Iowa State moved up one spot to No. 2 in this week’s Associated Press men’s basketball rankings. It is the highest the Cyclones have ever been ranked. They were No. 3 for a week in 1957, and were third in the previous five AP polls.

Cooper Flagg could be the first freshman to win the Naismith Award since 2019 when fellow Duke player Zion Williamson won the award. The list of freshmen winners is small, with Kentucky’s Anthony Davis (2012) and Texas' Kevin Durant (2007) also winning the award.

For the first time in program history, the Iowa State men's basketball team is ranked No. 2 in the AP Top 25 poll. The Cyclones first reached the AP's top 3 in the Dec. 9 rankings by claiming the No.

Here is a look at this week’s High School on SI Top 15 Iowa high school boys basketball power rankings for the week of Jan. 13. To be eligible, you must be ranked in the Top 5 of the class rankings: 1.