The 2024-25 regular season is over, and the AP Top 25 poll looks very different from the preseason edition. Then, Kansas was the preseason No. 1, and back-to-back reigning champion UConn was No. 3. Duke and Auburn were Nos. 7 and 11, respectively, while North Carolina and Baylor, both national title-winners of the past decade, were represented in the top 10.
With two more AP Top 25 polls to go (after Selection Sunday and after the national title game on April 7), Kansas, UConn, UNC and Baylor are all nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile, this week Duke has ended Auburn's run at the top of the poll as the Tigers drop to No. 3 following two straight losses. Duke is No. 1 and Houston is No. 2. Florida and Alabama round out the top 5, with previous top-5 program Tennessee falling to No. 8.
The big risers include Texas A&M (No. 22 to No. 14), BYU (No. 23 to No. 17) and Kentucky (No. 19 to No. 15). The biggest fallers include Wisconsin (No. 12 to No. 18), Missouri (No. 15 to No. 21), Michigan (No. 17 to No. 22) and Marquette (No. 20 to No. 25). Oregon and Illinois are new entries this week.
Below is the full AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the 2024-25 season.
Previous polls: Preseason | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17
Stats courtesy of ESPN Research and The Associated Press.
*All times Eastern
Previous ranking: 2
2024-25 record: 28-3
Stat to know: Cooper Flagg finishes the regular season with 10 games of 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists — the most such games by any Duke player since Grant Hill back in 1993-94. That was Hill's senior year. He's also the fourth freshman in the past 25 seasons
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