Ohio State just keeps moving up.
After making their season debut at No. 23 in last week's Associated Press Top-25 poll, the Buckeyes moved up to No. 16 in the latest rankings released Monday afternoon. They picked up 511 votes after earning 222 votes last week.
Six fellow Big Ten teams – No. 7 Michigan, No. 9 Michigan State, No. 14 Iowa, No. 19 Purdue, No. 22 Wisconsin and No. 24 Maryland – joined Ohio State in the top 25.
The Buckeyes will take on Syracuse on Wednesday at the Schottenstein Center. They picked up eight votes.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | 1st VOTES | PREV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GONZAGA | 6-0 | 1,590 | 32 | 3 |
| 2 | KANSAS | 5-0 | 1,584 | 31 | 2 |
| 3 | DUKE | 5-1 | 1,486 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | VIRGINIA | 6-0 | 1,396 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | NEVADA | 6-0 | 1,329 | – | 6 |
| 6 | TENNESSEE | 4-1 | 1,284 | – | 5 |
| 7 | MICHIGAN | 6-0 | 1,213 | – | 9 |
| 8 | AUBURN | 5-1 | 1,129 | – | 8 |
| 9 | MICHIGAN STATE | 5-1 | 1,111 | – | 11 |
| 10 | KENTUCKY | 5-1 | 1,022 | – | 10 |
| 11 | NORTH CAROLINA | 6-1 | 943 | – | 7 |
| 12 | KANSAS STATE | 6-0 | 936 | – | 12 |
| 13 | VIRGINIA TECH | 5-0 | 921 | – | 13 |
| 14 | IOWA | 5-0 | 599 | – | 20 |
| 15 | FLORIDA STATE | 5-1 | 581 | – | 14 |
| 16 | OHIO STATE | 6-0 | 511 | – | 23 |
| 17 | TEXAS | 5-1 | 486 | – | – |
| 18 | OREGON | 4-1 | 439 | – | 21 |
| 19 | PURDUE | 5-1 | 387 | – | 24 |
| 20 | TEXAS TECH | 6-0 | 380 | – | – |
| 21 | BUFFALO | 5-0 | 351 | – | 22 |
| 22 | WISCONSIN | 5-1 | 253 | – | 25 |
| 23 | VILLANOVA | 5-2 | 217 | – | – |
| 24 | MARYLAND | 6-0 | 170 | – | – |
| 25 | MISSISSIPPI STATE | 4-1 | 161 | – | 15 |
