STILLWATER – For the first time this season, Oklahoma State basketball cracks the AP Top 25 as they check in at No. 23 after knocking off No. 6 Texas in double-overtime on Saturday, 75-67.
This marks the 266th AP Poll appearance for the Pokes and is the first time they have been ranked in the AP Poll since Feb. 16, 2015 when they were ranked No. 22.
The Pokes also climbed to No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. They were ranked No. 24 in the Coaches Poll last week, the first time they were ranked all season.
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This also marks the first time in 12 years the Kansas Jayhawks haven’t been ranked in AP Top 25.
- Gonzaga - 18-0 (1)
- Baylor - 17-0 (2)
- Michigan - 13-1 (4)
- Ohio State - 15-4 (7)
- Villanova - 12-2 (3)
- Illinois - 13-5 (12)
- Texas Tech - 14-5 (13)
- Houston - 16-2 (5)
- Virginia - 13-3 (14)
- Missouri - 13-3 (18)
- Alabama - 15-5 (10)
- Oklahoma - 12-5 (9)
- Texas - 11-5 (6)
- West Virginia - 13-5 (17)
- Iowa - 13-5 (8)
- Tennessee - 13-4 (11)
- Florida State - 10-3 (20)
- Virginia Tech - 14-4 (16)
- Creighton - 14-5 (15)
- USC - 15-3 (NR)
- Wisconsin - 14-6 (19)
- Loyola Chicago - 18-3 (NR)
- Oklahoma State - 12-5 (NR)
- Purdue - 13-7 (24)
- Rutgers - 11-6 (NR)
The Cowboys are currently up in Lawrence, KS preparing for a showdown with the Kansas Jayhawks. It’s the back end of the two-game series between the two teams and tipoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. CT on ESPN.
