2025-26 men’s basketball polls
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.
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| # | 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. |
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Coaches |
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| # | 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. |
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| 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. |
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