COLUMBUS — After being unranked five weeks ago, The Ohio State Men’s Basketball team have now cracked the top ten in both the Associated Press and the ESPN/USA Today Polls. The Buckeyes took the number nine slot in the latest polls released today after defeating No. 11 Michigan State 74-67 in Big Ten action Sunday. Four days earlier, Ohio State fell to conference foe Purdue 60-57. The Boilermakers are holding on firm the the number 3 spot in both polls and leads the Big Ten.
The top five in both polls are identical with Kansas in first and Kentucky at No. 2 while Purdue, Syracuse and Duke finish it out.

AP Top 25
1. Kansas (61) 26-1 1,621
2. Kentucky (4) 26-1 1,559
3. Purdue 23-3 1,470
4. Syracuse 25-2 1,455
5. Duke 23-4 1,323
6. Kansas State 22-4 1,302
7. Villanova 22-4 1,189
8. West Virginia 21-5 1,183
9. Ohio State 21-7 1,097
10. New Mexico 25-3 997
11. Georgetown 18-7 846
12. Pittsburgh 21-6 806
13. Brigham Young 25-3 795
14. Michigan State 21-7 794
15. Butler 25-4 673
16. Vanderbilt 20-6 599
17. Wisconsin 20-7 528
18. Gonzaga 22-5 506
19. Tennessee 20-6 480
20. Temple 22-5 452
21. Texas 21-6 445
22. Texas A&M 19-7 225
23. Richmond 22-6 202
24. Baylor 20-6 147
25. Northern Iowa 24-3 128
Others Receiving Votes
UTEP 86, Virginia Tech 76, Maryland 57, Missouri 17, Illinois 14, Xavier 13, Marquette 11, Louisville 9, Mississippi State 5, Oklahoma State 4, Utah State 4, Wake Forest 2, Murray State 2, Cornell 2, Clemson 1.

ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. Kansas (30) 26-1 774
2. Kentucky (1) 26-1 745
3. Purdue 23-3 697
4. Syracuse 25-2 682
5. Duke 23-4 654
6. Kansas State 22-4 613
7. West Virginia 21-5 571
8. Villanova 22-4 556
9. Ohio State 21-7 461
10. Butler 25-4 446
11. Brigham Young 25-3 430
12. New Mexico 25-3 413
13. Georgetown 18-7 392
14. Michigan State 21-7 373
15. Gonzaga 22-5 322
16. Pittsburgh 21-6 319
17. Tennessee 20-6 294
18. Temple 22-5 232
19. Wisconsin 20-7 216
20. Vanderbilt 20-6 212
21. Texas 21-6 177
22. Northern Iowa 24-3 119
23. Texas A&M 19-7 88
24. Richmond 22-6 76
25. UTEP 20-5 37
Others Receiving Votes
Baylor 33, Virginia Tech 33, Maryland 31, Utah State 18, Cornell 17, Xavier 14, Clemson 11, UNLV 8, Missouri 7, Georgia Tech 2, Murray State 1, Saint Mary’s 1.

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