Inevitably, the Kentucky men’s basketball team slid in the latest college basketball polls released Monday after the loss to South Carolina last week.The Cats dropped to No. 3 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and to No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25. UK still managed to pick up one first-place vote in both polls.Kansas regained the top spot, an honor it has owned for much of the season. Villanova and Syracuse followed at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, in the AP, and Villanova was ranked No. 2 in the Coaches Poll.AP Top 25  1. Kansas (54) 20-1 1,605  2. Villanova (4) 19-1 1,534  3. Syracuse (6) 21-1 1,506  4. Kentucky (1) 20-1 1,460  5. Michigan State 19-3 1,367  6. West Virginia 17-3 1,230  7. Georgetown 16-4 1,204  8. Purdue 18-3 1,182  9. Texas 18-3 1,069 10. Kansas State 17-4 1,025 10. Duke 17-4 1,025 12. Brigham Young 21-2 748 13. Ohio State 16-6 677 14. Tennessee 16-4 655 15. New Mexico 20-3 636 16. Wisconsin 16-5 585 17. Gonzaga 17-4 541 18. Vanderbilt 16-4 502 19. Temple 18-4 495 20. Baylor 16-4 461 21. Georgia Tech 16-5 459 22. Pittsburgh 16-5 278 23. Butler 18-4 216 24. Northern Iowa 19-2 193 25. Mississippi 16-5 132ESPN/USA Today Poll  1. Kansas (26) 20-1 769  2. Villanova (4) 19-1 735  3. Kentucky (1) 20-1 705  4. Syracuse 21-1 703  5. Michigan State 19-3 652  6. West Virginia 17-3 596  7. Purdue 18-3 552  8. Georgetown 16-4 550  9. Duke 17-4 503 10. Texas 18-3 495 11. Kansas State 17-4 433 12. Brigham Young 21-2 432 13. Gonzaga 17-4 351 14. Tennessee 16-4 330 15. Butler 18-4 297 16. Wisconsin 16-5 277 17. Temple 18-4 253 18. Ohio State 16-6 245 19. Georgia Tech 16-5 211 20. Vanderbilt 16-4 160 21. Pittsburgh 16-5 133 22. Northern Iowa 19-2 129 23. New Mexico 20-3 125 24. Baylor 16-4 109 25. Cornell 18-3 53