The Arizona Wildcats enjoyed a nine-week run atop the AP Top 25 — then suffered back-to-back losses at Kansas and against Texas Tech.
Now the Michigan Wolverines take over, rattling off 10 straight wins to take the No. 1 seed this season — just in time for two big showdowns at Purdue (Tuesday) and against Duke in Washington, D.C. (Saturday).
Below is the full release of the latest AP Poll, which includes a must-know statistic and what’s next for each team.
All times Eastern. All statistics provided by ESPN Research unless otherwise noted.
Previous polls: First week | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
Previous ranking: 2
2025-26 record: 24-1
Statistics to know: Michigan earned its 10th win by 30 points with a win over UCLA on Saturday — the largest in Division I. It was also the Wolverines’ 20th double-digit win of the campaign.
What’s the next step: Tuesday at Purdue, 6:30 p.m., Peacock
Previous ranking: 3
2025-26 record: 23-2
Statistics to know: Houston is on a six-game winning streak, adding its 18th straight home win with Saturday’s win over Kansas State.
What’s the next step: Monday at Iowa State, 9 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 4
2025-26 record: 21-2
Statistics to know: Duke notched its 29th straight home win with Saturday’s win over Clemson, joining Miami (Ohio) and Akron on the longest active home winning streak in Division I.
What’s the next step: Monday vs. Syracuse, 7 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 1
2025-26 record: 23-2
Statistics to know: Arizona became the third Division I team in the last 40 years to lose back-to-back games right after a 20-0 or better start, joining Nebraska’s teams this season (started 20-0) and 2013-14 Syracuse (started 25-0).
What’s the next step: Wednesday vs. BYU, 9 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 6
2025-26 record: 24-2
Statistics to know: Alex Karaban raised his career 3-point total to 264, putting him within striking distance of passing Christian Vital (265) and Rashad Anderson (276) for the most in program history.
What’s the next step: Wednesday vs. Creighton, 7 p.m., TNT/HBO Max
Previous ranking: 5
2025-26 record: 22-3
Statistics to know: Iowa State snapped Kansas’ eight-game winning streak with the Cyclones’ biggest victory over the Jayhawks since 1973.
What’s the next step: Monday vs. Houston, 9 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 13
2025-26 record: 21-4
Statistics to know: Braden Smith notched his 12th game with 10 or more assists this season with 12 in Saturday’s win over Iowa and now sits sixth on the all-time Division I assists list with 980.
What’s the next step: Tuesday vs. Michigan, 6:30 p.m., Peacock
Previous ranking: 9
2025-26 record: 18-5
Statistics to know: Fleury Bidonga recorded his ninth double-double of the season while Melvin Council Jr. had his third game with 20 or more points en route to Kansas’ win over Arizona last Monday.
What’s the next step: Wednesday at Oklahoma State, 9 p.m., Peacock
Previous ranking: 7
2025-26 record: 22-3
Statistics to know: Bryce Sandfort recorded his 11th 20-point game on Saturday with 29 points against Northwestern.
What’s the next step: Tuesday at Iowa, 9 p.m., Big Ten Network
Previous ranking: 8
2025-26 record: 21-5
Statistics to know: With his 25 points against Indiana on Saturday, David Mirkovich joined Keaton Wagler as the first Illinois freshman in the last 25 years to record multiple 25-point games in a season.
What’s the next step: Wednesday at USC, 10 p.m., on Big Ten Network
Previous ranking: 12
2025-26 record: 25-2
Statistics to know: Graham Icke recorded his 13th career double-double of the season in Saturday’s win over Santa Clara, passing Drew Timme for most games with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds (16) by a Gonzaga player in the last 30 seasons.
What’s the next step: Wednesday at San Francisco, 11 p.m., ESPN2
Previous ranking: 14
2025-26 record: 19-6
Statistics to know: Rueben Chinyelu had his 15th double-double of the season in Saturday’s win over Kentucky — Florida’s first home win against the Wildcats since 2018.
