(AP) -- Kansas is back at No. 1.
After a week out of the top spot in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, the Jayhawks replaced Syracuse and were a near unanimous choice Monday.
They received 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. It marks their 14th week at No. 1 this season and they have not been ranked lower than third.
Kentucky moves up one place to second and had the other first-place votes. Syracuse had moved into the top spot last week for the first time since 1990. The Orange drop to third after losing to Louisville.
Duke held fourth while Ohio State and Purdue move up one place to fifth and sixth. West Virginia, New Mexico, Kansas State and Villanova round out the top 10.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record-Points-Previous rank
1. Kansas (63) 29-2 1,623 2
2. Kentucky (2) 29-2 1,553 3
3. Syracuse 28-3 1,500 1
4. Duke 26-5 1,348 4
5. Ohio St. 24-7 1,344 6
6. Purdue 26-4 1,252 7
7. West Virginia 24-6 1,231 10
8. New Mexico 28-3 1,188 8
9. Kansas St. 24-6 1,063 5
10. Villanova 24-6 1,016 9
11. Michigan St. 24-7 1,015 11
12. Butler 27-4 796 12
13. Wisconsin 23-7 710 15
14. BYU 28-4 690 14
15. Tennessee 23-7 650 16
16. Pittsburgh 24-7 644 17
17. Temple 26-5 552 20
18. Gonzaga 26-5 534 18
19. Maryland 23-7 499 22
20. Vanderbilt 23-7 480 13
21. Baylor 24-6 474 21
22. Georgetown 20-9 277 19
23. Texas A&M 22-8 271 23
24. Xavier 23-7 136 25
25. UTEP 24-5 134 24
Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 48, Richmond 41, Utah St. 12, Virginia Tech 12, Texas 10, Marquette 6, Notre Dame 6, Cornell 3, Louisville 3, California 2, Oklahoma St. 1, Siena 1.
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