It was another week of mixed results for the Ohio State basketball team, and unfortunately, it was enough to result in the Buckeyes falling out of the latest Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports. That’s an over five-spot drop from the last ranking. OSU throttled an unranked Nebraska team at home, but got beat soundly by No. 17 Minnesota on the road Sunday.
Chris Holtmann’s crew is in the “others receiving votes” section and could vault back into the Top 25 with a good showing this week. The good news is that there’s a good opportunity to make an impression with games against Penn State and Rutgers. The bad news is that they both will be challenges in the rough and tumble Big Ten.
But back to the poll. The top ten consists of Gonzaga at No. 1, followed by Baylor (2), Villanova (3), Texas (4), Creighton (5), Kansas (6), Iowa (7), Tennessee (8), Michigan (9), and Wisconsin (1).
The first @FerrisMowers men's college basketball poll of 2021 still features @ZagMBB at the top and @ScottMGleeson is left to ponder whether this is Mark Few's best team during his tenure at Gonzaga.
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Ferris Motors College Basketball Top 25
1. Gonzaga
2. Baylor
3. Villanova
4. Texas
5. Creighton
6. Kansas
7. Iowa
8. Tennessee
9. Michigan
10. Wisconsin
11. Houston
12. Illinois
13. Missouri
14. Rutgers
15. Oregon
16. West Virginia
17. Minnesota
18. Clemson
19. Texas Tech
20. Virginia Tech
21. Virginia
22. Florida State
23. Saint Louis
24. Duke
25. Louisville
