AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll

Rankings

Released October 16
Rank
Team
Trend
This Week
Points
1
Kansas (0-0) Big 12
3
@ Houston
03/09 4:00 PM EST
1548 (46)
2
Duke (0-0) Atlantic Coast
10
vs. North Carolina
03/09 6:30 PM EST
1466 (11)
3
Purdue (0-0) Big Ten
-
vs. Wisconsin
03/10 12:30 PM EDT
1436 (3)
4
Michigan State (0-0) Big Ten
-
@ Indiana
03/10 4:40 PM EDT
1346 (1)
5
Marquette (0-0) Big East
1
@ Xavier
03/09 5:00 PM EST
1283 (0)
6
UConn (0-0) Big East
4
@ Providence
03/09 8:00 PM EST
1243 (2)
7
Houston (0-0) Big 12
-5
vs. Kansas
03/09 4:00 PM EST
1117 (0)
8
Creighton (0-0) Big East
-
@ Villanova
03/09 2:30 PM EST
1099 (0)
9
Tennessee (0-0) Southeastern
11
vs. Kentucky
03/09 4:15 PM EST
1032 (0)
10
Florida Atlantic (0-0) American Athletic
15
vs. Memphis
03/09 12:00 PM EST
1011 (0)
11
Gonzaga (0-0) West Coast
-2
@ Saint Mary's
03/02 10:00 PM EST
830 (0)
12
Arizona (0-0) Pacific 12
-4
@ USC
03/09 10:00 PM EST
776 (0)
13
Miami (FL) (0-0) Atlantic Coast
3
@ Florida State
03/09 4:00 PM EST
750 (0)
14
Arkansas (0-0) Southeastern
-
@ Alabama
03/09 12:00 PM EST
685 (0)
15
Texas A&M (0-0) Southeastern
2
@ Ole Miss
03/09 2:12 PM EST
597 (0)
16
Kentucky (0-0) Southeastern
-
@ Tennessee
03/09 4:15 PM EST
530 (0)
17
San Diego State (0-0) Mountain West
1
vs. Boise State
03/08 10:00 PM EST
529 (0)
18
Texas (0-0) Big 12
-13
vs. Oklahoma
03/09 2:00 PM EST
493 (0)
19
North Carolina (0-0) Atlantic Coast
-
@ Duke
03/09 6:30 PM EST
474 (0)
20
Baylor (0-0) Big 12
-9
@ Texas Tech
03/09 6:00 PM EST
431 (0)
21
USC (0-0) Pacific 12
-
vs. Arizona
03/09 10:00 PM EST
427 (0)
22
Villanova (0-0) Big East
-
vs. Creighton
03/09 2:30 PM EST
395 (0)
23
Saint Mary's (0-0) West Coast
-4
vs. Gonzaga
03/02 10:00 PM EST
335 (0)
24
Alabama (0-0) Southeastern
-23
vs. Arkansas
03/09 12:00 PM EST
163 (0)
25
Illinois (0-0) Big Ten
-
@ Iowa
03/10 7:00 PM EDT
104 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Wisconsin 53, Colorado 49, UCLA 47, St. John's 47, Maryland 34, Virginia 27, Auburn 27, TCU 24, Mississippi St. 20, Kansas St 13, Xavier 8, Memphis 7, Missouri 6, Boise St. 4, Indiana 3, Florida 2, Coll of Charleston 2, New Mexico 1, Drake 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.
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