Kentucky stands alone.

With No. 1 Texas losing to No. 9/10 Kansas State on Monday, the UK men’s basketball team becomes the only undefeated team left in Division IA college basketball. More importantly, at 18-0 on the season, UK will in all likelihood be playing for the top spot in both major polls when the Cats host Arkansas on Saturday at 4 p.m.

UK entered the week at No. 2, picking up eight first-place votes in the Associated Press Top 25 and one first-place vote in the ESPN/USA Today Poll on Monday.

Should Kentucky take care of business Saturday against Arkansas, the Cats would be poised to take the top spot in college basketball in the AP poll for the first time since the final week of the 2002-03 regular season.

The Cats now stand alone. By Monday, if all goes according to plan, they should stand on top.