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The AP Top 25 men's college basketball rankings have been released and once again the Kansas Jayhawks have held on to the top spot following a week that included a 30-point blowout over Oakland on Wednesday and a 37-point pasting of Tennessee Tech on Friday.

Texas inched up one spot to #2 after the Michigan State Spartans suffered a surprising loss to the Florida Gators on Friday. That loss sent the Spartans tumbling, eventually settling at #9 this week in the AP Top 25 while the Longhorns used their impressive win over Pittsburgh to claim the #2 spot.

Villanova round out the top three after they jumped one spot this week after the Wildcats topped La Salle on Saturday. In addition to Villanova the Big East can also claim West Virginia and Syracuse in the top eight teams.

Voters were clearly impressed with Florida's victory over Michigan State as the Gators jumped from unranked to #13 this week. The SEC has already taken some shots for early losses this year but the Gators win helped restore some confidence in the conference which counts the Kentucky Wildcats (#5) and the Tennessee Volunteers (#11) as their only other ranked teams in the Top 25. In comparison the Big East landed seven teams.

AP Top 25 Week 3

1. Kansas (63) 5-0 1,623

2. Texas (1) 5-0 1,508

3. Villanova 6-0 1,442

4. Purdue 5-0 1,389

5. Kentucky 6-0 1,333

6. Duke 6-0 1,316

7. West Virginia 5-0 1,238

8. Syracuse (1) 6-0 1,183

9. Michigan State 5-1 1,109

10. North Carolina 6-1 961

11. Tennessee 5-1 936

12. Washington 5-0 893

13. Florida 6-0 777

14. Connecticut 4-1 742

15. Ohio State 5-1 702

16. Georgetown 4-0 588

17. Gonzaga 5-1 491

18. Clemson 6-1 426

19. Texas A&M 5-1 284

20. Louisville 4-1 252

21. Florida State 6-1 219

22. Cincinnati 4-1 205

23. Butler 4-2 200

24. UNLV 5-0 191

25. Portland 5-1 120

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