College basketball rankings: Where Kansas basketball ranks in coaches poll after Week 1
LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball held firm at No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, after winning back-to-back games during the first week of its season.
The No. 1 Jayhawks (2-0) topped both Howard and UNC at home. They coasted by Howard, before surviving a battle inside Allen Fieldhouse against North Carolina. And coming up, they’ll soon be tested again.
Kansas has a natural site game Tuesday in Atlanta against Michigan State (2-0). It’s yet another edition of the Champions Classic. The last time these two sides met, back during the 2021-22 season, the Jayhawks defeated the Spartans.
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College basketball ranking for Week 2
USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
Rank | School | Points | Last week’s rank | First-place votes |
1 | Kansas | 759 | 1 | 21 |
2 | Alabama | 724 | 2 | 4 |
3 | UConn | 702 | 3 | 3 |
4 | Auburn | 660 | 11 | 2 |
5 | Gonzaga | 651 | 7 | 1 |
6 | Duke | 608 | 5 | 0 |
7 | Iowa State | 576 | 6 | 0 |
8 | Arizona | 516 | 9 | 0 |
9 | Tennessee | 502 | 12 | 0 |
10 | Houston | 488 | 4 | 0 |
11 | North Carolina | 456 | 10 | 0 |
12 | Purdue | 437 | 13 | 0 |
13 | Creighton | 385 | 14 | 0 |
14 | Baylor | 328 | 8 | 0 |
15 | Marquette | 308 | 17 | 0 |
16 | Indiana | 234 | 18 | 0 |
17 | Cincinnati | 230 | 20 | 0 |
18 | Kentucky | 182 | 23 | 0 |
19 | Florida | 179 | 21 | 0 |
20 | Illinois | 151 | 24 | 0 |
21 | Arkansas | 150 | 16 | 0 |
22 | Ohio State | 148 | NR | 0 |
23 | Texas A&M | 99 | 15 | 0 |
24 | Rutgers | 84 | NR | 0 |
25 | St. John’s | 79 | NR | 0 |
Schools Dropped Out:
No. 19 Texas; No. 22 UCLA; No. 25 Ole Miss;
Others Receiving Votes:
Texas Tech 75; Ole Miss 60; Texas 54; Xavier 38; Oregon 37; Michigan State 29; BYU 29; UCLA 18; UCF 17; Wake Forest 12; Saint Mary's 12; Kansas State 9; Clemson 9; New Mexico 8; Dayton 8; North Florida 7; Maryland 5; Providence 4; Mississippi State 4; Nevada 2; San Francisco 1; Grand Canyon 1.
Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas for 2022. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.
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