The Oregon Ducks moved up a spot to No. 5 in The Associated Press men's college basketball Top 25 poll released Monday morning, swapping places from last week with North Carolina, which is now No. 6.

Kansas, Villanova, UCLA and Gonzaga held onto the top four spots in the rankings.

The Jayhawks (28-3) are No. 1 for the second week in a row. They received 59 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel.

Villanova (28-3) was No. 1 on two ballots while UCLA (28-3) got three first-place votes. Gonzaga (30-1) received the other first-place vote.

Arizona stayed seventh as the Pac-12's three powers get set for the Pac-12 conference tournament, which begins Wednesday in Las Vegas.

Kentucky moved up one place to eighth and was followed by Baylor and Louisville.

West Virginia was 11th followed by SMU, Purdue, Duke, Cincinnati, Florida State, Florida, Butler, Saint Mary's and Wichita State.

The last five ranked teams were Virginia, Notre Dame, Iowa State, Wisconsin and Maryland.

Maryland (24-7) returns after being out of the poll for one week. The Terrapins replace Miami (20-10), which lost to Virginia Tech and Florida State in the Hurricanes' first appearance in the poll this season.

The season's final poll will be released March 13.

Even with the loss of Miami, the Atlantic Coast Conference still leads with six ranked teams. The Big 12 is next with four, followed by the Pac-12 and Big Ten with three each.



Record Pts Prv 1. Kansas (59) 28-3 1,619 1 2. Villanova (2) 28-3 1,517 2 3. UCLA (3) 28-3 1,487 3 4. Gonzaga (1) 30-1 1,430 4 5. Oregon 27-4 1,364 6 6. North Carolina 26-6 1,291 5 7. Arizona 27-4 1,252 7 8. Kentucky 26-5 1,182 9 9. Baylor 25-6 1,084 11 10. Louisville 24-7 1,047 8 11. West Virginia 24-7 958 10 12. SMU 27-4 849 14 13. Purdue 25-6 839 16 14. Duke 23-8 667 17 15. Cincinnati 27-4 634 18 16. Florida State 24-7 631 15 17. Florida 24-7 617 12 18. Butler 23-7 538 13 19. Saint Mary's 27-3 456 20 20. Wichita State 30-4 401 21 21. Virginia 21-9 400 23 22. Notre Dame 23-8 394 19 23. Iowa State 20-10 147 24 24. Wisconsin 23-8 139 22 25. Maryland 24-7 47 --

Others receiving votes: Middle Tennessee 28, Oklahoma State 23, Minnesota 22, Michigan 16, Dayton 11, Seton Hall 9, USC 6, Providence 5, Vermont 3, Arkansas 2, Miami 2, VCU 2, Wake Forest 2, Creighton 1, Michigan State 1, Princeton 1, UNC Wilmington 1.

-- The Associated Press