#10 North Carolina is a 2-point favorite at home over #9 Michigan State in this evening's marquee ACC/Big Ten matchup. Tipoff is 9 pm on ESPN. As for MSU falling from #2 to #9 after its loss vs Florida... well, "big deal" - we'd love to see an undefeated Spartan squad, but the ES ain't worried. It's how the Spartans end up at the end of the season that matters, and with an unparalleled 5-Final Fours and a pair of national title appearances under his belt, noone is better than Tom Izzo and MSU come tourney time.

AP Top 25

1. Kansas (63) 5-0 1,623

2. Texas (1) 5-0 1,508

3. Villanova 6-0 1,442

4. Purdue 5-0 1,389

5. Kentucky 6-0 1,333

6. Duke 6-0 1,316

7. West Virginia 5-0 1,238

8. Syracuse (1) 6-0 1,183

9. Michigan State 5-1 1,109

10. North Carolina 6-1 961

11. Tennessee 5-1 936

12. Washington 5-0 893

13. Florida 6-0 777

14. Connecticut 4-1 742

15. Ohio State 5-1 702

16. Georgetown 4-0 588

17. Gonzaga 5-1 491

18. Clemson 6-1 426

19. Texas A&M 5-1 284

20. Louisville 4-1 252

21. Florida State 6-1 219

22. Cincinnati 4-1 205

23. Butler 4-2 200

24. UNLV 5-0 191

25. Portland 5-1 120

Others Receiving Votes Oklahoma State 112, Georgia Tech 97, Marquette 82, Mississippi 79, Miami (FL) 77, Brigham Young 76, Memphis 66, Vanderbilt 64, Notre Dame 52, Kansas State 41, Michigan 40, California 39, Minnesota 35, Wisconsin 28, St. John's 26, Northwestern 15, Dayton 8, Missouri State 7, New Mexico 6, Pittsburgh 6, Richmond 6, North Carolina State 5, Arizona State 5, Illinois 5, Illinois State 4, Washington State 4, South Carolina 3, Maryland 3, Missouri 2, Texas Tech 2, Virginia Commonwealth 1, Cal State Fullerton 1. Dropped From Rankings Michigan 15, Illinois 20, Maryland 21, Minnesota 22, Notre Dame 23, Vanderbilt 24.