The Big Ten boasts three of the top 10 teams in the country.
Purdue vaulted into the top 10 of the new AP top-25 rankings Monday, joining Michigan State and Maryland. Purdue jumped up from No. 11 to No. 9, Maryland stayed at No. 6 and Michigan State remained the No. 1 team in the country when the latest poll was released.
The Boilermakers and Spartans are the only 11-0 teams in college basketball after their respective wins over Youngstown State and Florida on Saturday.
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Purdue won three games last week against IUPUI, Howard and Youngstown State, but the end of non-conference play will be far more challenging, with games against ranked Butler and a recently ranked Vanderbilt team before the start of Big Ten play.
Michigan State improved to 11-0 with wins last week over Maryland-Eastern Shore and Florida. The Spartans will face Northeastern and Oakland to wrap non-conference play.
Maryland beat UConn and Maryland-Eastern Shore last week, improving to 9-1, that lone loss coming against No. 11 North Carolina. The Terps have games with Princeton and Marshall left prior to the beginning of the conference schedule.
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Iowa and Northwestern also received votes in this week's poll.