Louisville's loss to Notre Dame cost the Cardinals five spots in the latest Associated Press Top 25, which dropped U of L from No. 9 to No. 14.
Undefeated Baylor, which received 55 of the possible 65 first-place votes from the Associated Press, becomes the fourth different team to be ranked No. 1 this season, joining Duke, Kentucky and 'Nova.
Kansas, which received eight first-place voted, jumped a spot from No. 3 to No. 2. The other two first-place votes went to Villanova and UCLA, which check in at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. Rounding out the top five is the only team in the country besides Baylor yet to taste defeat this season, 15-0 Gonzaga.
Here's the entire AP poll for this week:
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Baylor (55) | 15-0 | 1,608 |
| 2 | Kansas (8) | 14-1 | 1,517 |
| 3 | Villanova (1) | 15-1 | 1,499 |
| 4 | UCLA (1) | 16-1 | 1,433 |
| 5 | Gonzaga | 15-0 | 1,366 |
| 6 | Kentucky | 13-2 | 1,327 |
| 7 | Duke | 14-2 | 1,173 |
| 8 | Creighton | 15-1 | 1,111 |
| 9 | Florida State | 15-1 | 1,071 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 13-2 | 972 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 14-3 | 902 |
| 12 | Butler | 14-2 | 880 |
| 13 | Oregon | 15-2 | 869 |
| 14 | Louisville | 13-3 | 744 |
| 15 | Xavier | 13-2 | 651 |
| 16 | Arizona | 15-2 | 634 |
| 17 | Purdue | 14-3 | 584 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 13-3 | 581 |
| 19 | Virginia | 12-3 | 580 |
| 20 | Notre Dame | 14-2 | 468 |
| 21 | Saint Mary's | 14-1 | 377 |
| 22 | Cincinnati | 13-2 | 256 |
| 23 | Florida | 12-3 | 252 |
| 24 | Minnesota | 15-2 | 167 |
| 25 | USC | 15-2 | 20 |
| 25 | Kansas State | 13-2 | 20 |
- Others receiving votes: Seton Hall 11, South Carolina 7, Iowa State 7, Indiana 6, Virginia Tech 6, Maryland 5, SMU 5, Clemson 4, UNC Wilmington 3, VCU 3, Wichita St 2, Dayton 2, Nevada 2
- Dropped from rankings: Virginia Tech 21, Indiana 25
