Kansas men’s basketball, which clobbered Indiana by 22 points on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse, has jumped from No. 8 to No. 4 this week’s Associated Press Top 25.
Purdue (11-0) received 40 first-place votes and remained No. 1 this week. UConn (12-0) improved one slot and checked in at No, 2. The Huskies received 21 first-place votes.
Houston (11-1) is No. 3, followed by Kansas (10-1), Arizona (10-1), Virginia (9-1), Texas (9-1), Tennessee (9-2), Alabama (9-2) and Arkansas (10-1) in the top 10.
Gonzaga is ranked No. 11 followed by Baylor (12), UCLA (13), Duke (14), Mississippi State (15), Illinois (16), Wisconsin (17), Indiana (18), Kentucky (19), TCU (20), Virginia Tech (21), Miami (22), Auburn (23), Marquette (24) and Arizona State (25).
Kansas State is included in the “others receiving votes” category, as is Iowa State, West Virginia and Texas Tech.
The Jayhawks have won four games in a row heading into Thursday’s game against Harvard. Tipoff is 6 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse.