Michigan State may have moved ahead of Michigan in college basketball's AP Poll earlier on Monday, but the Wolverines stayed ahead of the Spartans in the ESPN/USAToday coaches poll:
|
Rank
|
Team (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
|
1.
|
Syracuse (30) |
11-0
|
774
|
1
|
|
2.
|
Ohio State (1) |
10-1
|
713
|
2
|
|
3.
|
Kentucky |
9-1
|
702
|
3
|
|
4.
|
Louisville |
10-0
|
679
|
4
|
|
5.
|
Duke |
9-1
|
637
|
5
|
|
6.
|
North Carolina |
9-2
|
623
|
6
|
|
7.
|
Baylor |
9-0
|
570
|
7
|
|
8.
|
Missouri |
11-0
|
560
|
8
|
|
9.
|
Connecticut |
9-1
|
526
|
10
|
|
10.
|
Marquette |
10-0
|
503
|
11
|
|
11.
|
Kansas |
7-2
|
471
|
12
|
|
12.
|
Florida |
8-2
|
447
|
13
|
|
13.
|
Pittsburgh |
10-1
|
386
|
14
|
|
14.
|
Wisconsin |
10-2
|
361
|
15
|
|
15.
|
Xavier |
8-1
|
318
|
9
|
|
16.
|
Georgetown |
9-1
|
301
|
17
|
|
17.
|
Mississippi State |
11-1
|
277
|
16
|
|
18.
|
Indiana |
10-0
|
245
|
20
|
|
19.
|
Michigan |
9-2
|
221
|
18
|
|
20.
|
Michigan State |
9-2
|
193
|
23
|
|
21.
|
Creighton |
8-1
|
107
|
24
|
|
22.
|
Murray State |
12-0
|
100
|
NR
|
|
23.
|
UNLV |
11-2
|
68
|
NR
|
|
24.
|
Illinois |
10-1
|
66
|
19
|
|
25.
|
Harvard |
9-1
|
53
|
NR
|
Michigan moved down one spot to No. 19, while Michigan State rose from No. 23 to No. 20. Ohio State, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois were also ranked from the Big Ten.