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The Michigan State Spartans held steady in both polls this week. The Spartans stayed at No. 10 this week in both the Associated Press Poll and the USA TODAY Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll after a shorthanded squad struggled, but won, against High Point and then had to comeback in the second half to defeat Northwestern over the past week’s action.
Staying at #10. pic.twitter.com/cv1HrboI8E
— Michigan State Basketball (@MSU_Basketball) January 3, 2022
AP Poll
There were no changes to any of the four ranked Big Ten teams this week, but Michigan did drop out of the receiving votes group after losing to UCF.
Full AP Results:
- Baylor (61 first-place votes)
- Duke
- Purdue Boilermakers
- Gonzaga
- UCLA
- Kansas
- USC
- Arizona
- Auburn
- Michigan State Spartans
- Iowa State
- Houston
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Texas
- Alabama
- Providence
Kentucky - Tennessee
- Villanova
- Colorado State
- LSU
- Xavier
- Wisconsin Badgers
- Seton Hall
- Texas Tech
Others Receiving Votes:
Illinois Fighting Illini 74, Oklahoma 71, Loyola Chicago 40, Connecticut 39, West Virginia 6, Iowa Hawkeyes 5, Minnesota Golden Gophers 3, San Francisco 3, Davidson 3, Creighton 2
USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll
There were also no changes to the Big Ten teams in the Coaches Poll week-over-week, but Michigan and Indiana both dropped out of teams receiving votes.
Full Coaches Poll Results:
- Baylor (32 first place votes)
- Duke
- Purdue Boilermakers
- Gonzaga
- UCLA
- Kansas
- Arizona
- USC
- Auburn
- Michigan State Spartans
- Iowa State
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Kentucky
- Houston
- Villanova
- Texas
- Providence
- Tennessee
- Colorado St.
- Alabama
- LSU
- Seton Hall
- Wisconsin
- Xavier
- Texas Tech
Schools Dropped Out:
None
Others Receiving Votes:
Illinois 37; Connecticut 30; Oklahoma 29; Loyola-Chicago 16; Arkansas 15; Minnesota 14; San Francisco 6; Brigham Young 5; Saint Mary’s 4; Florida 4; West Virginia 2; Florida State 1; Davidson 1.