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December 1, 2025 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Purdue (40) Big Ten 7-0 1494 1
2 < 2 Arizona (6) Big 12 7-0 1442 3
3 < 7 Michigan (15) Big Ten 7-0 1417 2
4 < 4 Duke ACC 8-0 1355 4
5 < 5 Connecticut Big East 6-1 1244 5
6 < 6 Louisville ACC 7-0 1177 6
7 < 11 Michigan State Big Ten 7-0 1095 8
8 < 3 Houston Big 12 7-1 1085 7
9 < 9 BYU Big 12 6-1 1036 10
10 < 15 Iowa State Big 12 7-0 975 9
11 < 12 Gonzaga West Coast 7-1 934 11
12 < 8 Alabama SEC 5-2 868 12
13 < 17 Tennessee SEC 7-1 771 13
14 < 13 Illinois Big Ten 6-2 656 15
15 < 10 Florida SEC 5-2 567 14
16 < 16 North Carolina ACC 6-1 518 17
17 < 24 Vanderbilt SEC 8-0 474 16
18 < 19 Kentucky SEC 5-2 451 18
19 < 20 Texas Tech Big 12 6-2 386 19
20 < 21 Auburn SEC 6-2 375 24
21 < NR Kansas Big 12 6-2 339 21
22 < 25 Indiana Big Ten 7-0 312 19
23 < 14 St. John's Big East 4-3 200 22
24 < NR USC Big Ten 7-0 144 RV
25 < 22 Arkansas SEC 5-2 127 23
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 99 25
RV < 18 UCLA Big Ten 59 RV
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 52 RV
RV < NR TCU Big 12 35 RV
RV < NR Missouri SEC 28 RV
RV < NR Utah State Mountain West 16 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 15 RV
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 13 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 12 RV
RV < NR SMU ACC 12 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 10 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 7 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 6 NR
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 6 RV
RV < 23 NC State ACC 5 RV
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 3 NR
RV < NR California ACC 2 NR
RV < NR Buffalo MAC 1 NR
RV < NR Colorado Big 12 1 RV
RV < NR George Mason Atlantic 10 1 NR
NR < NR Butler Big East 0 RV
NR < NR Mississippi SEC 0 RV
NR < NR Virginia ACC 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 7 17.1 3633
Big 12 6 11.5 5263
Big Ten 6 11.8 5118
ACC 3 8.7 3050
Big East 2 14.0 1444
West Coast 1 11.0 934

Notes

  • First-place votes, W-L records, and total points are not available prior to 2001-02. If you have some of this data from a verifiable source, please contact me.
  • Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
  • Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
  • All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.