After dropping a showdown against one of the best teams in the country last week, the Illini checked in at No. 6 in the latest Associated Press top-25 poll on Monday.
Gonzaga, Baylor, Iowa, Michigan State and Kansas make up the top five, and Houston, Creighton, Villanova and Duke round out the rest of the top 10.
Both Kansas and Michigan State barely survived scares on their home floors. Wisconsin fell out of the top 10 with a loss at Marquette.
WEEK IN REVIEW
The Illini squared off in a top-5 matchup for the first time in over 15 years last week but came out on the losing end.