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Illinois drops to No. 23

Mon, 01/14/2013 - 12:50pm | Marcus Jackson

CHAMPAIGN — Coming off back-to-back losses to Minnesota and Wisconsin by an average of 20 points, Illinois dropped to No. 23 in the Associated Press poll released Monday.

The Illini (14-4, 1-3 Big Ten) were 12th in last week’s poll and will return to action Thursday at home against Northwestern.

Six Big Ten teams remain in the poll, led by Indiana, which moved up three spots to No. 2 behind new No. 1 Louisville.

Michigan dropped three spots to No. 5 this week after suffering its first loss of the season Sunday at Ohio State, which moves up from No. 15 to No. 11.

Indiana moved up a spot to No. 4 and Minnesota moved down a spot to No. 9.

Michigan State checked in at No. 18.

Here’s a complete look at this week’s poll:

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 13, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv

 1. Louisville (36) 15-1 1,591 3

 2. Indiana (13) 15-1 1,527 5

 3. Duke (14) 15-1 1,501 1

 4. Kansas (1) 14-1 1,416 6

 5. Michigan (1) 16-1 1,415 2

 6. Syracuse 16-1 1,284 7

 7. Arizona 15-1 1,205 4

 8. Gonzaga 16-1 1,141 9

 9. Minnesota 15-2 1,041 8

10. Florida 12-2 1,019 11

11. Ohio St. 13-3 939 15

12. Creighton 16-1 896 13

13. Butler 14-2 855 14

14. NC State 14-2 836 20

15. San Diego St. 14-2 704 16

16. Kansas St. 13-2 670 18

17. Missouri 12-3 598 10

18. Michigan St. 14-3 426 22

19. New Mexico 15-2 368 25

20. Notre Dame 14-2 295 17

21. Oregon 14-2 238 —

22. VCU 14-3 212 —

23. Illinois 14-4 199 12

24. UCLA 14-3 185 —

25. Marquette 12-3 177 —

Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 121, UConn 70, Georgetown 56, Mississippi 55, UNLV 26, Wisconsin 25, Boise St. 9, Miami 9, Wichita St. 6, Temple 5, Pittsburgh 2, Baylor 1, Utah St. 1, Wyoming 1.

Ballots Online: http://tinyurl.com/43u6jr6

Here's the ballot Marcus Jackson submitted to the AP this week:

1. Duke

2. Louisville

3. Michigan

4. Indiana

5. Kansas

6. Arizona

7. Syracuse

8. Minnesota

9. Gonzaga

10. Florida

11. Ohio State

12. Butler

13. San Diego State

14. Missouri

15. Creighton

16. Kansas State

17. North Carolina State

18. New Mexico

19. Marquette

20. Virginia Commonwealth

21. Michigan State

22. Notre Dame

23. Oregon

24. Illinois

25. Georgetown

USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 13, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
    Record    Pts    Pvs
 1. Louisville (18)    15-1    753    4
 2. Indiana (6)    15-1    718    5
 3. Duke (7)    15-1    707    1
 4. Kansas    14-1    680    6
 5. Michigan    16-1    678    2
 6. Syracuse    16-1    619    7
 7. Arizona    15-1    574    3
 8. Gonzaga    16-1    552    8
 9. Florida    12-2    526    9
10. Creighton    16-1    489    11
11. Ohio State    13-3    436    14
12. Minnesota    15-2    433    10
13. Butler    14-2    370    17
14. San Diego State    14-2    366    15
15. N.C. State    14-2    321    21
16. Missouri    12-3    298    12
17. Michigan State    14-3    286    18
18. Kansas State    13-2    243    23
19. VCU    14-3    178    24
20. Notre Dame    14-2    155    16
21. New Mexico    15-2    147    —
22. Illinois    14-4    125    13
23. UNLV    14-3    109    19
24. Cincinnati    14-3    80    20
25. UCLA    14-3    38    —
Others receiving votes: Oregon 37, Georgetown 32, Marquette 23, Wisconsin 23, Wichita State 19, Mississippi 14, Wyoming 13, UConn 10, Miami 8, Oklahoma State 8, Boise State 2, Bucknell 2, Utah State 2, Iowa State 1.

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Moonpie wrote on January 14, 2013 at 4:01 pm

This is where they should have been ranked and relegated to from the outset. Maybe now Bushleague Jackson and Oracle Tate will scale back the cheerleading. Just put the blame where it belongs -- you know, on the fans.

OKOMIS wrote on January 14, 2013 at 4:01 pm

I don’t know about all that, but they are about where they should be, and after last year, where we could have hoped… I do think they let the top 10 – 12 ranking get in their heads and might have made them tighten up trying to maintain it… these guys aren’t the toughest out there and seem to play better out of the spot light and under the radar.i think they'll losen up and play better now

IlliniGator14 wrote on January 14, 2013 at 8:01 pm
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weren't they like #14 this time last year?  Will be a function of winning close games...couldn't do that last year then it all snow-balled.  Let's get the winning going again and we'll be fine.

Piemoon wrote on January 15, 2013 at 7:01 am

More from Bushleague commenter Moonpie. Just put the blame where it belongs -- you know, Moonpie's internet provider.

penniless wrote on January 14, 2013 at 9:01 pm

Holy Cow lose 4 out of 6 and not by single digits as well.What are these people smokin??This team will not Dance,yet rated,what a farce.

Bear8287 wrote on January 15, 2013 at 12:01 am

... and yet, there the Illini are with wins over Butler (13,13), Ohio State (11,11) and Gonzaga (8,8).

Remember how bad OSU looked at Assembly Hall?  Well if Michigan had beaten OSU, Michigan would've been the #1 team in the rankings this week.

The B1G has a bunch of really good teams and most of the others are still tough to beat on their home court.  There are no gimmes in this conference.  Get used to it...