BTN.com staff, February 19, 2018
For the second week in a row, No. 2 Michigan State leads a quartet of Big Ten teams in the AP top 25 poll, released Monday.
No. 9 Purdue and No. 16 Ohio State both fall this week, while No. 17 Michigan is the conference's only team to move up.
View the full poll below.
| AP Rankings | ||||
| Rankings as of 2/19/2018 | ||||
| Rank | School | Record | Votes | Prev |
| 1 | Virginia Cavaliers | 24-2 | 1601 (42) | 1 |
| 2 | Michigan State Spartans | 26-3 | 1565 (19) | 2 |
| 3 | Villanova Wildcats | 24-3 | 1509 (4) | 3 |
| 4 | Xavier Musketeers | 24-4 | 1398 | 4 |
| 5 | Duke Blue Devils | 22-5 | 1292 | 12 |
| 6 | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 22-5 | 1206 | 7 |
| 6 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 25-4 | 1206 | 9 |
| 8 | Kansas Jayhawks | 21-6 | 1166 | 13 |
| 9 | Purdue Boilermakers | 24-5 | 1130 | 6 |
| 10 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 21-7 | 1074 | 14 |
| 11 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 23-4 | 954 | 5 |
| 12 | Auburn Tigers | 23-4 | 873 | 10 |
| 13 | Wichita State Shockers | 21-5 | 870 | 19 |
| 14 | Arizona Wildcats | 21-6 | 831 | 17 |
| 15 | Clemson Tigers | 20-6 | 683 | 11 |
| 16 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 22-7 | 680 | 8 |
| 17 | Michigan Wolverines | 22-7 | 615 | 22 |
| 18 | Rhode Island Rams | 21-4 | 455 | 16 |
| 19 | Tennessee Volunteers | 19-7 | 427 | 18 |
| 20 | Nevada Wolf Pack | 23-5 | 330 | 24 |
| 21 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 19-8 | 329 | 20 |
| 22 | Saint Mary's Gaels | 25-4 | 291 | 15 |
| 23 | Houston Cougars | 21-5 | 263 | NR |
| 24 | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | 22-5 | 87 | NR |
| 25 | Florida State Seminoles | 19-8 | 63 | NR |
