Ohio State now in elite company in latest Associated Press Top 25 poll

Ohio State basketball continues its rapid rise in the traditional polls. and is now in elite territory with the latest AP Top 25 CBB poll.

Associated Press College Basketball Top 25

1. Gonzaga

2. Baylor

3. Villanova

4. Michigan

5. Houston

6. Texas

7. Ohio State

8. Iowa

9. Oklahoma

10. Alabama

11. Tennessee

12. Illinois

13. Texas Tech

14. Virginia

15. Creighton

16. Virginia Tech

17. West Virginia

18. Missouri

19. Wisconsin

20. Florida State

21. UCLA

22. Florida

23. Kansas

24. Purdue

25. Drake

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