Below are the final AP and coaches polls for 2025-26 NCAA men’s basketball. (First-place votes in parentheses.) Nebraska rose as high as No. 5 during the season and finished No. 14 — after being projected for a 14th-place finish in the Big Ten Conference.

 

Associated Press

# Team W-L Pts
1 Michigan (57) 37-3 1,425
2 UConn 34-6 1,352
3 Arizona 36-3 1,311
4 Duke 35-3 1,237
5 Illinois 28-9 1,228
6 Purdue 30-9 1,113
7 Houston 30-7 1,021
8 Iowa State 29-8 924
9 Florida 27-8 909
10 St. John’s 30-7 891
11 Mich. St. 27-8 865
12 Tennessee 25-12 756
13 Arkansas 28-9 716
14 Nebraska 28-7 696
15 Iowa 24-13 620
16 Alabama 25-10 617
17 Virginia 30-6 530
18 Gonzaga 31-4 459
19 Vanderbilt 27-9 445
20 Kansas 24-11 330
21 Texas Tech 23-11 244
22 Texas 21-15 216
23 Louisville 24-11 150
24 Miami 26-9 89
25 Wisconsin 24-11 70
 
Others receiving votes:

UCLA (51) 24-12; Saint Louis (51) 29-6; Utah State (45) 29-7; High Point (37) 31-5; VCU (29) 28-8; Miami (Ohio) (26) 32-2; BYU (15) 23-12; North Carolina (14) 24-9; Kentucky (14) 22-14; TCU (9) 23-12; Saint Mary’s (7) 27-6; Texas A&M (7) 22-12; Akron (3) 29-6; Ohio State (2) 21-13; Auburn (1) 22-16.

Coaches

# Team W-L Pts Prev Hi/Lo
1 Michigan (31) 37-3 775 3 1/7
2 UConn 34-6 737 7 2/7
3 Arizona 36-3 713 2 1/13
4 Duke 35-3 668 1 1/6
5 Illinois 28-9 654 12 5/19
6 Houston 30-7 586 5 2/8
7 Purdue 30-9 562 13 1/18
8 Iowa State 29-8 520 6 2/18
9 Florida 27-8 497 4 3/NR
10 St. John’s 30-7 491 9 6/NR
11 Mich. State 27-8 465 11 8/21
12 Tennessee 25-12 390 25 12/NR
13 Arkansas 28-9 387 15 13/23
14 Nebraska 28-7 369 14 5/NR
15 Virginia 30-6 294 8 8/NR
16 Alabama 25-10 292 18 9/NR
17 Vanderbilt 27-9 289 16 8/NR
18 Gonzaga 31-4 286 10 5/20
19 Iowa 24-13 277 NR 19/NR
20 Kansas 24-11 219 17 9/NR
21 Texas Tech 23-11 168 19 10/21
22 Miami (FL) 26-9 94 23 22/NR
23 Louisville 24-11 70 24 5/NR
24 Texas 21-15 55 NR 24/NR
25 Wisconsin 24-11 42 20 20/NR
 
Dropped out:

No. 21 North Carolina; No. 22 Saint Mary’s.
 
Others receiving votes:
Utah State 37; Saint Louis 30; UCLA 28; North Carolina 28; Saint Mary’s 16; Miami (OH) 9; BYU 8; High Point 7; Villanova 4; UCF 3; Kentucky 3; VCU 2.