Kansas Back atop Top 25 as Baylor Slides to No. 2 After Loss

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is back on top of the college basketball world after knocking off Baylor. And the Bears dropped to No. 2 in The Associated Press men's poll after the close loss. The Jayhawks took over the No. 1 ranking for the second time this season after spending a week there in December. The Bears fell to second after their 23-game winning streak ended. Gonzaga was No. 3 after a loss to BYU, and Dayton jumped San Diego State after the Aztecs lost for the first time. They were followed by Florida State, Duke, Kentucky, Maryland and Creighton in rounding out the top 10. very team in the top 10 found itself in a new position from last week.

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Kansas (62)	24-3	1598	3
2. Baylor (2)	24-2	1532	1
3. Gonzaga	27-2	1442	2
4. Dayton	25-2	1413	5
5. San Diego St.	26-1	1287	4
6. Florida St.	23-4	1247	8
7. Duke	23-4	1186	6
8. Kentucky	22-5	1130	10
9. Maryland	22-5	1124	7
10. Creighton	22-6	986	15
11. Louisville	23-5	966	11
12. Villanova	21-6	928	12
13. Seton Hall	20-7	842	16
14. Oregon	21-7	653	14
15. Auburn	23-4	643	13
16. Penn St.	20-7	618	9
17. BYU	23-7	598	23
18. Iowa	19-8	489	20
19. Michigan	18-9	329	-
20. West Virginia	19-8	313	17
21. Colorado	21-7	291	18
22. Texas Tech	18-9	226	-
23. Ohio St.	18-9	210	25
24. Michigan St.	18-9	160	-
25. Houston	21-7	102	22

Others receiving votes: Arizona St 95, Illinois 82, Arizona 71, Butler 51, Virginia 50, Marquette 41, Stephen F Austin 29, LSU 24, ETSU 13, Utah St. 9, Florida 8, Wisconsin 7, New Mexico St. 2, N Iowa 2, Liberty 2, UCLA 1.