AP Rankings - 2025-2026

20 polls from October 14, 2025 to April 6, 2026; 37 schools ranked. UCLA finished No. 1.

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2025-2026 rankings by position
RankSchoolOct 14Nov 10Nov 17Nov 24Dec 1Dec 8Dec 15Dec 22Jan 5Jan 12Jan 19Jan 26Feb 2Feb 9Feb 16Feb 23Mar 2Mar 9Mar 16Apr 6
1Connecticut
UCLA
2South Carolina
Texas
UCLA
3UCLA
South Carolina
Texas
Connecticut
4Texas
UCLA
South Carolina
5LSU
Oklahoma
Vanderbilt
Duke
6Oklahoma
Michigan
Kentucky
LSU
Louisville
Vanderbilt
TCU
7Duke
Baylor
Maryland
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Michigan
Louisville
LSU
Oklahoma
Iowa
8Tennessee
USC
Oklahoma
TCU
Maryland
Michigan
Louisville
Iowa
Ohio State
Duke
LSU
9NC State
Maryland
Oklahoma
TCU
Michigan
Louisville
Ohio State
Duke
Iowa
Notre Dame
10Maryland
NC State
TCU
Iowa State
Louisville
Iowa
Oklahoma
Ohio State
Vanderbilt
11North Carolina
USC
Iowa
Kentucky
Iowa State
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Duke
TCU
West Virginia
Louisville
12Mississippi
Tennessee
Iowa State
North Carolina
Iowa
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
LSU
Maryland
Ohio State
TCU
Michigan State
Baylor
Duke
Louisville
West Virginia
Oklahoma
13Michigan
Mississippi
Baylor
Vanderbilt
Louisville
TCU
Oklahoma
Michigan State
Iowa
Ohio State
Duke
North Carolina
14Iowa State
Michigan
North Carolina
Tennessee
Baylor
Vanderbilt
Mississippi
Iowa
Ohio State
TCU
Maryland
Kentucky
15Notre Dame
Duke
Tennessee
Baylor
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Mississippi
Michigan State
Maryland
Iowa
West Virginia
North Carolina
Minnesota
16Baylor
Iowa State
NC State
Kentucky
USC
Louisville
North Carolina
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Maryland
Texas Tech
Iowa
17TCU
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
USC
Texas Tech
Duke
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio State
18USC
Notre Dame
Oklahoma State
Tennessee
North Carolina
Mississippi
Baylor
Kentucky
Texas Tech
Michigan State
Minnesota
West Virginia
19Vanderbilt
Iowa
Notre Dame
Tennessee
USC
Ohio State
Iowa State
Texas Tech
Princeton
West Virginia
Mississippi
Minnesota
Virginia
20Louisville
Oklahoma State
Kentucky
Michigan State
Washington
Notre Dame
Nebraska
Tennessee
Princeton
Duke
West Virginia
Maryland
Texas Tech
Baylor
21Iowa
Louisville
West Virginia
Washington
Ohio State
Texas Tech
USC
Alabama
Duke
North Carolina
Tennessee
Baylor
Mississippi
22Oklahoma State
Louisville
Michigan State
Washington
Baylor
North Carolina
Princeton
West Virginia
Maryland
Tennessee
Minnesota
Georgia
Notre Dame
23Michigan State
Kentucky
West Virginia
Louisville
Ohio State
Oklahoma State
Nebraska
Tennessee
Washington
Notre Dame
Alabama
Georgia
Princeton
Minnesota
Baylor
24Kentucky
Richmond
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Oklahoma State
Nebraska
Princeton
Alabama
Washington
Georgia
Mississippi
25Washington
NC State
West Virginia
Michigan State
Princeton
Nebraska
Illinois
North Carolina
Alabama
Fairfield
Texas Tech