After a one-game week, which featured Ohio State drubbing IUPUI 83-37, the Buckeyes have moved up three spots to No. 16 in this week’s AP Poll.
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1. Auburn
2. Gonzaga
3. Arizona
4. Baylor
5. Kansas
6. Purdue
T7. UCLA
T7. Houston
9. Duke
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Ohio State is the fourth-highest Big Ten team, behind No. 11, Wisconsin, No. 10 Michigan State and No. 6 Purdue. Illinois comes in at No. 24, giving the Big Ten five ranked teams in this week’s edition. The full poll, which can be seen here, also had Indiana and Iowa in the “receiving votes” section, although neither was particularly close to cracking the top 25.
The Buckeyes, after nine days off, will play at Minnesota on Thursday before heading to Mackey Arena for a date with No. 6 Purdue on Sunday.
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