Dec 02, 2025
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Michigan jumped to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll on Monday, while rivals Michigan State and Iowa State moved into the top 10.
No. The Baskets received three first-place votes from a 61 Media group, Arizona received six and Michigan received their twenty-fifth year after making the playoffs.
Duke and UConn held their positions from last week to round out the top five.Louisville dropped five spots after losing to No. 6 Michigan State and No. 8 Houston, then-No.Tennessee in the age of 17 players.
Michigan reached the Sweet 16 in coach Dusty Mayo's first season a year ago and looks like a title contender.The Wolverines opened the tournament in Las Vegas with a 94-54 win over San Diego State, which was down at the time.12.
May 110 times and the third win of straight winners, the past to at least 20 symbols, the past.
"Today was about letting the world know that we're here to be the best team in the country and we're going to continue to do that," Michigan forward Jaxel Lendeborg said after the win over Gonzaga.
No.17 Vanderbilt had the biggest jump of the week, moving up seven spots after winning the 4 Atlantis title in the Bahamas.
No. 10 Iowa State moved up five spots after winning three championship games during the players' season.
7. 7 Michigan State moved up four spots alongside South Carolina and Noma 1613 Tennessee also gained four spots after beating Houston and losing to Kansas, which returned to the polls on the 21st.
No. 23 St. John's saw the biggest drop among teams still in the poll, falling nine spots after losses to Iowa State and Auburn following a win over Baylor in the rookie era.
Reigning national champion Florida fell five points to number 15 after losing to TCU in the Rady Children's Invitational.No.12 Alabama dropped four points after losing to Gonzaga in its first game of the Players Era.
Inside and outside
No. 21 Kansas returns to the polls after a three-game sweep of the Player Era last week.
USC, ranked 24th, was ranked for the first time since the 2023-24 season after posting three wins in three days to capture the Maui Invitational title.
If you stop at CI CASS FASS 80-72 in the Empire Classics Game, Ucla dropped in the polls from #18.
North Carolina State dropped out of the voting at No. 23 and received no votes after going 1-2 at the Maui Invitational.
The Southeastern Conference had the most teams in the AP Top 25 for the second consecutive week with seven.The Big 12 matched the Big Ten with six ranked teams, the Big East had two and the West Coast Conference had one.
