Kansas remained atop the first Associated Press men’s college basketball poll of the regular season after winning a matchup of basketball bluebloods.

Top-10 teams in  the preseason AP Top 25 poll had a combined 16-3 record to tip off the first week of college basketball, with all three losses – Houston to Auburn, Baylor to Gonzaga and North Carolina to Gonzaga – coming at the hands of teams ranked 11th or higher in the preseason poll.

Kansas retained the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll after clearing its first big hurdle of the 2024-25 season. The Jayhawks

The 2024-25 men's college basketball season is officially a week in, which means we have a new AP Top 25 poll. The Week 1 results are out. Kansas entered the season as the No. 1 team, over Alabama -- and the order remains that way.

Back-to-back wins over Big 12 opponents to start the 2024-25 season have the Gonzaga men’s basketball team up to No. 4 in the most recent Associated Press Top 2

Although UW remains unranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, it increased its share of votes ever so slightly from the preseason poll. Before the season started, Wisconsin received five voting points. After one week of the college basketball season, the Badgers received six voting points.

Wisconsin basketball received six votes in the latest AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday.

Houston only dropped four spots in the latest AP Top 25 college basketball poll — from No. 4 to No. 8 — after losing to Auburn 74-69 on Saturday in a highly entertaining game.