The first Associated Press men’s basketball poll of the regular season has Kansas remaining at No. 1 and received 51 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel in the poll released Monday, but the rest of the AP Top 25 was filled with teams moving up and down.
No. 2 Purdue moved up a spot with two easy opening wins and received seven first-place votes. No. 3 Arizona took a giant leap from 12 after beating Duke and had three first-place votes.
No. 4 Marquette moved up a spot as did defending national champion Connecticut, which received a first-place vote to round out the top five. No. 24 James Madison moved into the poll for the first time ever after taking down Michigan State in overtime.
AP preseason men’s Top 25 basketball poll
First-place votes in parentheses.
1. Kansas (51)
2. Purdue (7)
3. Arizona (3)
4. Marquette
5. UConn (1)
6. Houston
7. Tennessee
8. Creighton
9. Duke
10. FAU
11. Gonzaga
12. Miami
13. Texas A&M
14. Arkansas
15. Baylor
16. Southern Cal
17. Kentucky
18. Michigan St.
19. Texas
20. North Carolina
21. Villanova
22. Alabama
23. Illinois
24. James Madison
25. Colorado