Badgers drop down to No. 19 in AP top-25 poll
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team dropped five spots to No. 19 in the latest Associated Press top-25 poll, released Monday.
Since being ranked No. 14 last week, Wisconsin beat Maryland 61-55 on Wednesday but lost 81-71 to Penn State on Saturday.
The Badgers have now moved down the AP top-25 poll in five straight weeks since being ranked 6th on Dec. 28.
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Wisconsin will get a chance to avenge Saturday’s loss when it battles Penn State at home Tuesday night. A road matchup against 12th-ranked Illinois awaits the Badgers on Saturday.
Elsewhere in the poll, Gonzaga and Baylor have continued their season-long run at No. 1 and No. 2.
The Zags received 61 first-place votes from a media panel in the poll released on Monday, and Baylor had the other three.
Villanova and Michigan held at Nos. 3 and 4, with Houston moving up one spot to round out the top five. The Cougars have their highest ranking since the Phi Slama Jama team reached No. 2 in 1983-84.
No. 9 Oklahoma made a massive leap from No. 24 after becoming the second team in 25 years to beat three straight top-10 teams. The Sooners beat then-No. 9 Alabama last week after taking down No. 5 Texas and No. 9 Kansas.
No. 25 Drake is ranked for the first time since reaching No. 14 in 2007-08.
AP TOP 25 POLL — WEEK 11 (released Feb. 1)
| RANK | TEAM | PV RANK |
| 1 | Gonzaga (17-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Baylor (16-0) | 2 |
| 3 | Villanova (11-1) | 3 |
| 4 | Michigan (13-1) | 4 |
| 5 | Houston (15-1) | 6 |
| 6 | Texas (11-3) | 5 |
| 7 | Ohio State (14-4) | 13 |
| 8 | Iowa (12-4) | 7 |
| 9 | Oklahoma (11-4) | 24 |
| 10 | Alabama (14-4) | 9 |
| 11 | Tennessee (12-3) | 18 |
| 12 | Illinois (11-5) | 19 |
| 13 | Texas Tech (12-5) | 10 |
| 14 | Virginia (11-3) | 8 |
| 15 | Creighton (13-4) | 17 |
| 16 | Virginia Tech (13-3) | 20 |
| 17 | West Virginia (11-5) | 11 |
| 18 | Missouri (11-3) | 12 |
| 19 | Wisconsin (13-5) | 14 |
| 20 | Florida State (10-3) | 16 |
| 21 | UCLA (13-3) | 23 |
| 22 | Florida (10-4) | NR |
| 23 | Kansas (11-6) | 15 |
| 24 | Purdue (12-6) | NR |
| 25 | Drake (16-0) | NR |
