Ohio State Falls To No. 23 In Latest Associated Press Top 25 Men's Basketball Poll

The Buckeyes won two of three games this week, but dropped Sunday’s road trip to Maryland.

Although Ohio State has won two of its last three games, the Buckeyes fell one spot to No. 23 latest Associated Press Top 25 Poll, which was released on Monday afternoon.

POLL ALERT: Gonzaga, Arizona remain 1-2 in AP Top 25 despite losses; Baylor jumps to No. 3, followed by Duke, Auburn as 21 teams change spots in major poll shuffle.

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— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) February 28, 2022

Ohio State knocked off Indiana, 80-69, in overtime on Monday before holding on late for an 86-83 win at Illinois on Thursday. The Buckeyes then wrapped up their two-game road trip with a 75-60 loss to Maryland on Sunday.

Now heading into the last week of the regular season, Ohio State sits at 18-8 overall and 11-6 in Big Ten play – 2.5 games behind Wisconsin for first place with three games to go.

The Buckeyes finish with home games against Nebraska on Tuesday (7 p.m. on BTN), Michigan State on Thursday (7 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2) and Michigan on Sunday (12:30 p.m. on FOX).

That said, the full AP Top 25 can be found below, with first-place votes in parenthesis. It’s a significant shakeup from last week, as 11 ranked teams lost last week, including No. 1-6 and eight of the top nine:

1. Gonzaga (46)
2. Arizona
3. Baylor (4)
4. Duke (11)
5. Auburn
6. Kansas
7. Kentucky
8. Purdue
9. Providence
10. Wisconsin
11. Villanova
12. Texas Tech
13. Tennessee
14. Arkansas
15. Houston
16. USC
17. UCLA
18. UConn
19. Saint Mary’s
20. Illinois
21. Texas
22. Murray State
23. Ohio State
24. Iowa
25. Alabama 

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