The ‘Cats are ranked. In fact, all of the ‘Cats are ranked. With men’s basketball entering the AP Top 25 rankings at 19th for the first time since it was ranked 20th in November 2017, all three active Northwestern teams are simultaneously ranked in their respective top 25 polls for the first time ever.
NU (6-1, 3-0 Big Ten) won three conference games last week, two of them ranked to get off to its best Big Ten start since the 1967-68 season. The Wildcats’ next test comes Tuesday night in Iowa City against the No. 10 Hawkeyes (7-2, 1-1).