It is the fourth week at No. 1 for Gonzaga (28-0), the only unbeaten team in Division I. The Zags received 59 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday.
Villanova (26-2) received five first-place votes and Kansas (24-3), which beat West Virginia and Baylor last week, got the other No. 1 vote.
The three teams from the Pac-12 — Arizona, UCLA and Oregon — are fourth through sixth. Louisville is seventh, followed by North Carolina, Baylor and Duke.
Baylor, which lost to Texas Tech and Kansas, dropped five places from fourth.
Wichita State makes its first Top 25 appearance since last season. The Shockers replace South Carolina, which fell out after a five-week run in the poll.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 19, 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 | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Gonzaga (59) | 28-0 | 1618 | 1 |
| 2. Villanova (5) | 26-2 | 1556 | 2 |
| 3. Kansas (1) | 24-3 | 1503 | 3 |
| 4. Arizona | 25-3 | 1356 | 5 |
| 5. UCLA | 24-3 | 1316 | 6 |
| 6. Oregon | 24-4 | 1297 | 7 |
| 7. Louisville | 22-5 | 1267 | 8 |
| 8. North Carolina | 23-5 | 1138 | 10 |
| 9. Baylor | 22-5 | 1108 | 4 |
| 10. Duke | 22-5 | 1014 | 12 |
| 11. Kentucky | 22-5 | 943 | 13 |
| 12. West Virginia | 21-6 | 908 | 9 |
| 13. Florida | 22-5 | 822 | 15 |
| 14. Purdue | 22-5 | 807 | 16 |
| 15. Cincinnati | 24-3 | 733 | 18 |
| 16. Wisconsin | 22-5 | 713 | 11 |
| 17. SMU | 24-4 | 554 | 19 |
| 18. Virginia | 18-8 | 427 | 14 |
| 19. Florida State | 21-6 | 419 | 17 |
| 20. Saint Mary's | 24-3 | 375 | 22 |
| 21. Notre Dame | 21-7 | 322 | 25 |
| 22. Butler | 21-6 | 295 | 24 |
| 23. Creighton | 22-5 | 178 | 20 |
| 24. Maryland | 22-5 | 159 | 23 |
| 25. Wichita State | 25-4 | 153 | — |
Others receiving votes: VCU 39, Northwestern 25, Iowa State 22, South Carolina 12, Southern Cal 10, Dayton 9, Middle Tennessee 8, Oklahoma State 7, Minnesota 5, Miami 2, Monmouth (N.J.) 2, Michigan 1, Vermont 1, Virginia Tech 1.
