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Seven B1G basketball teams are ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 this week after the conference started recently started playing league games.
Iowa is still the conference’s highest-ranked team, coming in at No. 4 with a 6-1 record. The Hawkeyes dropped their first contest of the season over the weekend, falling to No. 1 Gonzaga. Fran McCaffery’s bunch had been ranked No. 3 in the previous poll.
Wisconsin, Rutgers, Michigan State, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio State were also included in this week’s rankings, meaning that half the conference is represented in the latest poll. Indiana, Purdue, Northwestern and Minnesota all received votes, as well.
Here’s a look at the latest Associated Press Poll:
#1 Gonzaga (4-0)
#2 Baylor (5-0)
#3 Kansas (7-1)
#4 Iowa (6-1)
#5 Villanova (7-1)
#6 Houston (5-0)
#7 West Virginia (7-1)
#8 Tennessee (4-0)
#9 Wisconsin (6-1)
#10 Texas (7-1)
#11 Rutgers (6-0)
#12 Michigan State (6-1)
#13 Creighton (6-2)
#14 Missouri (5-0)
#15 Texas Tech (6-2)
#16 Virginia (3-1)
#17 North Carolina (5-2)
#18 Illinois (5-3)
#19 Michigan (6-0)
#20 Duke (3-2)
#21 Florida State (4-1)
#22 Xavier (8-0)
#23 Ohio State (6-1)
#24 Virginia Tech (6-1)
#25 Oregon (6-1)
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB