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December 8, 2025 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Arizona (33) Big 12 8-0 1461 2
2 < 3 Michigan (19) Big Ten 8-0 1440 1
3 < 4 Duke (7) ACC 10-0 1400 3
4 < 10 Iowa State (1) Big 12 9-0 1304 4
5 < 5 Connecticut Big East 8-1 1263 5
6 < 1 Purdue Big Ten 8-1 1173 6
7 < 8 Houston Big 12 8-1 1064 8
8 < 11 Gonzaga West Coast 9-1 1054 7
9 < 7 Michigan State Big Ten 8-1 1017 9
10 < 9 BYU Big 12 7-1 1007 10
11 < 6 Louisville ACC 8-1 877 11
12 < 12 Alabama SEC 7-2 854 12
13 < 14 Illinois Big Ten 7-2 771 13
14 < 16 North Carolina ACC 8-1 724 15
15 < 17 Vanderbilt SEC 9-0 686 14
16 < 19 Texas Tech Big 12 7-2 508 16
17 < 25 Arkansas SEC 7-2 488 17
18 < 15 Florida SEC 5-3 422 18
19 < 21 Kansas Big 12 7-3 380 19
20 < 13 Tennessee SEC 7-3 286 20
21 < 20 Auburn SEC 7-3 264 24
22 < 23 St. John's Big East 5-3 254 21
23 < NR Nebraska Big Ten 9-0 180 22
24 < NR Virginia ACC 8-1 130 25
25 < NR UCLA Big Ten 7-2 79 RV
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 60 23
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 54 RV
RV < 24 USC Big Ten 50 RV
RV < NR Georgia SEC 49 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 38 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 31 RV
RV < 18 Kentucky SEC 29 RV
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 24 RV
RV < 22 Indiana Big Ten 18 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 14 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 14 RV
RV < NR Villanova Big East 9 NR
RV < NR California ACC 6 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 4 RV
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 4 NR
RV < NR SMU ACC 3 RV
RV < NR Arizona State Big 12 2 NR
RV < NR Miami (OH) MAC 2 NR
RV < NR TCU Big 12 2 NR
RV < NR St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 1 NR
NR < NR Baylor Big 12 0 NR
NR < NR Missouri SEC 0 NR
NR < NR Ohio State Big Ten 0 NR
NR < NR Utah State Mountain West 0 NR
NR < NR Yale Ivy 0 NR

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 9.5 5724
Big Ten 6 13.0 4660
SEC 6 17.2 3000
ACC 4 13.0 3131
Big East 2 13.5 1517
West Coast 1 8.0 1054

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.