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The highest of this week’s AP High 25 faculty basketball rankings has a recent face within the mixture of the highest 5, with Illinois shifting up one spot to No. 5. The Illini, using a five-game profitable streak, snatched Villanova’s spot after the Wildcats took their second loss in 4 video games in lopsided style to Creighton over the weekend. Villanova dropped a number of spots however managed to hold within the prime 10.
The No. 5 rating matches the Illini’s highest rating of the season, which got here all the best way again in Week 2. They endured a tough patch in December, hit a couple of pace bumps in January however have turned a nook of late with two of the wins of their newest scorching streak coming towards ranked foes. On Saturday, they earned the excellence of a No. 2 seed — and the fifth total rated crew — by the NCAA choice committee as a part of its annual Bracket Preview. Their six wins in Quadrant 1 video games matches No. 1 seed Baylor and is 2 greater than 1 seed Michigan.
There have been a number of different new entries into this week’s prime 10 as effectively, as Alabama jumped to No. 8 from 11 and Oklahoma moved to No. 9 from 12. Texas Tech and Missouri each took main tumbles out of the highest 10 to pave the best way for these risers, however managed to hold within the ballot at No. 15 and No. 20, respectively.
Kansas rejoined the ballot at No. 23 after a one-week hiatus. Arkansas additionally joined the rankings at No. 24, its first look within the AP ballot because the 2017-18 season.
AP High 25
The highest 25 groups in The Related Press’ faculty basketball ballot, with first-place votes in parentheses, information by means of Sunday, complete factors primarily based on 25 factors for a first-place vote by means of one level for a Twenty fifth-place vote and final week’s rating:
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzaga (59) | 20-0 | 1,595 | 1 |
| 2 | Baylor (5) | 17-0 | 1,541 | 2 |
| 3 | Michigan | 14-1 | 1,469 | 3 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 17-4 | 1,402 | 4 |
| 5 | Illinois | 14-5 | 1,290 | 6 |
| 6 | Houston | 17-2 | 1,171 | 8 |
| 7 | Virginia | 15-3 | 1,130 | 9 |
| 8 | Alabama | 17-5 | 1,086 | 11 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 13-5 | 1,072 | 12 |
| 10 | Villanova | 13-3 | 1,061 | 5 |
| 11 | Iowa | 15-6 | 911 | 15 |
| 12 | Texas | 13-5 | 886 | 13 |
| 13 | West Virginia | 14-6 | 837 | 14 |
| 14 | Creighton | 16-5 | 794 | 19 |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 14-6 | 792 | 7 |
| 16 | Florida State | 11-3 | 625 | 17 |
| 17 | Southern California | 17-3 | 587 | 20 |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | 14-4 | 514 | 18 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 14-5 | 453 | 16 |
| 20 | Missouri | 13-5 | 413 | 10 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 15-7 | 274 | 21 |
| 22 | Loyola Chicago | 18-4 | 167 | 22 |
| 23 | Kansas | 15-7 | 141 | NR |
| 24 | Arkansas | 16-5 | 111 | NR |
| 25 | San Diego State | 15-4 | 75 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 71, Rutgers 49, Belmont 47, Louisville 40, Colorado 31, Oregon 30, Drake 22, Purdue 20, Florida 17, Clemson 17, LSU 16, UCLA 11, VCU 10, Saint Louis 5, Xavier 4, Toledo 3, UC Santa Barbara 2, Western Kentucky 2, North Carolina 2, BYU 1, Wichita State 1, Wright State 1, Utah State 1.
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