The fifth AP Top 25 poll of the 2025-26 season has arrived, following the first week of league play for many conferences, and also a week that shook up many of the Top 25 teams. Saturday was the first time multiple AP top-10 teams lost nonconference home games on the same day as Dec. 6, 2017, exactly eight years ago.
After being blown out 81-58 by Iowa State on Saturday,Purdue drops out of the top 5,with the Cyclones rising up too No.4. Arizona is now No. 1.Michigan, Duke and UConn round out the rest of the top 5.
Arkansas (eight spots), Iowa State (six), Gonzaga (three) and Texas Tech (three) saw the biggest jumps this week. Tennessee (seven spots), Louisville (five) and Purdue (five) saw the biggest drops in ranking.
Kentucky, Indiana and USC dropped out to make way for new entrants Nebraska, Virginia and UCLA.
just UConn (No. 4) and Alabama (No. 12) didn’t change position.
Let’s take a look at the Top 25, how teams got there and what’s coming up next for each team this week.
all times Eastern. Unless or else noted, all stats courtesy of ESPN Research.
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1. Arizona
Previous ranking: 2
2025-26 record: 8-0
Stat to know: Arizona defeated Auburn by 29 points, its largest win over an AP Top 25 team since Nov. 23, 2002, against than-No. 19 Western Kentucky (won by 39). The Wildcats are now 95-0 (since 2018-19) when leading by 20 or more points at any point of a game.
What’s next: Saturday vs. Alabama in Birmingham, 9:30 p.m., ESPN
2. Michigan
Previous ranking: 3
2025-26 record: 8-0
Stat to know: Michigan has outscored its past four opponents by a combined 151 points. Three of those teams went to the Final Four within the past five years (auburn last season,San Diego State in 2022-23,Gonzaga in 2020-21). That is the largest point differential by the Wolverines since they outscored their opponents by 151 points through four straight games in 2015-16 against delaware State, Northern Kentucky, Youngstown State and Bryant.
What’s next: Tuesday vs. Villanova, 6:30 p.m., FS1
3. Duke
Previous ranking: 4
2025-26 record: 10-0
Stat to know: Duke now has four wins against AP-ranked opponents this season, tied for its most within the first 10 games of a season since the AP poll era began in 1948.
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Previous ranking: 1
2025-26 record: 9-0
Stat to know: UConn coach Dan Hurley became the 807th in Division I, passing eddie Sutton for 15th most all-time.
What’s next: Wednesday vs. Jackson State, 8 p.m., ESPN+
Previous ranking: 11
2025-26 record: 9-1
Stat to know: On Friday, coach Mark Few picked up his 750th career win as a head coach, in his 903rd game. That’s the second-fewest games to reach 750 wins in Division I history, one game shy of legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp (902). (Note: Gonzaga has 751 wins during Few’s tenure as head coach, but assistant Brian Michaelson is credited with one game (a win) in 2021-22 while Few was serving a suspension.)
What’s next: Saturday vs. UCLA in Seattle, 11:30 p.m.,ESPN
Previous ranking: 7
2025-26 record: 8-1
Stat to know: The Spartans now have nine consecutive losses to AP top-5 opponents, with their last win coming Nov.22 against then-No. 4 Kentucky. That’s their longest losing streak in such games since they went 0-15 from 1985-91, before Tom Izzo was hired.
What’s next: Saturday @ Penn State, 12 p.m., BTN
Previous ranking: 9
2025-26 record: 7-1
Stat to know: AJ Dybantsa has scored 15 or more points in all eight games this season, tying Cameron Boozer for the most such games among Division I freshmen this season. He also now passes Kevin Durant for the second-longest 15-plus-points scoring streak to begin his college career in Big 12 history. Only Trae young has more, with 26.
What’s next: Tuesday vs. Clemson in New York (Jimmy V Classic), 6:30 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 6
2025-26 record: 8-1
Stat to know: Louisville has now scored 80 points or more in eight games, its most within the first nine games of a season since 1991-92 (also eight). Among those are two wins over ranked nonconference opponents, the Cardinals’ first season with multiple wins over AP-ranked nonconference opponents since 2016-17 (three that season).
What’s next: Saturday vs. Memphis, 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 25
2025-26 record: 7-2
Stat to know: Arkansas is 12-1 as a ranked team facing unranked teams under John Calipari. The sole loss came against Illinois last November.
What’s next: Saturday vs. Arkansas in Dallas, 12 p.m.,ESPN2
Previous ranking: 15
2025-26 record: 5-3
Stat to know: Florida has lost three of its first eight games this season. The defending champion Gators didn’t lose their third game last season until Feb. 1 (and lost just four games overall).
What’s next: Tuesday vs. UConn in New York (Jimmy V Classic), 9 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 21
2025-26 record: 7-3
Stat to know: Without star freshman Darryn Peterson in the lineup for seven games,the Jayhawks averaged 71 points per game.With him in the lineup — he returned against Missouri for just his third game of the season — they average 84 ppg.
What’s next: Saturday @ NC State, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 13
2025-26 record: 7-3
Stat to know: Tennessee has lost three consecutive games, each of which it led at halftime. That is the Vols’ longest streak of losses when leading at halftime as losing three straight in January 2019.