AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll

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Released December 08
Rank
Teams
Trend
This Week
Points
1
Arizona 8-0 Big 12
1
@ Alabama
Dec. 13 at 9:30 p.m. EDT
1461 (33)
2
Michigan 8-0 Big Ten
1
@ Maryland
Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. EDT
1440 (19)
3
Duke 10-0 Atlantic Coast
1
vs. Lipscomb
Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. EDT
1400 (7)
4
Iowa State 9-0 Big 12
6
vs. Eastern Illinois
Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. EDT
1304 (1)
5
UConn 8-1 Big East
-
vs. Butler
Dec. 16 at 8:30 p.m. EDT
1263 (0)
6
Purdue 8-1 Big Ten
-5
vs. Marquette
Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. EDT
1173 (0)
7
Houston 8-1 Big 12
1
vs. New Orleans
Dec. 13 at 3 p.m. EDT
1064 (0)
8
Gonzaga 9-1 West Coast
3
vs. UCLA
Dec. 13 at 11:30 p.m. EDT
1054 (0)
9
Michigan State 8-1 Big Ten
-2
@ Penn St.
Dec. 13 at 12 p.m. EDT
1017 (0)
10
BYU 7-1 Big 12
-1
vs. UC Riverside
Dec. 13 at 9 p.m. EDT
1007 (0)
11
Louisville 8-1 Atlantic Coast
-5
vs. Memphis
Dec. 13 at 3:30 p.m. EDT
877 (0)
12
Alabama 7-2 Southeastern
-
vs. Arizona
Dec. 13 at 9:30 p.m. EDT
854 (0)
13
Illinois 7-2 Big Ten
1
vs. Nebraska
Dec. 13 at 4 p.m. EDT
771 (0)
14
North Carolina 8-1 Atlantic Coast
2
vs. USC Upstate
Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. EDT
724 (0)
15
Vanderbilt 9-0 Southeastern
2
vs. Central Arkansas
Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. EDT
686 (0)
16
Texas Tech 7-2 Big 12
3
vs. Arkansas
Dec. 13 at 12 p.m. EDT
508 (0)
17
Arkansas 7-2 Southeastern
8
@ Texas Tech
Dec. 13 at 12 p.m. EDT
488 (0)
18
Florida 5-3 Southeastern
-3
vs. George Washington
Dec. 13 at 2:30 p.m. EDT
422 (0)
19
Kansas 7-3 Big 12
2
@ North Carolina State
Dec. 13 at 5:30 p.m. EDT
380 (0)
20
Tennessee 7-3 Southeastern
-7
vs. Louisville
Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. EDT
286 (0)
21
Auburn 7-3 Southeastern
-1
vs. Chattanooga
Dec. 13 at 4:30 p.m. EDT
264 (0)
22
St. John's 5-3 Big East
1
vs. Iona
Dec. 13 at 12 p.m. EDT
254 (0)
23
Nebraska 9-0 Big Ten
-
@ Illinois
Dec. 13 at 4 p.m. EDT
180 (0)
24
Virginia 8-1 Atlantic Coast
-
vs. Maryland
Dec. 20 at 6 p.m. EDT
130 (0)
25
UCLA 7-2 Big Ten
-
@ Gonzaga
Dec. 13 at 11:30 p.m. EDT
79 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Iowa 60, Oklahoma St. 54, Southern Cal 50, Georgia 49, Saint Mary's 38, Seton Hall 31, Kentucky 29, Wisconsin 24, Indiana 18, Clemson 14, LSU 14, Villanova 9, California 6, Notre Dame 4, Miami 4, SMU 3, TCU 2, Arizona St 2, Miami (Ohio) 2, St. Bonaventure 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.

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