The Kansas Jayhawks pushed their winning streak up to 12 with the 86-80 victory at TCU on Friday. But they remain in the same spot in the latest AP Top 25 Men’s Basketball Poll.
KU stays at No. 3 heading into Tuesday’s Big 12 home opener, the first of two meetings with Kansas State.
Kansas (12-1) is one of three Big 12 teams in the poll and all are in the Top 10. KU is joined by Baylor (13-0), who leapfrogged the Jayhawks to No. 2 after blowing out Oklahoma in its first league game.
West Virginia is also in the rankings at No. 7. The Mountaineers (12-1) won at Oklahoma State on Friday.
Kansas State also received votes in the poll
Complete poll:
| 1 | Villanova (59) | 14-0 | 1,619 | 1 |
| 2 | Baylor (6) | 13-0 | 1,532 | 4 |
| 3 | Kansas | 12-1 | 1,503 | 3 |
| 4 | UCLA | 14-1 | 1,406 | 2 |
| 5 | Gonzaga | 14-0 | 1,357 | 7 |
| 6 | Kentucky | 11-2 | 1,280 | 8 |
| 7 | West Virginia | 12-1 | 1,179 | 11 |
| 8 | Duke | 12-2 | 1,090 | 5 |
| 9 | Louisville | 12-2 | 1,063 | 6 |
| 10 | Creighton | 13-1 | 1,015 | 10 |
| 11 | Virginia | 11-2 | 954 | 12 |
| 12 | Florida State | 14-1 | 902 | 20 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 12-2 | 865 | 14 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 12-3 | 785 | 9 |
| 15 | Oregon | 13-2 | 771 | 21 |
| 16 | Xavier | 12-2 | 634 | 17 |
| 17 | Arizona | 13-2 | 613 | 18 |
| 18 | Butler | 12-2 | 477 | 13 |
| 19 | Saint Mary’s (Calif.) | 12-1 | 416 | 19 |
| 20 | Purdue | 12-3 | 405 | 15 |
| 21 | Virginia Tech | 12-1 | 293 | NR |
| 22 | Cincinnati | 12-2 | 258 | 23 |
| 23 | Notre Dame | 12-2 | 250 | 24 |
| 24 | Florida | 10-3 | 193 | 25 |
| 25 | Indiana | 10-4 | 74 | 16 |
| 25 | Southern California | 14-1 | 74 | 22 |
Others receiving votes: Minnesota 56, Clemson 23, Miami 16, Maryland 6, Kansas State 5, Seton Hall 3, Iowa State 3, Northwestern 2, VCU 2, UNCW 1.