Ohio State Climbs To No. 7 In Associated Press Top-25 Poll

Welcome to the top 10, Ohio State.

By beating Penn State and Michigan State at home to continue a hot streak, the Buckeyes rose from No. 13 to No. 7 in the Associated Press top-25 poll. For the first time since December 2019, they find themselves ranked among the 10 best teams in college basketball.

The climb lines up a top-10 showdown in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday night with the No. 8 Hawkeyes playing host to Ohio State at 7 p.m. on ESPN.

Those two squads are among the six Big Ten teams ranked inside the top-25. No. 4 Michigan, No. 12 Illinois, No. 19 Wisconsin and No. 24 Purdue join them in the rankings.

The Buckeyes' game later this week at Iowa will be their only opportunity to move up before the next rankings come out in a week. They won't play another game until Feb. 8 at Maryland. They're 14-4 overall, 8-4 within the Big Ten and have won six of their past seven games.

This is Ohio State's fourth week in a row being ranked in the top-25 after falling out of it for one week on Jan. 4.

AP TOP 25 Poll
RANK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS	PREV	CONFERENCE
1	GONZAGA	17–0	1,597 (61)	1	West Coast
2	BAYLOR	16–0	1,539 (3)	2	Big 12
3	VILLANOVA	11–1	1,458	3	Big East
4	MICHIGAN	13–1	1,402	4	Big Ten
5	HOUSTON	15–1	1,348	6	American Athletic
6	TEXAS	11–3	1,228	5	Big 12
7	OHIO STATE	14–4	1,133	13	Big Ten
8	IOWA	12–4	1,079	7	Big Ten
9	OKLAHOMA	11–4	966	24	Big 12
10	ALABAMA	14–4	958	9	Southeastern
11	TENNESSEE	12–3	869	18	Southeastern
12	ILLINOIS	11–5	850	19	Big Ten
13	TEXAS TECH	12–5	797	10	Big 12
14	VIRGINIA	11–3	752	8	Atlantic Coast
15	CREIGHTON	13–4	732	17	Big East
16	VIRGINIA TECH	13–3	718	20	Atlantic Coast
17	WEST VIRGINIA	11–5	669	11	Big 12
18	MISSOURI	11–3	589	12	Southeastern
19	WISCONSIN	13–5	452	14	Big Ten
20	FLORIDA STATE	10–3	393	16	Atlantic Coast
21	UCLA	13–3	260	23	Pacific 12
22	FLORIDA	10–4	196	–	Southeastern
23	KANSAS	11–6	171	15	Big 12
24	PURDUE	12–6	130	–	Big Ten
25	DRAKE	16–0	117	–	Missouri Valley