With wins over both Oklahoma State and Missouri in the past week, Iowa State rose to No. 20 in the AP Men’s Basketball Poll on Monday.
The Cyclones are one of five teams from the Big 12 ranked in the top 25, along with TCU which received votes this week.
Iowa State will play a pair of games with top 25 teams this week against No. 10 Kansas in Ames on Tuesday night and on the road against No. 23 Texas over the weekend.
Other ranked Big 12 teams came in No. 10 Baylor and No. 14 Texas Tech.
AP Men’s Basketball Poll
Monday, January 31
1. Auburn
2. Gonzaga
3. UCLA
4. Purdue
5. Kentucky
6. Houston
7. Arizona
8. Baylor
9. Duke
10. Kansas
11. Wisconsin
12. Villanova
13. Michigan State
14. Texas Tech
15. Providence
16. Ohio State
17. UConn
18. Illinois
19. USC
20. Iowa State
21. Xavier
22. Tennessee
23. Texas
24. Marquette
25. LSU
Others receiving votes: Alabama 97, Murray State 42, Saint Mary’s 32, Boise State 32, Miami (FL) 29, Indiana 22, Davidson 10, Arkansas 7, Iowa 6, Iona 6, TCU 4, Notre Dame 4, Loyola Chicago 4, Colorado State 3, Toledo 1
