SPARTANS

MSU down to No. 12, U-M gets a point in AP hoops poll

Associated Press
From left, Bryn Forbes, Javon Bess, Eron Harris, Denzel Valentine and Deyonta Davis of the Michigan State Spartans walk to the bench against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Jan. 20, 2016.

Oklahoma, despite losing to Iowa State last week, remains No. 1 in the Associated Press college basketball poll. But unlike last week, when the Sooners were a unanimous No. 1, North Carolina is a close second.

Oklahoma (16-2) received 36 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel today, seven more than the Tar Heels (18-2), who remained second.

Iowa jumped from ninth to third, the Hawkeyes’ highest ranking since January 1987. They were followed by Kansas and Texas A&M, which is at its highest ranking ever. Villanova, Xavier, Maryland, West Virginia and Providence round out the top 10.

Michigan State fell one spot, to No. 12, after a week consisting of a loss to Nebraska and a win over Maryland.

Michigan received one 25th-place vote.

Wichita State, Oregon and Notre Dame — all of whom have been ranked during the season — are the week’s newcomers, replacing Butler, Southern California and South Carolina.

Note: In this week's AP women's poll, Michigan State moved up three spots, to No. 18.

Here’s the full men's AP poll:

 

Record

Pts

Prv

1. Oklahoma (36)

16-2

1,592

1

2. North Carolina (29)

18-2

1,586

2

3. Iowa

16-3

1,473

9

4. Kansas

16-3

1,369

3

5. Texas A&M

17-2

1,332

10

6. Villanova

17-3

1,261

4

7. Xavier

17-2

1,186

5

8. Maryland

17-3

1,111

7

9. West Virginia

16-3

1,105

6

10. Providence

17-3

1,005

16

11. Virginia

15-4

903

13

12. Michigan State

17-4

869

11

13. SMU

18-1

838

8

14. Iowa St.

15-4

792

19

15. Miami

15-3

753

15

16. Louisville

16-3

719

17

17. Baylor

15-4

594

13

18. Arizona

16-4

502

12

19. Indiana

17-3

466

25

20. Kentucky

15-4

403

23

21. Purdue

17-4

328

22

22. Wichita State

14-5

151

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23. Oregon

16-4

149

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24. Duke

15-5

145

20

25. Notre Dame

14-5

136

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Others receiving votes: Dayton 77, South Carolina 74, Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 42, Pittsburgh 38, Southern Cal 27, Butler 26, Clemson 18, VCU 17, Hawaii 9, Valparaiso 9, UConn 5, Utah 5, UAB 4, Chattanooga 2, Colorado 1, Grand Canyon 1, Michigan 1, Navy 1.

Ballots online: http://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll