#4 MI takes on #8 MSU at 9 pm tonight
Feb 12th, 2013 - Sports News
— Coach Tom Izzo says the nation is talking about the upcoming Michigan-Michigan State game. For the first time in series history, both teams will play while ranked in the top 10 of the latest Associated Press poll. The No. 8 Spartans host the No. 4 Wolverines tonight in East Lansing.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 10, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
Record Pts Prv
1. Indiana (26) 21-3 1,559 1
2. Duke (20) 21-2 1,515 4
3. Miami (17) 19-3 1,499 8
4. Michigan 21-3 1,428 3
5. Gonzaga (2) 23-2 1,371 6
6. Syracuse 20-3 1,293 9
7. Florida 19-3 1,286 2
8. Michigan St. 20-4 1,178 12
9. Arizona 20-3 1,062 7
10. Kansas St. 19-4 1,012 13
11. Butler 20-4 943 14
12. Louisville 19-5 842 11
13. Ohio St. 17-6 828 10
14. Kansas 19-4 823 5
15. Georgetown 17-4 679 20
16. Pittsburgh 20-5 591 23
17. Oklahoma St. 17-5 587 22
18. Marquette 17-5 493 24
19. New Mexico 20-4 433 15
20. Wisconsin 17-7 305 —
21. Notre Dame 19-5 264 25
22. Memphis 20-3 193 —
23. Oregon 19-5 137 19
24. Colorado St. 19-4 125 —
25. Kentucky 17-6 87 —
Others receiving votes: Minnesota 80, Missouri 69, Cincinnati 68, Saint Mary's (Cal) 62, Creighton 56, San Diego St. 53, Louisiana Tech 43, VCU 35, Saint Louis 34, Illinois 26, NC State 24, Akron 12, UCLA 8, UNLV 6, Indiana St. 5, Virginia 4, Wichita St. 3, Belmont 2, Mississippi 1, Oklahoma 1.
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