BTN.com staff, December 11, 2017

Michigan State moved up to No. 2 in the latest AP poll, released Monday afternoon.

There was talk about the Spartans being the No. 1 team following Duke's loss and a pair of Kansas losses, but Villanova leapt the Big Ten leaders for the top spot.

No. 17 Purdue is the only other ranked Big Ten team, as Minnesota fell out of the poll.

View the full poll below.

AP Rankings
Rankings as of 12/11/2017
Rank School Record Votes Prev
1 Villanova Wildcats 10-0 1598 (41) 4
2 Michigan State Spartans 9-1 1561 (19) 3
3 Wichita State Shockers 8-1 1402 6
4 Duke Blue Devils 11-1 1362 1
5 Arizona State Sun Devils 9-0 1316 (5) 16
6 Miami (FL) Hurricanes 8-0 1272 10
7 North Carolina Tar Heels 9-1 1237 11
8 Kentucky Wildcats 8-1 1227 8
9 Texas A&M Aggies 8-1 1072 7
10 Xavier Musketeers 9-1 1044 13
11 West Virginia Mountaineers 9-1 972 18
12 Gonzaga Bulldogs 8-2 805 12
13 Kansas Jayhawks 7-2 760 2
14 TCU Horned Frogs 10-0 718 20
15 Seton Hall Pirates 8-1 704 19
16 Virginia Cavaliers 8-1 690 15
17 Purdue Boilermakers 10-2 568 21
18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8-2 564 9
19 Florida State Seminoles 9-0 452 NR
20 Tennessee Volunteers 7-1 342 24
21 Baylor Bears 7-2 281 23
22 Florida Gators 6-3 261 5
23 Arizona Wildcats 7-3 252 NR
24 Texas Tech Red Raiders 7-1 191 NR
25 Cincinnati Bearcats 7-2 145 17
Creighton Bluejays 7-2 79 NR
Oklahoma Sooners 7-1 72 NR
Texas Longhorns 6-2 52 NR
Louisville Cardinals 6-2 19 NR
Arkansas Razorbacks 7-2 17 NR
Virginia Tech Hokies 9-1 15 NR
Minnesota Golden Gophers 8-3 15 14
Nevada Wolf Pack 8-2 13 22
Mississippi State Bulldogs 8-0 8 NR
SMU Mustangs 7-3 6 NR
UCLA Bruins 7-2 6 NR
Loyola Chicago Ramblers 10-1 5 NR
Alabama Crimson Tide 7-3 4 NR
Towson Tigers 10-1 3 NR
UNI Panthers 8-2 3 NR
Houston Cougars 8-1 3 NR
Georgia Bulldogs 7-1 3 NR
Boise State Broncos 9-1 2 NR
Syracuse Orange 8-1 2 NR
Rhode Island Rams 5-3 1 NR
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 7-1 1 NR