AP Top 25

[Halldan]

NCAA College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25 Basketball Poll

The official page for the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA men's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2025-26 season.

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[Section112]

Exactly where we want to be at this point in the season. Getting votes. It seems every time we get into the Top 25 too early, it goes to the kids heads and we have a losing streak. I like where we are.

 

[Seton75]

VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED

 

[Seton75]

Exactly where we want to be at this point in the season. Getting votes. It seems every time we get into the Top 25 too early, it goes to the kids heads and we have a losing streak. I like where we are.

i have never been a believer in that thinking. Many are. And i do not fear this tean resting on their laurels, and we know Sha would be kind of sad if they did lol.

 

[Halldan]

 

[ivyhillpark63]

There was a time when a 13-2 big east team would be no lower than top 15.

 

[Halldan]

AP men's college basketball Top 25 poll breakdown​

AP men's college basketball Top 25 poll breakdown

Nebraska cracks the top 10. SMU and UCF replace Florida and USC. See more changes after the two-week hiatus.

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[The_Hall]

There was a time when a 13-2 big east team would be no lower than top 15.

a lot of those 13 wins are against literally the bottom 300 teams

 

[ivyhillpark63]

a lot of those 13 wins are against literally the bottom 300 teams

And they weren't beating patsies back then?

 

[Seton75]

unofficially we have played 4 300 or worse. And 6 top 50 sos, think we went 4-2

 

[radecicco]

unofficially we have played 4 300 or worse. And 6 top 50 sos, think we went 4-2

Exactly. This is what matters. 4-2 vs Q1&2. Need a few more of these.

 

[Halldan]

We discussed this topic previously on the Trove. But I'll ask this question here since we won't have a game to discuss until Saturday.

We were listed as #27 in the AP top 25, but the metrics (Kenpom/NET) have us much lower. Kenpom #47 and the NET #39.

My question is where would you rate the Pirates as of today? I would say in the range of 30-35.

 

[Seton75]

27 sounds right to me

 

[PirateFan95]

I was expecting them to fall at 30-35 in the polls. Pleasantly surprised. Theres a shot they are ranked with a win saturday

 

[Hall84]

Record to date plus eye test I'd say 25-30 seems about right.

 

[The Crows Nest]

We discussed this topic previously on the Trove. But I'll ask this question here since we won't have a game to discuss until Saturday.

We were listed as #27 in the AP top 25, but the metrics (Kenpom/NET) have us much lower. Kenpom #47 and the NET #39.

My question is where would you rate the Pirates as of today? I would say in the range of 30-35.

I would say 35-40 sounds about right.

I am not sure if the last two wins, both pulled out from the fire in games that were heading south in a hurry...with poor shooting in both, is either a good sign (resilient, fight to the end) or a bad sign (sooner or later, bad shooting will catch up with you as good teams won't collapse).

Maybe after the next few games I will have a better idea...

 

[Seton75]

we played poorly twice and went 2-0

 

[lr591902]

Between 35 and 40 seems like the right place for us.

 

[NYC Pirate]

I'll take #27, but for me we are in that 32-37 range. The team does so many things well. Our bigs even make big free throws at crunch time. The Red Flag is only scoring 56 points in the Nova and Creighton home games. They must fix that.

 

[Merge]

Can't really argue we should be in yet, but we're close. Of the teams getting votes, I think we're clearly behind 4 or 5 of them at the moment.

The 30-35 range seems right.

 

[The_Hall]

And they weren't beating patsies back then?

no, not that level of patsy

 

[The_Hall]

we played poorly twice and went 2-0

and predictive metrics would say we're going to eventually play more games like that, and law of averages is we start losing those games.

so not quite the makings of top 25 until they get back on track offensively. our defense is so good that we don't need a great offense.

 

[Seton75]

and predictive metrics would say we're going to eventually play more games like that, and law of averages is we start losing those games.

so not quite the makings of top 25 until they get back on track offensively. our defense is so good that we don't need a great offense.

if we are 27 now, my predicktive metrics say another win or 2 and we are 25 or better

 

[The_Hall]

if we are 27 now, my predicktive metrics say another win or 2 and we are 25 or better

absolutely. but another win or two will come at the hands of playing a little better offense. they've escaped with the last teo

 

[Halldan]

I noted in the preseason the obvious. Our season will be dictated by the nail biters. The games decided in the last minute or so.

To date we're 3-1. And with the proper whistle possibly 4-0.

Let's hope that doesn't even out.