BLOG: And the rankings say…

AMES — Following an impressive week that featured two critical road victories at Oklahoma State and Texas, the Iowa State (20-6, 10-4) men’s basketball team moved up two spots to No. 12 in the AP Top 25 on Monday morning. 

Notably, Wednesday night’s opponent, the Baylor Bears (20-7, 8-6), will be the 19th ranked team in America when the teams lock up in Hilton Coliseum at 8 p.m. (ESPNU). 

Five Big 12 teams are ranked this week (Kansas at 8, Iowa State at 12, Oklahoma at 16, Baylor at 19 and West Virginia at 20) while Oklahoma State and Texas are still receiving votes. 

Elsewhere…

*** The Cyclones moved up one spot to 13th in this week’s USA Today Top 25

*** Gary Parrish of CBShas Iowa State ranked 12th in his top 25 (plus one) column. 

*** ESPN "Bracketologist" Joe Lunardi has Iowa State as a 3-seed (vs. Sam Houston State) in Louisville as of Monday morning. Lunardi has seven Big 12 teams dancing in March. 

*** Meanwhile, CBS "Bracketologist" Jerry Palm has Iowa State tabbed as a 3-seed in Omaha (vs. UC Davis). 

*** Iowa State has cracked the top 10 in the RPI. The two road wins boosted the Cyclones to No. 9 as of Monday morning. Take a look here…

*** The Cyclones are currently ranked 16th in ESPN’s BPI. 

Chris Williams

Chris was hired as Cyclone Fanatic’s publisher in the fall of 2009. He is Iowa State football's postgame show host on the Cyclone Radio Network and can be heard daily from 4-7 on Des Moines' top-rated sports station, 1460 KXnO. Williams, a 2007 graduate of Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism, is the former publisher of the old CycloneNation.com (Scout.com). He has also written for the Des Moines Register, the Ames Tribune, CycloneReport.com and is the former sports director at KMA Radio. When Williams isn’t working, you can usually find him doing something outdoors with his wife Ashley, daughter Camryn, and Golden Retriever Dierks. He enjoys golfing, boating, country music, the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Braves and is passionate about any and all motor sports so finding Williams at a local dirt track is very common.

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