(AP) -- Ohio State and Kansas are 1-2 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for a second straight week.
The Big Ten champion Buckeyes are No. 1 for a fifth week overall and haven't been ranked lower than second since December. They received 52 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday.
Kansas was No. 1 on the other ballots.
Pittsburgh moved up one spot to third and was followed by Notre Dame, Duke, North Carolina, San Diego State, BYU, Purdue and Texas.
The No. 4 ranking is Notre Dame's highest since being fourth in December 1980.
West Virginia and Cincinnati are among four newcomers this week and are part of a record nine Big East teams in the Top 25. The Big East had nine teams in for one week in January 2009 and for one week this January.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 27, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
Record-Points-Previous Rank
1. Ohio St. (52) 29-2 1,612 1
2. Kansas (13) 29-2 1,569 2
3. Pittsburgh 27-4 1,493 4
4. Notre Dame 25-5 1,416 8
5. Duke 27-4 1,265 4
6. North Carolina 24-6 1,209 13
7. San Diego St. 29-2 1,197 9
8. BYU 28-3 1,187 3
9. Purdue 25-6 1,108 6
10. Texas 25-6 1,081 7
11. Syracuse 25-6 984
12 12. Florida 24-6 931 14
13. Wisconsin 23-7 870 10
14. Louisville 23-8 794 11
15. Kentucky 22-8 639 20
16. Arizona 25-6 562 18
17. St. John's 20-10 462 15
18. Xavier 24-6 437 23
19. Kansas St. 22-9 345 -
20. West Virginia 20-10 294 -
21. Connecticut 21-9 281 16
22. Georgetown 21-9 244 17
23. Utah St. 28-3 234 25
24. Temple 24-6 209 -
25. Cincinnati 24-7 202 -
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 177, Vanderbilt 101, Villanova 64, UCLA 40, UNLV 29, Missouri 22, George Mason 12, Old Dominion 11, Alabama 10, Belmont 9, Butler 9, Gonzaga 6, Saint Mary's, Calif. 4, Va. Commonwealth 3, UAB 2, Harvard 1.
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The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 6, 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. Ohio State (17) 29-2 767 1
2. Kansas (14) 29-2 748 2
3. Pittsburgh 27-4 702 5
4. Notre Dame 25-5 678 7
5. Duke 27-4 595 4
6. San Diego State 29-2 592 9
7. North Carolina 24-6 560 13
8. Brigham Young 28-3 546 3
9. Purdue 25-6 537 6
10. Texas 25-6 518 8
11. Syracuse 25-6 492 12
12. Florida 24-6 456 14
13. Wisconsin 23-7 396 10
14. Louisville 23-8 364 11
15. Arizona 25-6 285 18
16. Kentucky 22-8 274 23
17. Utah State 28-3 237 21
18. St. John's 20-10 230 15
19. Connecticut 21-9 165 16
20. Xavier 24-6 150 NR
21. Texas A&M 23-7 146 22
22. Georgetown 21-9 117 17
23. Kansas State 22-9 113 NR
24. Vanderbilt 21-9 80 20
25. Temple 24-6 77 NR
Others receiving votes: West Virginia (20-10) 64; Villanova (21-10) 43; UCLA (22-9) 36; Cincinnati (24-7) 31; Missouri (22-9) 23; UNLV (23-7) 16; George Mason (26-6) 14; Saint Mary's (24-7) 11; Alabama-Birmingham (22-7) 4; Boston College (19-11) 3; Florida State (21-9) 2; Alabama (20-10) 1; Harvard (23-5) 1; Washington (20-10) 1.
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