Auburn remained atop the AP Top 25 for the seventh straight week on Monday, while preseason No. 1 Kansas out of from the men’s basketball poll for the first time in nearly four years, ending the Jayhawks’ ranked run at 80 consecutive weeks.
The Tigers earned all 60 votes from the national media panel after beating Arkansas and Georgia last week. They were followed by Duke and Florida, which traded places in the poll, with Houston and Tennessee rounding out the top five. Houston has the nation’s longest active streak in the Top 25 at 102 weeks.
| Rank | Team | Record | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 25-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Duke | 24-3 | 3 |
| 3 | Florida | 24-3 | 2 |
| 4 | Houston | 23-4 | 5 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 22-5 | 6 |
| 6 | Alabama | 22-5 | 4 |
| 7 | St. John’s | 24-4 | 10 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 22-5 | 14 |
| 9 | Iowa State | 21-6 | 8 |
| 10 | Texas Tech | 21-6 | 9 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 21-6 | 11 |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 20-7 | 7 |
| 13 | Clemson | 22-5 | 18 |
| 14 | Missouri | 20-7 | 15 |
| 15 | Michigan | 20-6 | 12 |
| 16 | Maryland | 21-6 | 20 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 18-9 | 17 |
| 18 | Memphis | 22-5 | 22 |
| 19 | Louisville | 21-6 | 25 |
| 20 | Purdue | 19-9 | 13 |
| 21 | Marquette | 20-7 | 16 |
| 22 | Arizona | 18-9 | 19 |
| 23 | Saint Mary’s | 25-4 | – |
| 24 | Mississippi State | 19-8 | 21 |
| 25 | BYU | 19-8 | – |
