12/22 Men’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
December 23, 2013 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
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Arizona | Arizona is now just one game away from a perfect November and December. In January Pac-12 play begins. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Syracuse | Syracuse is 11-0 heading into what should be an interesting contest against Villanova on Saturday afternoon. | 3 |
| 3 |  |
Ohio State | The Buckeyes somehow survived in a thriller against Notre Dame. Next up is Louisiana-Monroe. | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Michigan State | Adreian Payne dropped 33 points on Texas as the Spartans beat the Longhorns 92-78. | 5 |
| 5 |  |
Louisville | Louisville added wins over Missouri State and FIU last week. Saturday’s trip to Lexington will be more interesting. | 6 |
| 6 |  |
Wisconsin | The Badgers wrap up non-conference play on Saturday at home against Prairie View A&M. | 7 |
| 7 |  |
Duke | Duke handled UCLA without too much trouble thanks to 23 points and 10 rebounds by Jabari Parker. | 8 |
| 8 |  |
Oklahoma State | Markel Brown led Oklahoma State with 23 points and 11 rebounds against a very good Colorado team. | 10 |
| 9 |  |
Oregon | Thanks to 31 points from Jason Calliste, Oregon managed to beat BYU 100-96 in overtime. | 11 |
| 10 |  |
Connecticut | Following a mid-week loss to Stanford, the Huskies came back to beat Washington 82-70 on Sunday. | 2 |
| 11 |  |
Florida | The Gators managed to make it through their tough stretch of games with just one loss to Connecticut. | 14 |
| 12 |  |
Wichita State | The Shockers got a nice win at Alabama, but have a tricky game against Davidson coming up on Sunday. | 12 |
| 13 |  |
Villanova | Villanova travels to the Carrier Dome this week to attempt to get another huge win before conference play. | 15 |
| 14 |  |
Kentucky | Julius Randle tallied 29 points and 10 rebounds as Kentucky beat Belmont 92-80. Louisville is up next. | 16 |
| 15 |  |
Iowa State | Iowa State got off to a good start in the Diamond Head Classic by beating George Mason 79-67. | 17 |
| 16 |  |
Baylor | It took overtime for the Bears to beat Northwestern State. This week they stay at home to play Oral Roberts. | 18 |
| 17 |  |
North Carolina | After losing to Texas, it took overtime before North Carolina could pull away from Davidson. | 13 |
| 18 |  |
Kansas | Kansas beat up on Georgetown 86-64 Saturday. They have this week off but face Toledo and San Diego State next. | 21 |
| 19 |  |
Gonzaga | Gonzaga fell to Kansas State on Saturday and begin conference play against Santa Clara on Saturday. | 9 |
| 20 |  |
Colorado | The Buffaloes lost their first game since the season opener, but a loss to Oklahoma State is not bad at all. | 19 |
| 21 |  |
San Diego State | San Diego State added a couple easy wins to the tally last week. They’ll add one more this week. | 23 |
| 22 |  |
Memphis | Memphis hung in there in a 77-75 loss to Florida. They should be able to compete for an American title. | 22 |
| 23 |  |
Massachusetts | The Minutemen’s offense was finally stifled by Florida State’s tough defense. A 10-0 start was nice though. | 20 |
| 24 |  |
Iowa | Iowa cruised to an easy victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. They were up 52-15 at the break. | NR |
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Michigan | The Wolverines do have four losses on the year, but they did beat a Stanford squad that just knocked off UConn. | NR |
