USA Today Men’s Top 25 Poll

[Halldan]

The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 men’s basketball poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.

Rank	School (record)	Points	Last week’s rank	First-place votes
1	Michigan (11-0)	764	1	20
2	Arizona (12-0)	753	2	11
3	Iowa State (12-0)	700	3	0
4	Connecticut (12-1)	670	4	0
5	Duke (11-1)	611	6	0
6	Purdue (11-1)	605	5	0
7	Gonzaga (13-1)	584	7	0
8	Houston (11-1)	570	8	0
9	Michigan State (11-1)	527	9	0
10	Brigham Young (12-1)	521	10	0
11	Vanderbilt (12-0)	423	11	0
12	North Carolina (12-1)	401	12	0
13	Nebraska (12-0)	357	13	0
13	Louisville (10-2)	357	14	0
15	Alabama (9-3)	315	15	0
16	Texas Tech (10-3)	305	16	0
17	Kansas (10-3)	281	17	0
18	Arkansas (9-3)	240	18	0
19	Illinois (9-3)	237	19	0
20	Tennessee (9-3)	219	20	0
21	Virginia (11-1)	175	21	0
22	Florida (8-4)	143	22	0
23	Iowa (10-2)	91	23	0
24	Georgia (11-1)	65	24	0
25	St. John’s (8-4)	38	NR	0

Dropped out: No. 25 Southern California (12-1).

Others receiving votes: Kentucky (9-4) 35; Southern California (12-1) 25; Utah State (10-1) 14; Auburn (8-4) 7; Clemson (10-3) 6; Saint Louis (12-1) 6; ; Oklahoma State (11-1) 5; Seton Hall (11-2) 5; Saint Mary’s (12-2) 4; UCLA (10-3) 4; Yale (11-1) 4; LSU (11-1) 3; California (12-1) 2; Indiana (10-3) 1; Miami (Ohio) (13-0) 1; Villanova (10-2) 1.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Others Receiving Votes
Kentucky 35; USC 25; Utah State 14; Auburn 7; Saint Louis 6; Clemson 6; Seton Hall 5; Oklahoma State 5; Yale 4; UCLA 4; Saint Mary's 4; LSU 3; California 2; Villanova 1; Miami (OH) 1; Indiana 1;

List Of Voters
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2025-26 season: Adrian Autry, Syracuse; John Becker, Vermont; Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Jeff Boals, Ohio; Alvin Brooks, Lamar; Pat Chambers, Florida Gulf Coast; Scott Drew, Baylor; Dan Earl, Chattanooga; Jonas Hayes, Georgia State; Donte’ Jackson, Alabama A&M; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Eric Konkol, Tulsa; Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State; Anthony Latina, Sacred Heart; Jim Les, UC Davis; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Nick McDevitt, Middle Tennessee; Mike McGarvey, Lafayette; Dan Monson, Eastern Washington; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Mike Morrell, UNC Asheville; Nate Oats, Alabama; Eric Olen, New Mexico; Matt Painter, Purdue; Paul Sather, North Dakota; Patrick Sellers, Central Connecticut State; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Brett Tanner, Abilene Christian; Stan Waterman, Delaware State.

 

[NYC Pirate]

Hall still #33 in the Nation according to that Poll. Who would have thought that they would be in that spot headed into January?? Now they have to go to Marquette and show they are not frauds. It's time for some payback to Marquette and then Creighton for several tough losses recently.

 

[MBF68]

Surprised St. John's is #25 and Villanova is not higher.