By JIM O'CONNELL
AP Basketball Writer

Kansas State and New Mexico move into the rankings for the first time this season.

The Jayhawks (9-0) were again the runaway No. 1, receiving 61 of 65 first-place votes Monday from the national media panel. Texas (9-0) held second, while Kentucky and Purdue each moved up a spot to third and fourth. Villanova, which lost at Temple on Sunday, dropped from third to eighth.

Kansas State (9-1) moves in at No. 17 for its first ranking since 2007-08. New Mexico (10-0) is 19th for its first appearance in the Top 25 since the final poll of 1998-99.

UNLV and Wisconsin dropped out of the rankings.

1. Kansas (61) 9-0 1,620
2. Texas (1) 8-0 1,512
3. Kentucky (1) 10-0 1,486
4. Purdue 9-0 1,426
5. Syracuse (2) 10-0 1,388
6. West Virginia 7-0 1,315
7. Duke 7-1 1,137
8. Villanova 9-1 1,107
9. Tennessee 7-1 1,104
10. North Carolina 8-2 1,039
11. Georgetown 8-0 1,008
12. Michigan State 8-2 922
13. Florida 8-1 864
14. Connecticut 6-2 762
15. Gonzaga 8-2 505
16. Texas Tech 9-0 492
17. Kansas State 9-1 391
18. Ohio State 7-2 383
19. New Mexico 10-0 364
20. Mississippi 8-1 334
21. Butler 7-3 257
22. Georgia Tech 6-1 253
23. Texas A&M 8-2 221
24. Washington 6-2 179
25. Cincinnati 6-2 174