BTN.com staff, December 16, 2013

The Big Ten kept three men's basketball teams in the top 5 of the latest AP Poll, released Monday. Ohio State, No. 3, Wisconsin, No. 4, and Michigan State, No. 5, all stayed put, while Iowa dropped to No. 25 following its narrow road loss at instate rival Iowa State. See the full AP Poll in this post.

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AP Rankings
Rankings as of 12/16/2013
Rank School Record Votes Prev Rank
1 Arizona Wildcats 11-0 1623 (63) 1
2 Syracuse Orange 10-0 1528 (2) 2
3 Ohio State Buckeyes 10-0 1464 3
4 Wisconsin Badgers 12-0 1381 4
5 Michigan State Spartans 8-1 1297 5
6 Louisville Cardinals 9-1 1264 6
7 Oklahoma State Cowboys 9-1 1165 7
8 Duke Blue Devils 7-2 1053 8
8 Villanova Wildcats 10-0 1053 10
10 Connecticut Huskies 9-0 1035 9
11 Wichita State Shockers 10-0 923 12
12 Baylor Bears 8-1 898 14
13 Oregon Ducks 9-0 834 15
14 North Carolina Tar Heels 7-2 792 18
15 Memphis Tigers 7-1 755 16
16 Florida Gators 7-2 699 19
17 Iowa State Cyclones 8-0 698 17
18 Kansas Jayhawks 7-3 482 13
19 Kentucky Wildcats 8-3 414 11
20 Colorado Buffaloes 10-1 405 21
21 Gonzaga Bulldogs 10-1 376 20
22 Massachusetts Minutemen 9-0 351 22
23 Missouri Tigers 10-0 222 24
24 San Diego State Aztecs 7-1 179 25
25 Iowa Hawkeyes 10-2 72 23
UCLA Bruins 9-1 69 NR
Pittsburgh Panthers 10-0 66 NR
Saint Mary's Gaels 8-0 11 NR
George Washington Colonials 9-1 5 NR
Harvard Crimson 9-1 4 NR
Oklahoma Sooners 9-1 4 NR
Michigan Wolverines 6-4 3 NR
Toledo Rockets 9-0 3 NR

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Coaches Rankings
Rankings as of 12/9/2013
Rank School Record Votes Prev Rank
1 Arizona Wildcats 11-0 797 (30) 2
2 Ohio State Buckeyes 10-0 749 (1) 3
3 Syracuse Orange 10-0 746 (1) 5
4 Louisville Cardinals 9-1 684 6
5 Michigan State Spartans 8-1 655 1
6 Wisconsin Badgers 12-0 600 9
7 Duke Blue Devils 7-2 562 8
8 Wichita State Shockers 10-0 542 10
9 Oklahoma State Cowboys 9-1 518 11
10 Kentucky Wildcats 8-3 491 4
11 Oregon Ducks 9-0 462 13
12 Connecticut Huskies 9-0 455 14
13 Kansas Jayhawks 7-3 445 7
14 Villanova Wildcats 10-0 333 19
15 Memphis Tigers 7-1 323 15
16 Gonzaga Bulldogs 10-1 298 15
16 Iowa State Cyclones 8-0 298 18
18 Baylor Bears 8-1 278 20
19 Florida Gators 7-2 258 12
20 Massachusetts Minutemen 9-0 192 22
21 North Carolina Tar Heels 7-2 172 25
22 Iowa Hawkeyes 10-2 103 24
23 UCLA Bruins 9-1 86 17
24 San Diego State Aztecs 7-1 65 NR
25 Michigan Wolverines 6-4 50 21
Missouri Tigers 10-0 46 NR
Colorado Buffaloes 10-1 42 NR
Pittsburgh Panthers 10-0 38 NR
New Mexico Lobos 7-2 28 NR
Boise State Broncos 8-2 19 NR
Saint Mary's Gaels 8-0 18 NR
Indiana Hoosiers 8-3 15 23
VCU Rams 8-3 13 NR
Creighton Bluejays 7-2 8 NR
Saint Louis Billikens 9-2 5 NR
Virginia Cavaliers 7-3 5 NR
George Washington Colonials 9-1 1 NR