Arizona and Miami (OH) remained undefeated entering this week following the release of the new AP Top 25 Poll. Only four teams’ rankings remained unchanged.
The Wildcats remain the consensus No. 1 seed for the third consecutive week. They are followed by Michigan, which moves up to No. 2 with UConn. Two teams remain in the top five in the Big Ten, with Illinois replacing Nebraska as the last team standing after losing two consecutive games last week. However, the Cornhuskers remain in the top 10, slipping only four spots.
The biggest jump in the survey came from the Fighting Illini (four spots), with Kansas, Vanderbilt and St. John’s moving up three spots in the rankings. Miami (OH) moved up one spot, while fellow mid-major St. Louis moved up two spots.
Arkansas ranked last in the survey, falling six places. Alabama dropped out entirely, clearing the way for Tennessee to re-enter the top 25. Other teams falling down in the rankings include Louisville and the aforementioned Cornhuskers (four spots), as well as BYU and Michigan State (three).
Below are the complete Top 25 rankings, including what’s next for each team this week.
Eastern all the time. All statistics are courtesy of ESPN Research unless otherwise noted.
Previous surveys: pre season | week 1 | week 2 | week 3 | week 4 | week 5 | week 6 | week 7 | week 9 | week 10 | week 11 | week 12
Previous ranking: 1
2025-26 records: 22-0
Statistics to know: Arizona is off to its best start in school history. Its 22–0 record also tied for the longest winning streak in school history (22 consecutive from 1914–17). The Wildcats are also tied with 1996–97 Kansas for the best start in Big 12 history.
What will happen next: Saturday vs. Oklahoma State, 4 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 3
2025-26 records: 20-1
Statistics to know: Michigan is 5-0 against ranked teams this season – with four of those wins coming by double digits.
What will happen next: Thursday vs. Penn State, 6:30 p.m., FS1
Previous ranking: 2
2025-26 records: 21-1
Statistics to know: UConn improves to 11–0 in conference play for the first time since the 1998–99 NCAA title run (the Huskies also started 11–0 before losing their 12th conference game). UConn is on a 17-game winning streak, its longest single-season winning streak since winning 19 consecutive games in 1998–99.
What will happen next: Tuesday vs. Xavier, 7 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN
Previous ranking: 4
2025-26 records: 20-1
Statistics to know: Duke is 20–1, the fewest games needed to reach 20 wins since the 2007–08 season (when it started 20–1).
What will happen next: Tuesday vs. Boston College, 7 pm, ACCN
Previous ranking: 9
2025-26 records: 19-3
Statistics to know: Keaton Wagler is the first player in AP Poll history to score 25 or more points in multiple road wins against top-five opponents this season (he had 46 points in a road win over Purdue last week, and 28 points over the weekend against Nebraska).
What will happen next: Wednesday vs Northwestern, 9 PM, BTN
Previous ranking: 6
2025-26 records: 22-1
Statistics to know: The Zags have won 39 consecutive games by blowing a lead of 10 or more points (their last loss was on December 7, 2024 against Kentucky after blowing an 18-point lead). Over the past eight seasons, Gonzaga has blown leads by 10 or more points in 220 games (entering tonight) and lost only four of them.
What will happen next: Wednesday at Portland, 10 p.m., ESPN+
Previous ranking: 8
2025-26 records: 20-2
Statistics to know: Iowa State has scored 95 or more points in consecutive conference games for the first time since January 1990.
What will happen next: Saturday vs. Baylor, 2 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 10
2025-26 records: 19-2
Statistics to know: Houston has posted 16 consecutive home wins, the longest active winning streak in the Big 12. The Cougars are 49-1 in their last 50 home games.
What will happen next: Wednesday vs. UCF, 7 p.m., FS1
Previous ranking: 5
2025-26 records: 20-2
Statistics to know: The Cornhuskers are the eighth program in AP poll history to lose their first two games played as a top-five team. The only other team to do so in the last 40 years was Butler in 2019–20.
What will happen next: Saturday, Rutgers, 12 p.m., BTN
Previous ranking: 7
2025-26 records: 19-3
Statistics to know: Michigan State has lost 10 consecutive games to an AP top-five team. It hasn’t won one of those games since then, after defeating then-No. 4 Kentucky in double-overtime in November 2022.
