Iowa basketball tumbles out of AP Top 25 rankings

After Iowa basketball (12-4, 2-3 Big Ten) had a tough week where it dropped consecutive close contests at Minnesota (10-6, 3-2 Big Ten), 70-67, and versus Illinois (13-3, 4-1 Big Ten), 75-69, the latest AP Top 25 poll was unkind to the Hawkeyes.

Iowa found itself in big deficits during both games, trailing by 14 points midway through the second half at Minnesota and by as many as 18 points early against Illinois. While the team attempted a late-game rally in both contests, the Hawkeyes were unable to complete comebacks in either game.

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After the two losses, Iowa dropped out of the updated AP Top 25 and now resides in the receiving votes category with 58 points.

After Wisconsin upset previously undefeated Michigan over the weekend, the Wolverines slipped two spots to No. 4 nationally Michigan is still the highest-ranked Big Ten squad in this week’s poll.

Following Michigan are No. 5 Purdue, No. 8 Nebraska, No. 12 Michigan State, and No. 13 Illinois. Joining Iowa in the receiving votes category from the Big Ten are Wisconsin (37 points) and USC (one point).

Iowa’s schedule this week is both extremely difficult, but also presents an outstanding opportunity to impress voters, as the Hawkeyes travel to Mackey Arena to face Purdue and then head to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to battle Indiana.

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Here’s the full AP Men’s College Basketball Top 25 Poll on Jan. 12:

Rank

Team

Record

PTS

1st

Prev

Chg

1

Arizona

16-0

1524

60

1

–

2

Iowa State

16-0

1448

1

3

+1

3

UConn

16-1

1358

0

4

+1

4

Michigan

14-1

1300

0

2

-2

5

Purdue

15-1

1253

0

5

–

6

Duke

15-1

1237

0

6

–

7

Houston

15-1

1130

0

7

–

8

Nebraska

16-0

1056

0

10

+2

9

Gonzaga

17-1

1050

0

8

-1

10

Vanderbilt

16-0

1035

0

11

+1

11

BYU

15-1

1013

0

9

-2

12

Michigan State

14-2

865

0

12

–

13

Illinois

13-3

778

0

16

+3

14

North Carolina

14-2

659

0

17

+3

15

Texas Tech

12-4

609

0

14

-1

16

Virginia

14-2

515

0

23

+7

17

Arkansas

12-4

492

0

15

-2

18

Alabama

11-5

470

0

13

-5

19

Florida

11-5

349

0

NR

+16

20

Louisville

12-4

336

0

20

–

21

Georgia

14-2

227

0

18

-3

22

Clemson

14-3

218

0

NR

+9

23

Utah State

14-1

161

0

NR

+6

24

Tennessee

11-5

140

0

21

-3

25

Seton Hall

14-2

136

0

NR

+2

Others Receiving Votes

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