Ohio State once again men’s No. 1

Associated Press

COLUMBUS

Ohio State is again the runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, receiving all but two first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel.

Pittsburgh jumps from fifth to second and Duke moves up one place to third. Both received one first-place vote Monday.

San Diego State moves from sixth to fourth and Connecticut jumps three spots to fifth.

Kansas, which lost for the first time on Saturday, fell from second to sixth followed by Texas, which beat the Jayhawks, Villanova, and BYU and Syracuse, which tied for ninth.

The Big East, which matched its own record with nine ranked teams last week, is down to seven with West Virginia and Cincinnati falling out. Saint Mary’s also dropped out.

Vanderbilt, Florida State and Florida are the newcomers.

WOMEN’S POLL

Baylor remains No. 1 while piling up easy victories.

The Lady Bears received 24 first-place votes Monday in the women’s college basketball poll by The Associated Press. They beat Kansas and Texas Tech this past week.

Baylor has won 15 straight games — all by double digits — since its lone loss of the season to No. 2 Connecticut. The Lady Bears visit No. 6 Texas A&M on Sunday.

UConn stayed second with 13 first-place ballots. The Huskies routed then-No. 10 North Carolina last Monday before beating Pittsburgh on Saturday. Connecticut visits Rutgers on Wednesday in a showdown of Big East unbeatens.

Duke, Stanford and Tennessee complete the first five.

Georgia Tech joined the Top 25 for the first time this season while Arkansas fell out.

One voter was unable to vote this week.