What will happen next: Wednesday, Minnesota, 7pm, BTN
Previous ranking: 14
2025-26 records: 16-5
Statistics to know: This marked the first time since 2008–09 that Kansas’s first five-plus game winning streak of the season came in or after January (or never came at all).
What will happen next: Monday at Texas Tech, 9 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 12
2025-26 records: 18-4
Statistics to know: Braden Smith has 954 career assists, passing Greg Anthony (10th at 952) and passing Aaron Miles for ninth on the DI all-time assists list.
What will happen next: Saturday vs. Oregon, 1 p.m., CBS
Previous ranking: 11
2025-26 records: 16-5
Statistics to know: JT Toppin is up to 16 25-point games at Texas Tech, second only to Jarius Jackson (17) in the last 20 seasons. He has played 21 games at Texas Tech with 20 points and 10 rebounds – the fourth-most games in Big 12 history, behind Ralph LaFrentz (27), Blake Griffin (26) and Michael Beasley (23).
What will happen next: Monday vs. Kansas, 9 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 16
2025-26 records: 17-4
Statistics to know: Caleb Wilson now has 15 games with 20 points this season, tying him with Tyler Hansbrough in 2005–06 (14) for most such games by a freshman in North Carolina history.
What will happen next: Monday vs. Syracuse, 7 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 18
2025-26 records: 19-3
Statistics to know: Vanderbilt is 17-0 when holding opponents to fewer than 80 points this season (2-3 when allowing 80 or more).
What will happen next: Saturday vs. Oklahoma, 3:30 PM, SEC Network
Previous ranking: 13
2025-26 records: 17-4
Statistics to know: AJ DiBantsa is averaging 19.4 points on 39% FG against AP-ranked teams. He is averaging 24.5 points on 57% FG against unranked teams. BYU is 1-4 against AP-ranked teams and 16-0 against unranked teams so far this season.
What will happen next: Wednesday at Oklahoma State, 9 p.m., FS1
Previous ranking: 19
2025-26 records: 16-6
Statistics to know: Florida defeated Alabama 72-26 in the paint on Sunday, the most paint points by an SEC team in a conference game in the last 20 seasons. The Gators also had only two turnovers (their fewest in any game in the last 30 seasons).
What will happen next: Wednesday, South Carolina, 9 p.m., SEC Network
Previous ranking: 17
2025-26 records: 18-3
Statistics to know: Virginia is on a five-game winning streak, its longest in the last five seasons.
What will happen next: Tuesday vs. Pitt, 9 p.m., ACCN
Previous ranking: 21
2025-26 records: 21-1
Statistics to know: St. Louis has seven 100-point games this season, tied for the most in Division I with Georgia, Miami (OH) and Michigan. This is the most games played in a season in Atlantic 10 history, breaking a tie with 1987–88 Rhode Island. The Billikens had never before had more than three 100-point games in a season.
What will happen next: Tuesday, Davidson, 9 p.m., CBSSN
Previous ranking: 22
2025-26 records: 18-4
Statistics to know: Clemson has held an opponent to 16 points in the first half for only the second time this season (Saturday against Pitt, the season opener against New Hampshire). The Tigers had done so only once in the previous four seasons.
What will happen next: Wednesday at Stanford, 10 p.m., ACCN
Previous ranking: 15
2025-26 records: 16-6
Statistics to know: Darius Acuff Jr. has 13 20-point games this season, tied for third among DI freshmen with Duke’s Cameron Boozer, behind North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson (15) and BYU’s AJ DiBuntsa (14).
What will happen next: at Mississippi State Saturday, 12 p.m., ESPN2
Previous ranking: 25
2025-26 records: 16-5
Statistics to know: St. John’s is on a seven-match winning streak.
What will happen next: Tuesday, DePaul, 8 p.m., Peacock
Previous ranking: 24
2025-26 records: 22-0
Statistics to know: Miami (OH) is riding its longest winning streak in program history and MAC history.
What will happen next: Tuesday at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m., ESPN+
Previous ranking: 20
2025-26 records: 15-6
Statistics to know: Louisville leads the ACC in games with at least 3 (16) 10 times. It is also tied for the second-most such games in Division I.
What will happen next: Wednesday vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Previous ranking: uncategorized
2025-26 records: 15-6
Statistics to know: Tennessee leads Division I in the number of games with a plus-15 rebound differential (11).
What will happen next: Tuesday vs. Ole Miss, 7 p.m., ESPN2
