(AP) -- Kansas is the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' final men's basketball poll of the season.
The Jayhawks were on top of the poll for the 15th week Monday, matching the most time at the top since Duke went wire to wire in 1991-92.
The overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, Kansas received all the first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel.
Kentucky, Duke and Syracuse, the other No. 1 seeds, are second, third and fourth.
Ohio State is fifth followed by West Virginia, Kansas State, New Mexico, Villanova and Purdue.
The other teams to be ranked No. 1 this season were Texas, Kentucky and Syracuse.
A record 53 teams were ranked during the season, four more than 2007-08.
Kansas, Kentucky, Villanova and Duke were the only teams to be ranked in the top 10 all season.
The West Region #1 seeded Orange face Vermont in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. The game is in Buffalo and tips off at approximately 9:30 p.m. on WTVH CBS-5.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' final 2009-10 college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 14, 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 (65) 32-2 1,625 1
2. Kentucky 32-2 1,559 2
3. Duke 29-5 1,427 4
4. Syracuse 28-4 1,412 3
5. Ohio St. 27-7 1,377 5
6. West Virginia 27-6 1,365 7
7. Kansas St. 26-7 1,209 9
8. New Mexico 29-4 1,043 8
9. Villanova 24-7 961 10
10. Purdue 27-5 915 6
11. Butler 28-4 903 12
12. Temple 29-5 843 17
13. Michigan St. 24-8 836 11
14. Georgetown 23-10 788 22
15. Tennessee 25-8 616 15
16. Wisconsin 23-8 603 13
17. BYU 29-5 600 14
18. Pittsburgh 24-8 566 16
19. Baylor 25-7 550 21
20. Maryland 23-8 394 19
21. Vanderbilt 24-8 382 20
22. Gonzaga 26-6 359 18
23. Texas A&M 23-9 290 23
24. Richmond 26-8 141 -
25. Xavier 24-8 106 24
Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 68, UTEP 58, Notre Dame 39, Marquette 33, San Diego St. 18, Saint Mary's, Calif. 15, Cornell 6, UNLV 5, Georgia Tech 4, Utah St. 3, Virginia Tech 3, Mississippi St. 1, Murray St. 1, Texas 1.
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