Ohio State Moves Back Into AP Top 25 Men’s Basketball Poll After Wins Over Duke, Penn State

The Buckeyes have won three of their last four games and now sit at No. 21 in the latest poll.

Two weeks after it fell out of the rankings, the Ohio State men’s basketball team moved back into the Associated Press Top 25 at No. 21 following wins against previously top-ranked Duke and at Penn State.

POLL ALERT: Boiler up! Purdue jumps to No. 1 in the AP Top 25, followed by Baylor, Duke, UCLA and Gonzaga; Alabama into top 10; Ohio State and LSU in.

Full poll: https://t.co/hc9pmV1HUg pic.twitter.com/jFyus9erQ1

— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) December 6, 2021

The Buckeyes started the season at No. 17 in the AP Poll but fell out of the top 25 following a loss at Xavier on Nov. 18. They’ve won three of their last four games, however, which also includes a victory over Seton Hall in the Fort Myers Tip-Off on the week of Thanksgiving.

Ohio State is 6-2 overall and 1-0 in Big Ten play, with its only other loss coming to Florida in the championship game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Nov. 24. The Gators hit a game-winning three-pointer as time expired.

The Buckeyes are back in action this Wednesday against Towson. Tipoff at Value City Arena is set for 9 p.m. on ESPNU.

That said, the full AP Top 25 can be found below, with first-place votes in parenthesis:

1. Purdue (61)
2. Baylor
3. Duke
4. UCLA
5. Gonzaga
6. Villanova
7. Texas
8. Kansas
9. Alabama
10. Kentucky
11. Arizona
12. Arkansas
13. Tennessee
14. Houston
15. UConn
16. USC
17. Iowa State
18. Auburn
19. Michigan State
20. Florida
21. Ohio State
22. Wisconsin
23. Seton Hall
24. BYU
25. LSU

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