Is Maryland basketball set to enter the top 10 for the first time in more than a decade?

Depending on how the voters weigh losses by a couple of teams ahead of them, the Terps (14-1), ranked No. 12 in the AP Poll last week, could garner their first top-ten ranking in nearly 12 years when this week's poll is released Monday. While Maryland recorded another undefeated week with wins over Michigan State and Minnesota, No. 6 Villanova (13-1) lost in overtime at unranked Seton Hall and No. 9 Iowa State lost to unranked South Carolina.

Maryland is sure to pass Iowa State, which the Terps beat by nine in late November, but it may be a 50-50 bet as to whether they'll pass Villanova. Eighth-ranked Arizona is the only top 10 team in play tonight, against Arizona State (8-5). It's also possible that even if only one top-10 team falls past them, the Terps could inch their way past Texas, which had 34 points more than them last week.

Maryland last was ranked in the top 10 on Feb. 4, 2003, when the Terps were ranked eighth.