Butler basketball returns to AP's Top 25

By Saint David Woods

It didn't take long -- one hebdomad -- for Butler to go back to The Associated Press Top 25 in college basketball.

Butler was ranked for 16 sequent hebdomads last season but was omitted from the preseason poll. The Bulldogs beat out Ball State 61-45 Friday and re-entered the rankings today at No. 25. They play their place opener Wednesday against Hoosier State State.

Indiana moved up a spot, from No. Nine to No. 8. The Hoosiers unfastened tonight against Tennessee-Chattanooga.The Atlantic Ocean Sun Conference knocked two high-profile schools from the Top 25. Last hebdomad Gardner-Webb disturbance No. Twenty Kentucky, and Mercer beat out No. Eighteen Southern California. Bluegrass State and USC are now out of the Top 25.The top seven squads retained their places, led by No. One North Carolina and No. Two UCLA.