No. 1 Baylor remained atop the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the third straight week, with the top four unchanged.
The Bears (19-1) received 49 of 65 first-place votes in the latest poll, released Monday afternoon. That’s up from 44 first-place votes last week.
Baylor is the nation’s top-ranked team for a 3rd consecutive week❗️ Only Gonzaga (4 weeks) has held the No. 1 spot longer this season. Full @AP_Top25 poll: https://t.co/erzks0H2xP#SicEm 🐻 | #1TGF 🏀 pic.twitter.com/bi81Jxen7W — Baylor Basketball (@BaylorMBB) February 3, 2020
Baylor is the nation’s top-ranked team for a 3rd consecutive week❗️
Only Gonzaga (4 weeks) has held the No. 1 spot longer this season.
Full @AP_Top25 poll: https://t.co/erzks0H2xP#SicEm 🐻 | #1TGF 🏀 pic.twitter.com/bi81Jxen7W
— Baylor Basketball (@BaylorMBB) February 3, 2020
No. 2 Gonzaga (23-1) earned 15 first-place votes, with No. 3 Kansas (18-3) receiving the final vote. San Diego State, the last remaining unbeaten Division I team at 23-0, stayed at No. 4.
Last week’s No. 5, Florida State (18-3) fell to No. 8 after a loss to unranked Virginia on Tuesday and was replaced in the No. 5 spot by Louisville (19-3).
Dayton (20-2) moved up a spot to No. 6, followed by Duke (18-3) at No. 7. Maryland and Villanova, both 17-4, are ranked Nos. 9 and 10, respectively.
Auburn (19-2) climbed six spots to No. 11, making the Tigers the highest-ranked Southeastern Conference team in the poll, ahead of No. 15 Kentucky (16-5) and No. 18 LSU (17-4).
The Big Ten led the way with five teams in the Top 25.
Moving into the rankings were Creighton (17-5) at No. 21 and Arizona (17-6) at No. 23. Wichita State and Rutgers dropped out.
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