Undefeated OSU continues to rise in mens basketball polls

BY Staff and Wire Reports
Monday, November 26, 2012
11/26/12 at 1:09 PM


Indiana is still No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll. The holiday weekend tournaments caused a lot of change below.

Duke moved up to take Louisville's old spot at No. 2 after beating the Cardinals in the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Michigan moved up one place to third.

There were four newcomers to the Top 25 on Monday, all ranked in the last five: Georgetown, Minnesota, Illinois and New Mexico.

Indiana received 47 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel, 29 more than Duke, which jumped three places.

Ohio State, Louisville, Syracuse, Florida, Kentucky, Arizona and Kansas round out the Top 10.

The teams that dropped out were UCLA, which was 11th, and Memphis, both of which lost two games last week. Connecticut and Baylor fell out after losing once.

Undefeated Oklahoma State rose from No. 20 to No. 15 in the AP poll and moved from No. 22 to No. 17 in the USA Today/ESPN poll.

Most of the Big 12 was on the outside looking in. Kansas is the only other Big 12 ranked in either poll.

AP Top 25 poll (Big 12 teams in bold):

1. Indiana (47) 6-0
2. Duke (18) 6-0
3. Michigan 5-0
4. Ohio St. 4-0
5. Louisville 5-1
6. Syracuse 4-0
7. Florida 5-0
8. Kentucky 4-1
9. Arizona 3-0
10. Kansas 4-1
11. Creighton 6-0
12. Gonzaga 6-0
13. Michigan St. 5-1
14. North Carolina 5-1
15. Oklahoma St. 5-0
16. Missouri 5-1
17. Cincinnati 6-0
18. NC State 4-1
19. Colorado 5-0
20. Georgetown 4-1
21. Minnesota 6-1
22. Illinois 7-0
23. San Diego St. 4-1
24. UNLV 3-1
25. New Mexico 6-0


Others receiving votes: Alabama 108, Wichita St. 99, UConn 93, UCLA 85, Pittsburgh 55, Oregon 44, Notre Dame 42, Memphis 23, Butler 20, Wisconsin 16, California 12, Florida St. 10, Saint Joseph's 9, Ohio 8, Marquette 7, Murray St. 5, Temple 5, Baylor 4, Tennessee 3, Colorado St. 1, VCU 1.


USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll

Record;Pts;Pvs
1. Indiana (27);6-0;769;1
2. Duke (4);6-0;723;5
3. Michigan;5-0;691;4
4. Ohio State;4-0;689;3
5. Syracuse;4-0;630;6
6. Louisville;5-1;615;2
7. Florida;5-0;573;8
8. Kentucky;4-1;557;7
9. Arizona;3-0;520;10
10. Kansas;4-1;484;11
11. Creighton;6-0;463;12
12. Gonzaga;6-0;440;16
13. North Carolina;5-1;355;9
14. Michigan State;5-1;320;19
15. Missouri;5-1;319;14
16. Cincinnati;6-0;295;20
17. Oklahoma State;5-0;261;22
18. N.C. State;4-1;240;15
19. Colorado;5-0;172;—
20. UNLV;3-1;144;18
21. San Diego State;4-1;139;25
22. Illinois;7-0;103;—
23. New Mexico;6-0;68;—
24. UCLA;4-2;62;13
25. Georgetown;4-1;56;—


Others receiving votes: Minnesota 48, Pittsburgh 41, Alabama 38, UConn 38, Notre Dame 36, Florida State 26, Wisconsin 24, Memphis 16, Wichita State 16, California 14, Murray State 13, Kansas State 12, Oregon 12, Ohio 10, Saint Joseph's 10, Saint Mary's 8, Butler 5, Tennessee 5, Marquette 4, Baylor 3, Maryland 2, VCU 2, Colorado State 1, Davidson 1, Mississippi 1, Texas 1.


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