Feb. 23 also marked the first time since the 1992-93 season where the poll’s top seven teams have remained the same for six consecutive weeks, the Associated Press says.

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Northern Iowa made school history this week, sliding into the top 10 for the first time in the program’s history, just below No. 8 Kansas and No. 9 Notre Dame.

Providence, a relative stranger to the polls, is ranked for the first time since 2003-04’s final poll at No. 25.

Feb. 23 AP Poll 

  1. Kentucky (65)

  2. Virginia

  3. Gonzaga

  4. Duke

  5. Wisconsin

  6. Villanova

  7. Arizona

  8. Kansas

  9. Notre Dame

  10. Northern Iowa

  11. Wichita State

  12. Iowa State

  13. Utah

  14. Maryland

  15. North Carolina

16. Oklahoma

  1. Louisville

  2. Arkansas

  3. Baylor

  4. West Virginia

  5. SMU

  6. VCU

  7. Butler

  8. San Diego State

  9. Providence