Powered by Roundtable
Ohio State Ranked No. 24 In Return To AP Top 25 Men’s Basketball Poll cover image

The Buckeyes will have their toughest test of this season with No. 1 Purdue coming to town on Thursday.

After a two-week hiatus, the Ohio State men’s basketball team returned to the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, coming in at No. 24 in the latest rankings following victories over Alabama A&M and Northwestern.

The Buckeyes improved to 10-3 overall and 2-0 in Big Ten play with the 90-59 win over the Bulldogs and 73-57 win over the Wildcats, and will now welcome top-ranked Purdue to Columbus on Thursday (7 p.m. on FS1).

Other Big Ten teams ranked in this week’s poll include No. 14 Wisconsin and No. 15 Indiana. Illinois (21) and Michigan State (5) are among the others receiving votes, meanwhile.

That said, the full poll can be found below, with first-place votes in parenthesis:

  1. Purdue (60)
  2. Houston
  3. Kansas
  4. UConn (1)
  5. Ariona
  6. Texas
  7. Alabama
  8. Tennessee
  9. Gonzaga
  10. UCLA
  11. Virginia
  12. Miami (Fla.)
  13. Arkansas
  14. Wisconsin
  15. Indiana
  16. Duke
  17. TCU
  18. Xavier
  19. Baylor
  20. Missouri
  21. New Mexico
  22. Auburn
  23. Charleston
  24. Ohio State
  25. Iowa State

-----

Be sure to check out our new message boards, Buckeye Forums. We'd love to have you part of the conversation during the season.

-----

You may also like:

-----

Be sure to stay locked into BuckeyesNow all the time!