Villanova remains at No. 3.
After recording two wins last week and wrapping up their third straight Big East regular-season title, the Wildcats stay put as the third-ranked team in Monday's Associated Press Top 25 poll.
Like last week, Villanova (27-4, 16-2 Big East) is behind only No. 1 Kansas and No. 2 Michigan State.
The Wildcats will begin Big East Tournament play on Thursday at noon on FOX Sports 1 as the No. 1 seed. They'll play the winner of Wednesday's 8-9 game between Georgetown (8) and DePaul (9).
- CSNPhilly.com
Chasing history
This is Kansas' 141st consecutive poll appearance, the longest current streak that started in February 2009. The Jayhawks are now an even 80 weeks behind all-time leader UCLA. The Bruins were ranked for 221 consecutive weeks, from 1966 through 1980.
Beating good teams
Entering conference tournament week, Kansas leads the way with eight wins over ranked teams. The Jayhawks beat then-No. 23 Texas and then-No. 21 Iowa State last week.
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Oklahoma is next with seven ranked wins while Texas, Virginia and Xavier all have six.
Chance at a sweep
With next week's poll the final one for 2015-16, 11 schools have a chance at being ranked in every poll this season.
North Carolina, Kentucky, Maryland, Kansas, Virginia, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Villanova, Arizona, Michigan State and Purdue have all been ranked every week from the preseason poll through this week.
Last ones done
Five conferences won't have their championship games played until Selection Sunday. The American Athletic Conference, the Atlantic 10, the Big Ten, the Southeastern Conference and the Sun Belt all won't decide their automatic qualifiers until hours before the 68-team field is announced.
- The Associated Press