Kansas basketball fans may not be thrilled with the ESPN new Power Ranking. As a matter of fact, the new list includes several significant differences from the USA Today coaches poll out last week. Bill Self’s Jayhawks are comfortably in the top five.
On the other hand, Jayhawk fans will find the ESPN Power Ranking drops Kansas basketball to fourth behind Duke, Arizona and Michigan State. It’s the same five teams but Arizona jumps from fifth to second in the ESPN ranking. Obviously one list is a vote by coaches. ESPN says their system is “designed to measure team strength and project performance going forward.