Purdue ascends to No. 1 ranking for third-straight year
The Nov. 27 AP poll released Monday has Purdue on top of its poll. It is the third straight year the Boilermakers have been ranked No. 1 following a successful November run. During the last three seasons, Purdue has started 8-0 (2021-22), 13-0 (2022-23) and now 6-0 (2023-24).
The Boilermakers received 60 of the 61 first-place votes to outdistance No. 2-ranked Arizona by 105 points. Marquette, UConn and Kansas round out the top five. Purdue and Illinois (#24) are the only Big Ten teams ranked.
It is the first time in Big Ten history that a conference team has been ranked No. 1 in three consecutive seasons. The Boilermakers are just one of nine schools (UCLA, Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, Gonzaga, Virginia, North Carolina, Villanova) to have been ranked No. 1 in three straight seasons.
Purdue received the school’s first No. 1 ranking on Dec. 6, 2021, a position it held for one week during the 2021-22 season. A year ago, the Boilermakers were ranked No. 1 for seven weeks.
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Purdue has been ranked No. 1 for nine weeks in the past three seasons, tied with Gonzaga for the most in the country from 2021-23.
According to Purduesports.com, Purdue became the second team in the last 15 years to defeat three top-15 teams on three consecutive days when it won the Maui Invitational last week (No. 11 Gonzaga, No. 7 Tennessee, No. 4 Marquette).
Purdue hosts Texas Southern on Tuesday night in Mackey Arena at 8:30 p.m. ET, before traveling to Northwestern on Friday for the Big Ten opener at 9 p.m. ET, in Evanston, Ill.
