Michigan Tops AP Poll, UConn Rises to 2

0:00Michigan just grabbed the top spot in the final Associated Press, top 25 men's college basketball pole for the 2025-26 season. They earned every one of the 57 votes after clinching their first national title in 37 years with a 69-63 win over Yukon in the championship game. This marched their winning as season ever at 37 wins and 3 losses, all in the second year under Coach Dusty May. The Wolverines held number one for a week back in mid-February and never dropped below fourth after November. Yaksal Lindoborg, an AP first team all-American, called this squad potentially the best in program history, even topping the famous Fat Five teams from the early 90s. He pushed through ankle and knee injuries from the final four to help seal the deal. Yukon jumped to number two after their strong tournament run, with Arizona at 3, Duke at 4, and Illinois climbing to five after their first.

1:00Final four trips since 2005. Purdue, Houston, Iowa State, Florida, and St. John's fill out the top 10, while Tennessee serves 11 spots to 12. Nineteens rose in the rankings overall, but Virginia took the biggest hit, dropping eight to 17 after a second round exit. What a way to wrap the season. These shifts show how March madness shakes everything up. Touch your heart for new today update, AI powered, and always on.