Iowa State cracks the top 10; receives major love in Bracketology

AMES — The 13-0 Iowa State Cyclones have cracked college basketball’s top 10 in both of America’s major polls.

After defeating Texas Tech 72-69 on Saturday, Iowa State moved up four spots in the AP Top 25 to No. 9. In the USA TODAY Coaches Poll, Iowa State jumped five spots, from 12th to seventh. 

The ranking sets up a battle of top 10 foes for Tuesday night’s 6 o’clock tip vs. Baylor (12-1) in Hilton Coliseum. Scott Drew’s Bears are ranked seventh in the AP Top 25 and ninth in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll. 

After Tuesday’s tussle, Iowa State is schedule to travel to Oklahoma on Saturday at 11 a.m.

ELSEWHERE…

A few other notable nuggets…

*** NBC Sports still isn’t impressed, and has Iowa State ranked 18th in its poll. 

*** Gary Parrish of CBS Sports has Iowa State ninth in his weekly poll. 

*** CBS "bracketologist" Jerry Palm currently has Iowa State listed as a 2-seed.

*** Iowa State currently sits at No. 2 in the RPI.  

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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