ESPN.com · Nov 24, 2025
AP men's college basketball Top 25 poll breakdown
It's time for the third AP Top 25 poll of the 2025-26 men's college basketball season!
Entering Feast Week, Purdue remains No. 1, although Arizona jumps up to No. 2. No. 3 Houston, No. 4 Duke and No. 5 UConn round out the top-5.
The biggest riser from Week 2 was No. 11 Michigan State (six spots). No. 19 Kentucky (seven spots), No. 20 Texas Tech (five spots) and No. 13 Illinois (five spots) fell the most. Wisconsin and Kansas dropped out of the rankings entirely, making way for Vanderbilt and Indiana.
Let's take a look at the top 25 teams, how they got there and what's coming up next for each team this week.
All times Eastern. Unless otherwise noted, all stats courtesy of ESPN Research.
