Top 10 was rounded out by Michigan, Virginia, Nevada, Auburn, Gonzaga, North Carolina and Michigan State.

Gonzaga, once the No. 1 team, fell from No. 4 to No. 8 after losing its second game this season, this one to North Carolina on Saturday.

Kentucky stayed at No. 19.

Marquette is now the lone Big East school in the poll at No. 21 after Villanova lost back-to-back games to Penn and at No. 1 Kansas.

Unbeaten St. John’s (10-0) got 59 votes.

AP POLL ALERT: Kansas, Duke, Tennessee remain atop new AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll; reigning national champion Villanova falls out. See the full poll: https://t.co/zRMwd70u1Q pic.twitter.com/Q46fNEMJwU
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