The Loyola men’s basketball team (13-2, 3-0) was ranked No. 22 in the nation in the AP Top 25 Poll for the first time in the 2021-2022 season Jan. 17. This ranking comes after weeks of Loyola receiving votes but not breaking the official list.
Loyola received just one vote in the second poll of the season released Nov. 15, but the votes kept coming in for the Ramblers until they received 96 votes to take an unofficial No. 27 in the Jan. 10 poll. Nine weeks later, the Ramblers received 193 votes to grab their spot in the Top 25.