The MSU men's basketball team has been ranked the No. 1 team in the nation, according to the latest AP Top 25 Poll.
MSU is followed by No. 2 Kansas and No. 3 North Carolina. Iowa State and Kentucky round out the top five.
MSU is currently 9-0 on the season with victories over a then-No. 4 Kansas team in the Champions Classic and a then-No. 24 Louisville team in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge.
It's the first time MSU has been ranked No. 1 since Dec. 2013.
However, at his weekly press conference Monday, MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo said he feels his program is at a point right now where this ranking isn't as big a deal as it once would be, and that he hopes his team can handle this type of success.