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