BTN.com staff, January 29, 2018

The Big Ten, once again, has four teams ranked in the latest AP poll, released Monday.

Purdue remains No. 3 and continues to pace the conference, while Michigan State and Michigan both move up one spot, to No. 5 and No. 24, respectively. Fresh off its first Big Ten defeat, Ohio State drops four spots, to No. 17.

See the full poll below.

AP Rankings
Rankings as of 1/29/2018
Rank School Record Votes Prev
1 Villanova Wildcats 20-1 1607 (47) 1
2 Virginia Cavaliers 20-1 1572 (17) 2
3 Purdue Boilermakers 21-2 1501 (1) 3
4 Duke Blue Devils 18-3 1372 4
5 Michigan State Spartans 20-3 1347 6
6 Xavier Musketeers 19-3 1278 8
7 Kansas Jayhawks 17-4 1224 5
8 Cincinnati Bearcats 19-2 1208 9
9 Arizona Wildcats 18-4 1103 11
10 Texas Tech Red Raiders 17-4 987 14
11 Auburn Tigers 19-2 882 19
12 Oklahoma Sooners 15-5 840 12
13 Saint Mary's Gaels 21-2 753 16
14 Gonzaga Bulldogs 19-4 750 15
15 West Virginia Mountaineers 16-5 709 7
16 Wichita State Shockers 17-4 635 17
17 Ohio State Buckeyes 18-5 566 13
18 Tennessee Volunteers 15-5 512 22
19 North Carolina Tar Heels 16-6 470 10
20 Clemson Tigers 17-4 414 18
21 Kentucky Wildcats 16-5 344 NR
22 Rhode Island Rams 17-3 327 24
23 Florida Gators 15-6 172 20
24 Michigan Wolverines 17-6 103 25
25 Arizona State Sun Devils 16-5 100 21
Kansas State Wildcats 16-5 94 NR
Florida State Seminoles 16-5 76 NR
Nevada Wolf Pack 18-4 41 23
Louisville Cardinals 16-5 39 NR
Creighton Bluejays 17-5 33 NR
Seton Hall Pirates 16-5 16 NR
Miami (FL) Hurricanes 15-5 12 NR
TCU Horned Frogs 15-6 11 NR
Houston Cougars 16-4 8 NR
Alabama Crimson Tide 14-7 6 NR
New Mexico State Aggies 18-3 5 NR
North Carolina State Wolfpack 15-7 5 NR
USC Trojans 17-6 3 NR