{"id":887968,"date":"2026-01-26T23:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/tomorrows-top-25-today-illinois-texas-tech-rise-after-massive-saturday-wins-over-top-10-opponents\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T23:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:12:11","slug":"tomorrows-top-25-today-illinois-texas-tech-rise-after-massive-saturday-wins-over-top-10-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/tomorrows-top-25-today-illinois-texas-tech-rise-after-massive-saturday-wins-over-top-10-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow’s Top 25 Today: Illinois, Texas Tech rise after massive Saturday wins over top-10 opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Basketball Some seismic results from Saturday’s college basketball slate will bring big changes to Monday’s AP poll<\/h2>\n
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After locking up significant victories over top-10 opponents on Saturday, look for Texas Tech<\/a> and Illinois<\/a> to rise and crack the top 10 themselves when the new AP poll is released on Monday. The Illini, who are currently No. 11, knocked off No. 4 Purdue<\/a> 88-82 on the road to pick up their most impressive victory of the season.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech, currently No. 12, edged No. 6 Houston<\/a> 90-86. It wasn’t the Red Raiders’ most impressive win — they also own a neutral-site victory over Duke<\/a> — but it was nonetheless a sterling addition to the resume.<\/p>\n

The question then becomes: what about the teams that lost? Purdue is in for a significant slide after also losing at UCLA<\/a> this past week. The Boilermakers could drop all the way outside of the top 10 for the first time this season.<\/p>\n

That may seem harsh after two narrow Quad 1 losses. But what other options do the voters have? No. 7 Nebraska<\/a>, No. 8 Gonzaga<\/a>, No. 9 Iowa State<\/a> and No. 10 Michigan State each came out of the past week unscathed, and Purdue is now a three-loss team that hasn’t added anything super impressive to its resume in recent weeks. Given what Illinois and Texas Tech accomplished — and their overall resumes — some flip-flopping is likely in order.<\/p>\n

Here’s our best guess at what Monday’s AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll will look like following this weekend’s results.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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