Here is the most recent basketball poll. Kudos for Northwestern for making in the AP Top 25 list for the first time since the ES was only 6 months old... in January 1969. That's 40 years! It was before man even landed on the moon. But, this is the AP -- they ain't buying it over at the USA Today poll, where N'western sits at #30.

As a comparison, Michigan State's men's basketball team has been ranked in the AP Top 25 each and every week since the beginning of the 2007 season. That's 44 straight weeks in the regular season.

Still, it's pretty nice to have them as company for once. Welcome to our world, Wildcat fans!

AP Top 25

1. Kansas (52) 11-0 1,607

2. Texas (11) 11-0 1,556

3. Kentucky (1) 13-0 1,476

4. Purdue 11-0 1,407

5. Syracuse (1) 12-0 1,398

6. West Virginia 10-0 1,309

7. Duke 9-1 1,241

8. Villanova 11-1 1,177

9. North Carolina 9-3 1,033

10. Connecticut 9-2 1,002

11. Michigan State 9-3 910

12. Kansas State 11-1 892

13. Georgetown 9-1 813

14. Tennessee 9-2 664

15. Ohio State 10-2 605

16. Mississippi 10-2 544

17. Washington 9-2 490

18. Temple 9-2 403

19. New Mexico 12-1 352

20. Texas Tech 10-1 334

21. Clemson 11-2 300

22. Florida State 11-2 252

23. Wisconsin 10-2 180

24. UAB 11-1 178

25. Northwestern 10-1 144

Others Receiving Votes Gonzaga 129, Georgia Tech 102, Dayton 94, Texas A&M 91, Florida 76, Miami (FL) 60, Brigham Young 55, Oklahoma State 37, Wichita State 35, USC 27, UNLV 26, Butler 19, Memphis 16, Mississippi State 13, Wake Forest 12, St. John's 10, Virginia Tech 7, California 7, Cincinnati 7, Baylor 7, Cornell 5, Missouri State 5, Northern Iowa 5, Rhode Island 5, William & Mary 5, Seton Hall 2, Army 1. Dropped From Rankings Florida 18, Texas A&M 19, Butler 20, Gonzaga 25.