Top 25 rankings: Illinois, Big 10 teams have top seed in mind

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Gonzaga and Baylor have dominated the top two spots of the AP Top 25 this season. The Big Ten now commands the rest of the top five.Michigan (No. 3), Ohio State (No. 4) and Illinois (No. 5) are giving fans in the Midwest plenty to cheer about after the new poll was released Monday morning.The Bulldogs and Bears figure to snag two of the No. 1 seeds in the upcoming NCAA tournament. Could one –or multiple—Big Ten teams be in the mix for the other two?Loyola remained at No. 22 while Kansas (No. 23) and San Diego State (No. 25) rejoined the group after a hiatus. Arkansas (No. 23) joined the poll for the first time this season.Here are the rest of this week’s rankings:

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1/25

Previous Rank: 1

Points: 1,595 (59)

Last Week: Beat BYU, San Francisco

Next Game: Thursday vs. St. Mary’s

2/25

Previous Rank: 2

Points: 1,541 (5)

Last Week: No games

Next Game: Saturday vs. Oklahoma State

3/25

Previous Rank: 3

Points: 1,469

Last Week: Beat Wisconsin

Next Game: Thursday vs. Rutgers

 

4/25

Previous Rank: 4

Points: 1,402

Last Week: Beat Maryland, Indiana

Next Game: Thursday at Penn State

5/25

Previous Rank: 6

Points: 1,290

Last Week: Beat Nebraska

Next Game: Tuesday vs. Northwestern

 

6/25

Previous Rank: 8

Points: 1,171

Last Week: Beat South Florida

Next Game: Thursday at Wichita State

7/25

Previous Rank: 9

Points: 1,130

Last Week: Beat Georgia Tech, North Carolina

Next Game: Monday at Florida State

8/25

Previous Rank: 11

Points: 1,086

Last Week: Beat South Carolina, Georgia

Next Game: Wednesday at Texas A&M

9/25

Previous Rank: 12

Points: 1,072

Last Week: Beat West Virginia

Next Game: Tuesday vs. Texas

10/25

Previous Rank: 5

Points: 1,061

Last Week: Beat Marquette; lost to Creighton

Next Game: Saturday vs. Connecticut

11/25

Previous Rank: 15

Points: 911

Last Week: Beat Rutgers, Michigan State

Next Game: Thursday at Wisconsin

12/25

Previous Rank: 13

Points: 886

Last Week: Beat Kansas State, TCU

Next Game: Tuesday at Oklahoma

13/25

Previous Rank: 14

Points: 837

Last Week: Beat Texas Tech; lost to Oklahoma

Next Game: Saturday at Texas

14/25

Previous Rank: 19

Points: 794

Last Week: Beat Villanova

Next Game: Wed. Feb. 24 vs. DePaul

15/25

Previous Rank: 7

Points: 792

Last Week: Lost to West Virginia

Next Game: Tuesday vs. TCU

16/25

Previous Rank: 17

Points: 625

Last Week: Beat Wake Forest

Next Game: Monday vs. Virginia

17/25

Previous Rank: 20

Points: 587

Last Week: Beat Washington, Washington State

Next Game: Wednesday vs. Arizona State

18/25

Previous Rank: 18

Points: 514

Last Week: No games

Next Game: Saturday at Florida State

19/25

Previous Rank: 16

Points: 453

Last Week: Beat Georgia; lost to LSU

Next Game: Tuesday vs. South Carolina

20/25

Previous Rank: 10

Points: 413

Last Week: Lost to Ole Miss, Arkansas

Next Game: Tuesday at Georgia

21/25

Previous Rank: 21

Points: 274

Last Week: Beat Nebraska; lost to Michigan

Next Game: Thursday vs. Iowa

22/25

Previous Rank: 22

Points: 167

Last Week: Beat Drake; lost to Drake

Next Game: Wednesday vs. Valparaiso

23/25

Previous Rank: NR

Points: 141

Last Week: Beat Iowa State (twice)

Next Game: Wednesday at Kansas State

24/25

Previous Rank: NR

Points: 111

Last Week: Beat Kentucky, Missouri

Next Game: Tuesday vs. Florida

25/25

Previous Rank: NR

Points: 75

Last Week: Beat San Jose State (twice)

Next Game: Thursday at Fresno State

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