College Basketball Top 25: Kentucky Rises, Villanova Falls, New Mexico And Kansas State Join

Two new teams joined the AP College Basketball Top 25 rankings this week.  Kansas State enters at No. 17 after beating Xavier and UNLV in the same week, while New Mexico is undefeated and No. 19 after beating Texas A&M.

Kansas and Texas occupy the top two spots in the poll for the third straight week, but last week's No. 3, Villanova, fell to No. 8 after losing to Temple.  Led by John "Wonder"-Wall (rejected, I know) Kentucky jumps into the No. 3 spot after beating Connecticut, while Syracuse moved up from No. 7 to No. 5 after beating Florida.

UNLV (No. 18 last week) and Wisconsin (No. 20 last week) fell out of the rankings this week.  UNLV's loss to Kanas State sealed their fate, while Wisconsin lost to cross-town rival Wisconsin-Green Bay to drop out. 

Here is the complete poll:

1. Kansas
2. Texas
3. Kentucky
4. Purdue
5. Syracuse
6. West Virginia
7. Duke
8. Villanova
9. Tennessee
10. North Carolina
11. Georgetown
12. Michigan State
13. Florida
14. Connecticut
15. Gonzaga
16. Texas Tech
17. Kansas State
18. Ohio State
19. New Mexico
20. Mississippi
21. Butler
22. Georgia Tech
23. Texas A&M
24. Wisconsin
25. Cincinnati