AP Basketball Writer

Illinois was a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press’ college basketball for the third straight week Monday, while Charlotte moved into the Top 25 for the first time in six years.

The Fighting Illini (25-0) beat Michigan and Wisconsin last week to remain the only unbeaten team in Division I. Illinois received all 72 first-place votes from the national media panel to stay No. 1 for the 11th consecutive week.

Kansas (20-1) moved up one place to get back to No. 2, a spot it held for nine straight weeks before losing at Villanova. The Jayhawks dropped to sixth after their only loss.

Kentucky (19-2) jumped from fifth to third and North Carolina (20-3), which lost at Duke and won at Connecticut last week, dropped from second to fourth.

Charlotte (17-4) moved into the rankings at No. 23 after five wins in its last six games, the only loss at East Carolina. The 49ers’ other losses were to Rutgers, Alabama and Cincinnati.

The last time Charlotte was ranked came in the final week of the 1998-99 season when it was 24th.

Wake Forest moved up one place to fifth and was followed by Boston College, Duke, Oklahoma State, Syracuse and Arizona.

Michigan State jumped from 13th to No. 11 and then came Louisville, Gonzaga, Utah, Washington, Alabama, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Pacific and Wisconsin.

The last five ranked teams were Oklahoma, Maryland, Charlotte, Cincinnati and Villanova.

Maryland, which beat Duke on Saturday night to become the first Atlantic Coast Conference team to sweep the regular season series from the Blue Devils in 10 years, moved back in at 22nd after a week out of the rankings.

The Terrapins (15-7), who were ranked as high as 12th this season, were out of the Top 25 four of the previous five weeks as they lost five of nine.

Texas (16-7), which was ranked as high as No. 10 this season, fell out of the Top 25 for the first time this season. The Longhorns had lost three straight and four of five before beating Kansas State at home in overtime on Saturday.

Texas Tech (15-6) broke into the Top 25 for the first time this season last week, but the Red Raiders fell out from 25th after losing at Iowa State.

Pacific (20-2) entered the AP rankings for the first time in school history last week and the Tigers moved from 24th to 19th with wins over Idaho and Utah State, stretching their winning streak to 16 games.

While Pacific’s jump was the best of the week, Oklahoma had the biggest fall — from 16th to 21st after losses to Oklahoma State and Missouri.

Illinois has two road games this week — Penn State on Wednesday and Iowa on Saturday.

There are four games between ranked teams this week: Pittsburgh beat Syracuse 68-64 on Monday; Syracuse at Boston College on Saturday; and Pittsburgh at Villanova and Wake Forest at Duke on Sunday.