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Michigan basketball had been steadily rising up the rankings over the course of the 2024-25 college basketball season with big wins over Wisconsin (which is aging quite well as time moves on) and Purdue.
Friday night marked a big opportunity for the maize and blue with rival Michigan State coming to town, the No. 13 team in the country, just one spot behind the Wolverines. However, Michigan never found its footing outside of a stretch in the first half and faltered to the rival Spartans in the first of two regular-season matchups.
As a result, the coaches around college basketball penalized the maize and blue, dropping them three spots to No. 15.
Michigan still has its win over No. 11 Wisconsin, but now has a loss to No. 8 MSU. The Wolverines still have to face No. 16 Maryland and has one loss and one win over No. 20 Purdue, which fell seven spots this past week.
Here are the full rankings.
RANK
TEAM
RECORD
POINTS
PREVIOUS
1
Auburn (60)
25-2
1500
1
2
Duke
24-3
1406
3
3
Florida
24-3
1397
2
4
Houston
23-4
1327
5
5
Tennessee
22-5
1236
6
6
Alabama
22-5
1198
4
7
St. John’s
24-4
1132
10
8
Michigan State
22-5
1055
14
9
Iowa State
21-6
1004
8
10
Texas Tech
21-6
915
9
11
Wisconsin
21-6
800
11
12
Texas A&M
20-7
797
7
13
Clemson
22-5
712
18
14
Missouri
20-7
683
15
15
Michigan
20-6
657
12
16
Maryland
21-6
630
20
17
Kentucky
18-9
461
17
18
Memphis
22-5
393
22
19
Louisville
21-6
372
25
20
Purdue
19-9
328
13
21
Marquette
20-7
309
16
22
Arizona
18-9
289
19
23
Saint Mary’s
25-4
284
NR
24
Mississippi State
19-8
264
21
25
BYU
19-8
135
NR
This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Michigan basketball falls in USA TODAY Coaches Poll after loss to MSU
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Publish date : 2025-02-24 19:35:00
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