Michigan State is no.1 for first time in 13 years

Michigan State is No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for the first time in 13 years.

The Spartans were The AP's top-ranked team for two weeks during the 2000-01 season and twice in the 1978-79 season when the Earvin "Magic" Johnson-led team went on to claim the NCAA championship.

The Spartans were easily No. 1 with 51 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. The Spartans earned the top spot by beating then-top-ranked Kentucky last week 78-74 in Chicago in the earliest matchup of the top two teams in the country.

Kansas, which beat Duke in the other game in the big doubleheader last week, moved from No. 5 to No. 2. Louisville stayed third. Kentucky dropped to fourth and was followed by Arizona, Duke, Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Syracuse and VCU.