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As College Basketball winds down the regular season, a new #1 is atop the AP Poll this week. Kansas who won their 13th consecutive Big-12 regular season championship jumped up to the top spot with 58 first place votes. The Jayhawks leap-frogged Villanova who took a loss to Butler, but defeated Creighton last week as ‘Nova was still able to claim two first-place votes. UCLA improves to #3, Gonzaga, last week’s #1 who lost to BYU, dropped to #4, and North Carolina comes in at #5.
The Wildcats are joined in the rankings by only one other Big East team this week as Butler comes in at #13.
Villanova next plays on Saturday against Georgetown in Washington DC.
AP Poll Week 17
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Kansas (58) | 26-3 | 1,618 |
| 2 | Villanova (2) | 27-3 | 1,487 |
| 3 | UCLA (3) | 26-3 | 1,474 |
| 4 | Gonzaga (2) | 29-1 | 1,419 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 25-5 | 1,381 |
| 6 | Oregon | 26-4 | 1,343 |
| 7 | Arizona | 26-4 | 1,223 |
| 8 | Louisville | 23-6 | 1,176 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 24-5 | 1,119 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 23-6 | 1,041 |
| 11 | Baylor | 23-6 | 923 |
| 12 | Florida | 23-6 | 807 |
| 13 | Butler | 23-6 | 795 |
| 14 | SMU | 25-4 | 738 |
| 15 | Florida State | 23-6 | 722 |
| 16 | Purdue | 23-6 | 651 |
| 17 | Duke | 22-7 | 622 |
| 18 | Cincinnati | 25-4 | 504 |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 22-7 | 482 |
| 20 | Saint Mary's | 26-3 | 445 |
| 21 | Wichita State | 27-4 | 250 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 22-7 | 206 |
| 23 | Virginia | 19-9 | 194 |
| 24 | Iowa State | 19-9 | 168 |
| 25 | Miami | 20-8 | 123 |