Sports betting online continued to see Ohio State rise in the AP college basketball poll. If you are looking for a team that could surprise Kansas or Kentucky in college basketball sportsbetting you might want to take a look at Ohio State.
Sports betting online had the Buckeyes jumping up four spots from 13th to 9th in the AP poll. The Buckeyes still have to deal with Purdue in sports betting online as the Boilermakers are up to #4, Michigan State who is 11th and Wisconsin who is 14th. Ohio State has simply been a different team since Evan Turner returned from injury. The Buckeyes now look like a team that can make a serious run in March.
The top team for the third week in a row in the AP poll is Kansas. They are followed by Kentucky and Villanova. Syracuse dropped to #5 in the AP poll after losing to Louisville in sports betting on Sunday. Kansas is still the class of college basketball. They have won 10 straight since their only loss of the season which was at Tennessee. The Jayhawks got 62 first-place votes. Kentucky got the other three first-place votes as sports betting online indicated. Villanova moved up to third while Purdue is fourth and Syracuse fifth. The rest of the Top 10 is Duke, Kansas State, West Virginia, Ohio State and Georgetown.
Sportsbetting has Michigan State starting the second ten followed by New Mexico, Gonzaga, Wisconsin and Texas. BYU is 16th and they are followed by Vanderbilt, Butler, Pittsburgh and Tennessee. Pitt was a big mover as they went from 25th to 19th while Tennessee dropped eight spots after losing twice. Temple is 21st while Baylor is next followed by Wake Forest, Texas A&M and Richmond.
The newcomers this week are Wake Forest, A&M and Richmond. Northern Iowa, Georgia Tech and UNLV dropped out of the poll. Sports betting online had it being the first time since 1986 that Richmond has been ranked.
This is a good week of matchups between ranked teams in sports betting online. Monday had Kansas going to Texas A&M. Ohio State hosts Purdue in a huge game on Wednesday in sportsbetting. Sunday Ohio State is at Michigan State. Thursday it is Syracuse and Georgetown while Saturday it is Kentucky and Vanderbilt in the SEC. Sunday it will be Pittsburgh hosting Villanova in sports betting online.