The 2025-26 College Basketball AP Poll for week 1 is out. Houston rises up to the overall #1 and Purdue is now #2. We’ll start to see a lot more movement in the top 25 as teams get into some of their non-conference schedules and in-season tournaments. If anything, we are going to have a great season watching men’s college basketball.
2025-26 College Basketball AP Poll – Preseason
Here’s our first 2025-26 college basketball AP Poll for the regular season. Houston takes over the #1 ranking with more overall votes; however Purdue has more first place votes. It’s early, so we’ll see how they all start to settle out here over the coming weeks.
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
| 1 | Houston (18) | 1462 | 2 |
| 2 | Purdue (36) | 1459 | 1 |
| 3 | UConn (3) | 1361 | 4 |
| 4 | Duke (2) | 1223 | 6 |
| 5 | Arizona | 1204 | 13 |
| 6 | Michigan (1) | 1121 | 7 |
| 7 | BYU | 1111 | 8 |
| 8 | Alabama | 1087 | 15 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 1072 | 9 |
| 10 | Florida | 990 | 3 |
| 11 | Texas Tech | 969 | 10 |
| 12 | Louisville | 856 | 11 |
| 13 | St. John’s | 812 | 5 |
| 14 | Illinois | 610 | 17 |
| 15 | UCLA | 609 | 12 |
| 16 | Iowa State | 605 | 16 |
| 17 | Michigan State | 557 | 22 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 494 | 25 |
| 19 | Gonzaga | 466 | 21 |
| 20 | Tennessee | 456 | 18 |
| 21 | Arkansas | 324 | 14 |
| 22 | Auburn | 207 | 20 |
| 23 | Creighton | 153 | 23 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 140 | 24 |
| 25 | Kansas | 130 | 19 |
Others receiving votes: NC State 87, San Diego St. 67, Indiana 45, Oregon 43, Vanderbilt 37, Ohio St. 17, Baylor 14, Southern Cal 12, Kansas St 5, Missouri 4, Mississippi 4, Mississippi St. 3, Georgia 2, Stanford 1, Oklahoma St. 1, Texas 1, Georgetown 1, Utah St. 1, Iowa 1, Virginia Tech 1.
2026 Men’s Basketball Postseason Schedule
We have the 2026 March Madness schedule up here if you want to get way ahead on your planning. The printable, blank March Madness Bracket is here for you to start working your bracketology throughout the season. And of course, all things college basketball for this season are posted up here for you.
