Indiana basketball tumbles to No. 18 in the Week 7 AP Top 25

Indiana basketball tumbles down to No. 18 in the Week 7 AP Top 25 after another double-digit domination by a top-10 opponent on Saturday.

Only three teams in the Top 25 from last week dropped more than the Hoosiers in the Week 7 rankings: Kentucky dropped six spots (No. 13 to No. 19); Maryland dropped six spots (No. 20 to unranked); Alabama dropped five spots (No. 4 to No. 9). Indiana basketball dropped four spots from No. 14 to No. 18.

The Hoosiers have continued to struggle and now they rank as the fourth-highest-ranked Big Ten, trailing No. 1 Purdue, No. 16 Illinois, and No. 17 Wisconsin. Both Ohio State and Maryland, ranked in the Week 6 polls, dropped out of the top 25 after tough losses this week.

Though unfortunately, Indiana basketball has dropped two straight games and three of their last four, two of their three losses this season have come against current top-five ranked opponents: No. 4 Kansas and No. 5 Arizona. No matter how bad we looked in those games, those losses on the road against No. 8 Kansas and in a neutral site game in Las Vegas against No. 10 Arizona won’t look bad on the tournament resume.

The Hoosiers now have a huge chance to finish out 2022 at 10-3 with games against Elon and Kennesaw State, two opponents that rank near the bottom of Division I, especially after this grueling non-conference schedule that Indiana basketball had tasked themselves with before the ever-so-brutal Big Ten conference officially begins.