Men’s college basketball final rankings: Updated Coaches Poll, AP Top 25

The 2025-26 men’s college basketball season came to an end on Monday, April 6, with maize-and-blue confetti falling from the rafters of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis after Michigan held on to beat UConn 69-63 in the championship game of the 2026 Men’s NCAA Tournament.

One day after the Wolverines hoisted the NCAA championship trophy, cut down the nets and savored their one shining moment, they added a few other bullet points to a lengthy and impressive resume from the best season in program history.

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To the no one’s surprise, Coach Dusty May’s team finished the season atop the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 on Tuesday, April 7. They were followed by, in order, UConn, Arizona, Duke and Illinois to round out the top five.

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Though it finished with a relatively close championship game win, Michigan had one of the more dominant runs through the NCAA tournament in recent memory, winning their first five games by an average of 21.6 points, capped off by a 91-73 drubbing of fellow No. 1 seed Arizona in the Final Four.

With the season now complete, here’s a look at the final Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 from the 2025-26 season:

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College basketball final rankings for 2025-26

First-place votes in parentheses.

Others receiving votes: Utah State 37; Saint Louis 30; UCLA 28; North Carolina 28; Saint Mary’s 16; Miami (OH) 9; BYU 8; High Point 7; Villanova 4; UCF 3; Kentucky 3; VCU 2

AP Top 25

This section will be updated when the poll is released.

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