The Enquirer

Kansas hasn't been No. 1 since a player named Wilt Chamberlain suited up in the 1950s.

But Kansas stood atop the Associated Press' Top 25 Monday, the 13th straight season the Jayhawks have been ranked 11th or higher in the first poll. The Jayhawks received 25 first-place votes.

Wayne Simien leads four starters back for Kansas, which lost in the NCAA Tournament's regional finals last year. Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and North Carolina were second, third and fourth.

Kentucky was ninth. Cincinnati and Xavier were not ranked.

Men's Preseason Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's preseason college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2003-04 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last season's final ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pv
1. Kansas (25)	24-9	1,697	16
2. Wake Forest (22)	21-10	1,680	17
3. Georgia Tech (10)	28-10	1,567	14
4. North Carolina (10)	19-11	1,558	18
5. Illinois (2)	26-7	1,457	13
6. Syracuse	23-8	1,452	20
7. Oklahoma St. (2)	31-4	1,342	4
8. Connecticut	33-6	1,281	7
9. Kentucky (1)	27-5	1,177	2
10. Arizona	20-10	1,061	22
11. Duke	31-6	981	5
12. Mississippi St.	26-4	913	8
13. Michigan St.	18-12	910	-
14. Louisville	20-10	876	-
15. Maryland	20-12	765	19
16. Texas	25-8	671	12
17. Pittsburgh	31-5	596	9
18. Alabama	20-13	510	-
19. N.C. State	21-10	490	15
20. Notre Dame	19-13	429	-
21. Wisconsin	25-7	378	10
22. Washington	19-12	355	-
23. Florida	20-11	337	-
24. Memphis	22-8	283	24
25. Gonzaga	28-3	215	3

Others receiving votes: Stanford 90, Michigan 74, Charlotte 37, Providence 32, S. Illinois 31, Utah 31, Cincinnati 30, Oklahoma 28, Boston College 7, UTEP 7, George Washington 6, UAB 6, Xavier 5, ETSU 4, LSU 4, Tennessee 4, Toledo 4, UCLA 4, UNLV 4, Iowa St. 2, Oregon 2, Rice 2, DePaul 1, Indiana 1, Va. Commonwealth 1, Vanderbilt 1, Vermont 1.