AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll

Rankings

Released December 18
Rank
Team
Trend
This Week
Points
1
Purdue (10-1) Big Ten
2
vs. Jacksonville
12/21 6:30 PM EST
1534 (48)
2
Kansas (10-1) Big 12
-
vs. Yale
12/22 8:00 PM EST
1457 (6)
3
Houston (11-0) Big 12
1
vs. Texas State
12/21 8:00 PM EST
1394 (8)
4
Arizona (8-1) Pacific 12
-3
vs. Alabama
12/20 11:00 PM EST
1372 (0)
5
UConn (10-1) Big East
-
vs. St. John's
12/23 8:00 PM EST
1367 (0)
6
Marquette (9-2) Big East
1
vs. Georgetown
12/22 7:00 PM EST
1235 (0)
7
Oklahoma (10-0) Big 12
4
vs. Central Arkansas
12/28 7:00 PM EST
1062 (0)
8
Tennessee (8-3) Southeastern
4
vs. Tarleton State
12/21 6:30 PM EST
983 (0)
9
Kentucky (8-2) Southeastern
5
@ Louisville
12/21 6:00 PM EST
981 (0)
10
Baylor (9-1) Big 12
-4
vs. Mississippi Valley State
12/22 7:00 PM EST
896 (0)
11
North Carolina (7-3) Atlantic Coast
-2
vs. Charleston Southern
12/29 8:00 PM EST
773 (0)
12
Creighton (9-2) Big East
-4
@ Marquette
12/30 2:00 PM EST
734 (0)
13
Illinois (8-2) Big Ten
3
@ Missouri
12/22 9:00 PM EST
727 (0)
14
Florida Atlantic (9-2) American Athletic
1
@ Arizona
12/23 3:00 PM EST
716 (0)
15
Gonzaga (8-3) West Coast
-5
vs. San Diego State
12/29 9:00 PM EST
642 (0)
16
Colorado State (10-1) Mountain West
1
@ Loyola Marymount
12/22 10:00 PM EST
588 (0)
17
BYU (10-1) Big 12
1
vs. Bellarmine
12/22 9:00 PM EST
569 (0)
18
Clemson (9-1) Atlantic Coast
-5
vs. Queens University
12/22 6:00 PM EST
501 (0)
19
Texas (8-2) Big 12
-
vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
12/22 3:00 PM EST
449 (0)
20
James Madison (10-0) Sun Belt
-
@ Morgan State
12/22 1:00 PM EST
442 (0)
21
Duke (7-3) Atlantic Coast
-
vs. Queens University
12/30 2:00 PM EST
311 (0)
22
Virginia (9-1) Atlantic Coast
-
vs. Morgan State
12/27 7:00 PM EST
287 (0)
23
Memphis (8-2) American Athletic
-
vs. Vanderbilt
12/23 4:00 PM EST
274 (0)
24
Wisconsin (8-3) Big Ten
-1
vs. Chicago State
12/22 8:00 PM EST
269 (0)
25
Ole Miss (10-0) Southeastern
-
@ Southern Miss
12/23 2:00 PM EST
180 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Miami 97, Auburn 87, Colorado 84, Utah 37, Iowa St. 24, Ohio St. 12, Michigan St. 10, TCU 10, Texas A&M 9, San Diego St. 8, Northwestern 5, Providence 5, Alabama 3, Dayton 3, Nevada 3, New Mexico 2, Grand Canyon 2, Washington 2, Saint Joseph's 2, South Carolina 1, Mississippi St. 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.
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