No. 3 Michigan, No. 7 Michigan State make jumps in Top 25

Field Level Media|published: Mon 1st December, 14:17 2025

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Nov 26, 2025; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Michigan Wolverines forward Yaxel Lendeborg (23) reacts in the second half against the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the 2025 Players Era Festival championship game at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

No. 3 Michigan and No. 7 Michigan State both moved up four places in The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll released Monday.

The Wolverines (7-0) received 15 first-place votes from a nationwide media panel after routing then-No. 21 Auburn and then-No. 12 Gonzaga last week at the Players Era championship in Las Vegas.

No. 1 Purdue (7-0) held onto the top spot and received 40 votes, with the other six going to No. 2 Arizona (7-0). Duke (8-0) and UConn (6-1) round out the top five.

Louisville (7-0) stays steady at No. 6 and is followed by the Spartans (7-0), who soared into the top 10 after a 74-58 win against then-No. 16 North Carolina at the Fort Myers Tip-Off in Florida.

Houston (7-1) slipped five places to No. 8 after losing to Notre Dame. BYU (6-1) remained at No. 9 and while Iowa State (7-0) jumped five spots to No. 10 after the Cyclones won three games at the Players Era event.

No. 21 Kansas (6-2) returned to the poll and Southern California (7-0) is ranked for the first time this season at No. 24. Dropping out were UCLA and NC State.

The rest of the Top 25:

11. Gonzaga (7-1)

12. Alabama (5-2)

13. Tennessee (7-1)

14. Illinois (6-2)

15. Florida (5-2)

16. North Carolina (6-1)

17. Vanderbilt (8-0)

18. Kentucky (5-2)

19. Texas Tech (6-2)

20. Auburn (6-2)

21. Kansas (6-2)