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The Ohio State Buckeyes men’s basketball team is off to an incredible start to the season, especially considering that they lost four major contributors from last year’s team, including the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year. However, Chris Holtmann has his squad perfect in the early season at 6-0, and following wins last week over Samford (68-50) and Cleveland State (89-62), the basketball Buckeyes have jumped seven spots to No. 16 in the latest AP Poll.
Following their win over previous No. 1 Duke, Gonzaga takes the top spot, followed by Kansas, Duke, Virginia, and Nevada. Other Big Ten teams in the rankings are Michigan at No. 7, Michigan State at No. 9, Iowa at No. 14, Purdue at No. 19, Wisconsin at No. 22, and Maryland at No. 24.
Indiana, Minnesota, and Nebraska also received votes.
While the B1G has seven spots locked up, here’s the rest of the AP Top 25:
NCAA MBB Rankings Week 4
| Rank | Team | Record | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Record | Points |
| 1 | Gonzaga (32) | 6-0 | 1,590 |
| 2 | Kansas (31) | 5-0 | 1,584 |
| 3 | Duke (1) | 5-1 | 1,486 |
| 4 | Virginia (1) | 6-0 | 1,396 |
| 5 | Nevada | 6-0 | 1,329 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 4-1 | 1,284 |
| 7 | Michigan | 6-0 | 1,213 |
| 8 | Auburn | 5-1 | 1,129 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 5-1 | 1,111 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 5-1 | 1,022 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 6-1 | 943 |
| 12 | Kansas State | 6-0 | 936 |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | 5-0 | 921 |
| 14 | Iowa | 5-0 | 599 |
| 15 | Florida State | 5-1 | 581 |
| 16 | Ohio State | 6-0 | 511 |
| 17 | Texas | 5-1 | 486 |
| 18 | Oregon | 4-1 | 439 |
| 19 | Purdue | 5-1 | 387 |
| 20 | Texas Tech | 6-0 | 380 |
| 21 | Buffalo | 5-0 | 351 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 5-1 | 253 |
| 23 | Villanova | 5-2 | 217 |
| 24 | Maryland | 6-0 | 170 |
| 25 | Mississippi State | 4-1 | 161 |
Also, in a rather unexpected turn of events, it appears that the Buckeyes are now the No. 1 team in the country according to the NCAA’s new NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET), that is replacing the RPI in the basketball selection committee’s evaluation process.
We’ll just give you the Top 25 in the chart below, but the ranking lists all 353 Division I teams, so it’s quite the experience to scroll through the entire list, which can be found here.
NCAA Net Rankings 11/26
| Rank | Previous | School | Conference | Record | Road | Neutral | Home | Non Div I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Previous | School | Conference | Record | Road | Neutral | Home | Non Div I |
| 1 | 10 | Ohio St. | Big Ten | 6-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | 77 | Virginia | ACC | 6-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | 13 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 6-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 | 11 | Michigan | Big Ten | 6-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 5 | 25 | Gonzaga | WCC | 6-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 6 | 2 | Duke | ACC | 5-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 7 | 46 | Michigan St. | Big Ten | 5-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 8 | 3 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 5-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 9 | 12 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 5-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 10 | 15 | Loyola Marymount | WCC | 7-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 |
| 11 | 37 | Kansas | Big 12 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 12 | 40 | Belmont | OVC | 5-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| 13 | 6 | Nevada | MWC | 6-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 |
| 14 | 1 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 5-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 0-0 |
| 15 | 24 | Iowa | Big Ten | 5-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 16 | 8 | Auburn | SEC | 5-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| 17 | 19 | Maryland | Big Ten | 6-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 18 | 41 | Houston | AAC | 4-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 19 | 84 | Notre Dame | ACC | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 20 | 28 | Purdue | Big Ten | 5-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 21 | 4 | North Carolina | ACC | 6-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 22 | 43 | Radford | Big South | 4-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| 23 | 47 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 6-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 24 | 20 | Kansas St. | Big 12 | 6-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 25 | 5 | San Francisco | WCC | 6-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 |