Michigan State extends its dominance in the Big Ten, and it is evidenced now in the latest AP Poll, with the Big Green up to #6 nationally. According to Jeff Sagarin, MSU is #11 nationally, Wisky is #10 and Purdon't is #13. And, in Bracketology, the Spartans sit at a pretty #2 seed in the West, Purdue is #4 MW, Wisky is #3 E, Illinois is #12 E, Ohio State is #5 S. In CollegeRPI, MSU sits at #18, Purdue is #17, Wisky is #9.

Yes, college hoops is a war of attrition and as the war goes on, the cream rises. MSU keeps going up up up....

AP Top 25

1. Texas (57) 17-0 1,617

2. Kentucky (8) 18-0 1,568

3. Kansas 16-1 1,457

4. Villanova 16-1 1,442

5. Syracuse 17-1 1,376

6. Michigan State 15-3 1,259

7. Duke 15-2 1,249

8. Tennessee 14-2 1,163

9. Pittsburgh 15-2 1,015

10. Kansas State 15-2 989

11. West Virginia 13-3 922

12. Georgetown 13-3 873

13. Purdue 14-3 799

14. Brigham Young 18-1 763

15. Gonzaga 14-3 748

16. Temple 15-3 581

17. Clemson 15-3 568

18. Wisconsin 14-4 542

19. Georgia Tech 13-4 380

20. Northern Iowa 16-1 252

21. Ohio State 13-5 228

22. Mississippi 13-4 211

23. Mississippi State 15-3 189

24. North Carolina 12-6 161

25. Baylor 14-2 147

Others Receiving Votes Vanderbilt 122, Connecticut 98, New Mexico 96, UAB 59, Virginia 50, Florida State 41, Butler 35, Texas A&M 28, Cornell 15, William & Mary 15, Wake Forest 13, Rhode Island 11, Marquette 10, Missouri 8, Louisiana Tech 7, Northwestern 6, Old Dominion 3, Arizona State 3, Marshall 2, Xavier 2, Harvard 1, Siena 1. Dropped From Rankings Connecticut 15, Florida State 25.

FYI - Spartan icehockey is at #10 in the USCHO poll.