College basketball season is now officially close. We have rankings! Wisconsin, with high expectations for a senior-led group, opened in the top ten of the first AP Top 25 Poll of the 2020-2021 season.
The Badgers were not, however, the top Big Ten team in the primary poll, with that honor going to the Iowa Hawkeyes. There were three Big Ten teams, none of whom are named Michigan State, in the top ten with Iowa at No. 4, Wisconsin at No. 7, and Illinois at No. 8.
🚨 FIRST AP POLL 🚨
1. Gonzaga
2. Baylor
3. Villanova
4. Virginia
5. Iowa
6. Kansas
7. Wisconsin
8. Illinois
9. Duke
10. Kentucky— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) November 9, 2020
The Badgers also came in ahead of blue bloods in Duke and Kentucky, while falling one spot below Kansas. If there is one thing to take away from the top ten of the AP Poll, it’s that the peak of the Big Ten conference is as good as it has ever been.