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December 22, 2025 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Arizona (38)	Big 12	11-0	1428	*2
2	<	2	Michigan (19)	Big Ten	11-0	1408	*1
3	<	4	Iowa State (1)	Big 12	12-0	1320	3
4	<	5	Connecticut	Big East	12-1	1281	4
5	<	6	Purdue	Big Ten	11-1	1174	5
6	<	3	Duke	ACC	11-1	1148	6
7	<	7	Gonzaga	West Coast	12-1	1080	7
8	<	8	Houston	Big 12	11-1	1061	8
9	<	9	Michigan State	Big Ten	11-1	985	9
10	<	10	BYU	Big 12	11-1	966	10
11	<	13	Vanderbilt	SEC	12-0	810	11
12	<	12	North Carolina	ACC	11-1	806	12
13	<	15	Nebraska	Big Ten	12-0	704	13
14	<	16	Alabama	SEC	9-3	638	15
15	<	19	Texas Tech	Big 12	9-3	588	16
16	<	11	Louisville	ACC	10-2	555	14
17	<	17	Kansas	Big 12	9-3	494	17
18	<	14	Arkansas	SEC	9-3	470	18
19	<	20	Tennessee	SEC	9-3	460	20
20	<	18	Illinois	Big Ten	8-3	429	19
21	<	23	Virginia	ACC	10-1	252	21
22	<	23	Florida	SEC	8-4	215	22
23	<	25	Georgia	SEC	10-1	127	24
24	<	NR	USC	Big Ten	12-1	92	25
25	<	NR	Iowa	Big Ten	10-2	79	23
RV	<	NR	Kentucky	SEC		78	RV
RV	<	NR	Seton Hall	Big East		49	RV
RV	<	21	Auburn	SEC		39	RV
RV	<	22	St. John's	Big East		23	RV
RV	<	NR	California	ACC		19	RV
RV	<	NR	LSU	SEC		17	RV
RV	<	NR	UCLA	Big Ten		13	RV
RV	<	NR	Clemson	ACC		9	RV
RV	<	NR	Miami (OH)	MAC		6	NR
RV	<	NR	Arizona State	Big 12		5	NR
RV	<	NR	Utah State	Mountain West		5	RV
RV	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten		4	RV
RV	<	NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		4	NR
RV	<	NR	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10		3	RV
RV	<	NR	Belmont	Missouri Valley		2	NR
RV	<	NR	Baylor	Big 12		1	NR
RV	<	NR	NC State	ACC		1	NR
RV	<	NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12		1	RV
RV	<	NR	UCF	Big 12		1	NR
NR	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		0	RV
NR	<	NR	Yale	Ivy		0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	7	14.0	4871
Big 12	6	9.0	5857
SEC	6	17.8	2720
ACC	4	13.8	2761
Big East	1	4.0	1281
West Coast	1	7.0	1080

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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.
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