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December 15, 2025 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Arizona (42) Big 12 9-0 1500 *2
2 < 2 Michigan (15) Big Ten 10-0 1470 *1
3 < 3 Duke (3) ACC 10-0 1406 *3
4 < 4 Iowa State (1) Big 12 11-0 1336 4
5 < 5 Connecticut Big East 10-1 1286 5
6 < 6 Purdue Big Ten 10-1 1195 6
7 < 8 Gonzaga West Coast 10-1 1109 7
8 < 7 Houston Big 12 10-1 1079 8
9 < 9 Michigan State Big Ten 9-1 1037 9
10 < 10 BYU Big 12 9-1 1017 10
11 < 11 Louisville ACC 9-1 921 11
12 < 14 North Carolina ACC 9-1 794 13
13 < 15 Vanderbilt SEC 10-0 766 12
14 < 17 Arkansas SEC 8-2 726 14
15 < 23 Nebraska Big Ten 11-0 655 15
16 < 12 Alabama SEC 7-3 644 16
17 < 19 Kansas Big 12 8-3 502 17
18 < 13 Illinois Big Ten 8-3 483 18
19 < 16 Texas Tech Big 12 7-3 314 19
20 < 20 Tennessee SEC 7-3 286 23
21 < 21 Auburn SEC 8-3 283 24
22 < 22 St. John's Big East 6-3 250 20
23 < 18 Florida SEC 6-4 200 21
23 < 24 Virginia ACC 9-1 200 22
25 < NR Georgia SEC 9-1 82 RV
RV < NR USC Big Ten 68 RV
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 47 25
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 46 RV
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 19 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 19 RV
RV < 25 UCLA Big Ten 16 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 14 RV
RV < NR California ACC 13 NR
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 12 RV
RV < NR Arizona State Big 12 5 NR
RV < NR Villanova Big East 5 NR
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 4 NR
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 4 NR
RV < NR Miami (OH) MAC 4 NR
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 4 NR
RV < NR Utah State Mountain West 2 RV
RV < NR Saint Louis Atlantic 10 1 RV
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 1 RV
NR < NR Colorado Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR Missouri SEC 0 RV
NR < NR NC State ACC 0 RV
NR < NR Ohio State Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR SMU ACC 0 RV
NR < NR Virginia Tech ACC 0 RV
NR < NR Yale Ivy 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 7 18.9 2987
Big 12 6 9.8 5748
Big Ten 5 10.0 4840
ACC 4 12.3 3321
Big East 2 13.5 1536
West Coast 1 7.0 1109

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.