What’s the next step: Tuesday vs. South Carolina, 7 p.m., SEC Network
Previous ranking: 16
2025-26 record: 19-6
Statistics to know: JT Toppin joins former North Carolina star Luke Maye as the only players in AP Poll history (since 1948-49) to have a 30-point double-double in a road win over an AP No. 1 team with a 31-point, 13-rebound effort against Arizona on Saturday.
What’s the next step: Tuesday at Arizona State, 11 p.m., on ESPN2
Previous ranking: 15
2025-26 record: 22-3
Statistics to know: Virginia is off to its best start through 25 games since 2018-19, when it opened that campaign 23-2 before going on to win the national championship this season.
What’s the next step: Wednesday at Georgia Tech, 9 p.m., on ACC Network
Previous ranking: 10
2025-26 record: 20-5
Statistics to know: Michigan State’s 21-point loss to Wisconsin on Friday was its biggest since Feb. 22, 2022 (a 26-point loss at No. 25 Iowa). It was also the Spartans’ fourth-biggest loss as a top-10 team in the AP Poll era (since 1948-49).
What’s the next step: Tuesday vs. UCLA, 8:30 p.m., Peacock
Previous ranking: 11
2025-26 record: 20-5
Statistics to know: In their first game since losing Caleb Wilson to a broken hand, four Tar Heel players scored at least 15 points for the second time this season: Seth Trimble (19), Jaren Stevenson (19), Luka Bogavac (15) and Zayden High (15).
What’s the next step: Tuesday at NC State, 7 p.m., on ESPN
Previous ranking: 17
2025-26 record: 20-5
Statistics to know: After recording its 11th straight win with Saturday’s win over Providence, St. John’s is now tied with Winthrop and Stephen F. Austin for the fourth-longest active streak in Division I behind Miami (Ohio) with 25, St. Louis with 18 and Liberty with 15.
What’s the next step: Wednesday at Marquette, 9 p.m., TNT
Previous ranking: 18
2025-26 record: 24-1
Statistics to know: St. Louis’ 18 straight wins represent the second-longest active streak in Division I this season — and just one win away from the program record (19) set in 2013-14.
What’s the next step: Tuesday at Rhode Island, 7 p.m., ESPN+
Previous ranking: 19
2025-26 record: 21-4
Statistics to know: Vanderbilt’s 21 wins exceed last season’s total (20-13) and are tied for the program’s most wins in a 25-game span since 2007-08.
What’s the next step: Wednesday at Missouri, 9 p.m., on SEC Network
Previous ranking: 21
2025-26 record: 19-6
Statistics to know: Darius Acuff Jr. became the first SEC freshman to reach 500 points and 150 assists in a season since 2017-18, when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did it at Kentucky and Tremont Waters did it at LSU.
What’s the next step: Wednesday at Alabama, 7 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 24
2025-26 record: 19-6
Statistics to know: Mikel Brown Jr.’s 74 points over the last two games are the most in a two-game span for any ACC player since Jerome Robinson had 75 points for Boston College in February 2018.
What’s the next step: Tuesday at SMU, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Previous ranking: 23
2025-26 record: 25-0
Statistics to know: The only undefeated team in Division I, Miami (Ohio) leads the nation in scoring with 92.6 points per game.
What’s the next step: Tuesday at Massachusetts, 7 p.m., ESPN+
Previous ranking: 22
2025-26 record: 19-6
Statistics to know: With Richie Saunders sidelined for the season with a torn ACL, Robert Wright III finished with a career-high 39 points in Saturday’s overtime win over Colorado — just one game after scoring a career-high 30 points at Baylor (his former school).
What’s the next step: Wednesday at Arizona, 9 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: Unclassified
2025-26 record: 18-7
Statistics to know: Wisconsin’s 21-point win over Michigan State on Friday was the largest against an AP Top 10 opponent in program history — and the third victory over an AP Top 10 opponent this season, the most in Division I.
What’s the next step: Tuesday at Ohio State, 8:30 p.m., Undergraduate 1
Previous ranking: Unclassified
2025-26 record: 18-7
Statistics to know: Latrell Wrightsell became the third Division I player to score 21 or more points in multiple games this season.
What’s the next step: Wednesday vs. Arkansas, 7 p.m., ESPN
