NCAA basketball rankings 2015: Gonzaga overtakes Virginia for No. 2 spot

There was no doubt who was going to be on top of this week's AP Top 25 poll, but the team that sits directly behind Kentucky is a bit more controversial.

The Virginia Cavaliers finally tasted defeat for the first time on Saturday via a 69-63 loss to Duke, which wound up costing them the No. 2 spot in the AP rankings. Occupying that spot now is once-beaten Gonzaga, which continues to steamroll through West Coast Conference play with little issue.

The Cavaliers check in at No. 3, where they're followed directly by the Blue Devils, who maintained their No. 4 ranking despite beginning the week with a loss to Notre Dame. Wisconsin rounds out the top five for a second consecutive week.

Ohio State and SMU, who had both previously spent time in the top 25 but were unranked a week ago, rejoined the poll at No. 20 and No. 23, respectively. Indiana and Miami dropped from the rankings to make room for the Buckeyes and Mustangs.

Here's your full AP poll for week 13:

AP Top 25

RANK	TEAM	Record	POINTS	PREV
1	Kentucky Wildcats (65)	21-0	1625	1
2	Gonzaga Bulldogs	22-1	1503	3
3	Virginia Cavaliers	19-1	1470	2
4	Duke Blue Devils	18-3	1416	4
5	Wisconsin Badgers	19-2	1381	5
6	Arizona Wildcats	20-2	1338	6
7	Villanova Wildcats	19-2	1209	7
8	Kansas Jayhawks	18-3	1177	9
9	Louisville Cardinals	18-3	1114	10
10	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	20-3	1072	8
11	Iowa State Cyclones	16-4	892	15
12	North Carolina Tar Heels	17-5	861	13
13	Utah Utes	17-4	824	11
14	Northern Iowa Panthers	20-2	792	18
15	West Virginia Mountaineers	18-3	779	17
16	Wichita State Shockers	19-3	678	12
17	Maryland Terrapins	18-4	508	16
18	Virginia Commonwealth Rams	17-4	479	14
19	Baylor Bears	16-5	420	20
20	Ohio State Buckeyes	17-5	358	NR
21	Oklahoma Sooners	14-7	312	24
22	Butler Bulldogs	16-6	250	25
23	SMU Mustangs	18-4	221	NR
24	Georgetown Hoyas	16-6	162	21
25	Texas Longhorns	14-7	106	19

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