(February 13, 2012)—Baylor dropped from No. 6 to No. 9 in the latest Associated Press men’s college basketball poll Monday after losses to Kansas and Missouri.

Kansas beat the Bears 68-54 last Wednesday in Waco and Baylor lost on the road to Missouri Saturday 72-57.

The Bears host Iowa State Monday evening.

Kentucky and Syracuse remain Nos. 1 and 2 in the AP poll and Wichita State and Notre Dame are ranked for the first time this season.

The Wildcats received 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday, while the Orange got the others.

Missouri moved up one spot to third, followed by Kansas, Duke, Ohio State, Michigan State, North Carolina, Baylor and Georgetown.

Notre Dame, winners of six straight and ranked as high as fourth last season, is No. 23.

Wichita State, which has won 12 of 13 and is ranked for the first time since 2007, and Gonzaga, which returns after being out for one week, are tied for 24th.

Creighton, losers of three straight, dropped out from 17th. Mississippi State fell out from 20th and Harvard from 25th.

AP Men’s Poll

Record Pts Prv
1. Kentucky (63) 25-1 1,623 1
2. Syracuse (2) 25-1 1,559 2
3. Missouri 23-2 1,498 4
4. Kansas 20-5 1,356 7
5. Duke 21-4 1,336 10
6. Ohio St. 21-4 1,284 3
7. Michigan St. 20-5 1,283 11
8. North Carolina 21-4 1,227 5
9. Baylor 21-4 1,064 6
10. Georgetown 19-5 983 12
11. UNLV 22-4 976 14
12. Marquette 21-5 810 18
13. San Diego St. 20-4 688 13
14. Florida 19-6 675 8
15. Wisconsin 19-6 635 21
16. Murray St. 24-1 600 9
17. Michigan 19-7 562 22
18. Indiana 19-6 430 23
19. Louisville 20-5 421 24
20. Florida St. 17-7 406 15
21. Saint Mary's (Cal) 23-3 377 16
22. Virginia 19-5 337 19
23. Notre Dame 17-8 231 -
24. Gonzaga 20-4 221 -
24. Wichita St. 22-4 221 -

Others receiving votes: Temple 122, Mississippi St. 108, Creighton 20, BYU 12, Long Beach St. 12, New Mexico 12, Iowa St. 10, Southern Miss. 7, Harvard 6, Saint Louis 5, California 3, VCU 2, Vanderbilt 2, Memphis 1.