Ohio State has returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press’
college basketball poll, the third straight week there was been a change
at the top.
The Buckeyes, who were No. 1 for four weeks before
falling to second for two weeks, replaced Duke at the top of the
rankings Monday.
Ohio State received 45 first-place votes from the
65-member national media panel, easily outdistancing Kansas, which
moves up one place with 14 No. 1 votes.
BYU, which had five
first-place votes, jumps from seventh to third, while Pittsburgh remains
fourth, tied with Duke, which lost at Virginia Tech on Saturday and had
one first-place vote. Purdue, Texas, Notre Dame, San Diego State and
Wisconsin round out the top 10.