Major shakeups in NCAA women’s and men’s basketball polls as regular-season finales near

The GIST: It’s been a topsy-turvy few weeks in college basketball, and the latest AP Polls reflect the parity on both the women’s and men’s sides. As if filling out your March Madness bracket wasn’t already impossible.

The women: New No. 1 alert! The Texas Longhorns are the fourth squad to take the top spot this season, joining now–No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Notre Dame, and No. 6 South Carolina. It’s the first time the Longhorns have been ranked No. 1 in 21 years — aka, before Player of the Year candidate, sophomore Madison Booker, was even born. Alright, alright, alright.

• Texas wasted no time proving that they deserve the honor: They held Georgia to just 26 points (!!!) in Monday’s beatdown.

• And the Longhorns aren’t the only team catching fire. SEC rivals No. 11 Tennessee and No. 13 Oklahoma also got a boost in Monday’s drop, putting six of the conference’s contenders in the top 15. Guess it literally just means more.

The men: It’s pure chaos on the guys’ side, where preseason No. 1 and historical powerhouse Kansas has fallen out of the poll entirely for the first time in nearly four years. It’s been a brutal season for the Jayhawks, who have fallen short in games big and small.

• But they’re not the only ones struggling — it’s been an all-around strange year for the sport’s blue bloods (with the exception, of course, of freshman phenom Cooper Flagg’s No. 2 Duke).

• On the flip side, now–No. 8 Michigan State jumped six spots, a sweet treat to go along with their new lead in the Big Ten. No matter how tough their regular season, the Spartans always seem to turn it on come March — looks like this year will be no different.