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Michigan basketball got as high as No. 5 this season, but then lost 3 of 4, and fell to No. 14 in last week’s AP Top 25.
However, as yet another No. 1 fell — which seems to be par for the course for any program rising to the top ranking — and with an easy, blowout victory over lowly Presbyterian on Saturday, the Wolverines got a little closer to being a Top 10 team once again.
With the latest AP Top 25 coming out on Monday afternoon, the maize and blue check in at No. 11, a step closer to making it into elite company.
That makes Michigan the second-highest ranked team in the Big Ten — ahead of even rival Michigan State. However, yet another rival is ahead of the Wolverines, as one-loss Ohio State moved into the No. 2 spot.
But the No. 1 team in the country, Gonzaga, also has a singular loss — a blowout to Michigan in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament this past November.
The only other win over a ranked team Michigan currently has is over No. 25 Iowa. Oregon, which U-M lost to in overtime, comes in at No. 6.
| 1 | Gonzaga (13-1) |
2 | 1,608 |
| 2 | Ohio State (11-1) |
5 | 1,520 |
| 3 | Louisville (11-1) |
3 | 1,460 |
| 4 | Duke (10-1) |
4 | 1,429 |
| 5 | Kansas (9-2) |
1 | 1,388 |
| 6 | Oregon (10-2) |
8 | 1,286 |
| 7 | Baylor (9-1) |
10 | 1,207 |
| 8 | Auburn (11-0) |
12 | 1,107 |
| 9 | Memphis (10-1) |
11 | 1,040 |
| 10 | Villanova (9-2) |
18 | 950 |
| 11 | Michigan (9-3) |
14 | 889 |
| 12 | Butler (11-1) |
17 | 853 |
| 13 | Maryland (10-2) |
7 | 785 |
| 14 | Michigan State (9-3) |
15 | 775 |
| 15 | San Diego State (12-0) |
20 | 763 |
| 16 | Virginia (9-2) |
9 | 595 |
| 17 | Florida State (10-2) |
19 | 583 |
| 18 | Dayton (9-2) |
13 | 541 |
| 19 | Kentucky (8-3) |
6 | 411 |
| 20 | Penn State (10-2) |
23 | 332 |
| 21 | Washington (9-2) |
22 | 326 |
| 22 | West Virginia (10-1) |
25 | 229 |
| 23 | Texas Tech (8-3) |
24 | 178 |
| 24 | Arizona (10-3) |
16 | 153 |
| 25 | Iowa (9-3) |
125 |