Men's basketball jumped from No. 4 to No. 2 in the latest AP poll released Monday, after a week in which the top three ranked teams suffered defeats.
Then-No. 1 Villanova was upset by St. Johns on Wednesday, then-No. 2 Virginia fell to in-state foe Virginia Tech on Saturday and then-No. 3 Purdue lost a close battle with the Spartans over the weekend, a few days after blowing a double-digit second half lead to then-No. 14 Ohio State.
The Buckeyes are the only other Big Ten team to rise in the rankings, going to No. 8 Boilermakers fell three spots No. 6 and the Wolverines fell to No. 22.
The complete rankings are as follows:
1. Virginia
2. MSU
3. Villanova
4. Xavier
5. Cincinnati
6. Purdue
7. Texas Tech
8. Ohio State
9. Gonzaga
10. Auburn
11. Clemson
12. Duke
13. Kansas
14. UNC
15. Saint Mary's (Cal)
16. Rhode Island
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17. Arizona
18. Tennessee
19. Wichita State
20. West Virginia
21. Texas A&M
22. University of Michigan
23. Oklahoma
24. Nevada
25. Arizona State
