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AP Top 25 Final Regular Season Prediction: 2025 College Basketball Rankings
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AP Top 25 Final Regular Season Prediction: 2025 College Basketball Rankings

Originally posted on College Football News  |  Last updated Mar 9, 2025 3:16 PM ET

Usually the rankings cake is overbaked by the end of the college basketball regular season, but this time around things have changed.

We already have a few punched-ticket conference champions, but the major conference tournaments get rolling next week.

Now that the exhibition portion of the program is over for the ACC, Big Ten, Big East, Big 12, SEC, Mountain West, and the other top leagues, how will the last AP Top 25 Poll of the regular season shake out after all the big moments of the final weekend?

Projected AP Top 25: Final Regular Season College Basketball Rankings Prediction

Predicted Top Others Receiving Votes: Mississippi State, Arizona, Oregon, Drake, Gonzaga

25 Kansas

Record: 20-11
Last Week Rank: NR
NCAA Tournament Projection: 8

24 Illinois

Record: 20-11
Last Week Rank: NR
NCAA Tournament Projection: 6

23 Marquette

Record: 22-9
Last Week Rank: 20
NCAA Tournament Projection: 6

22 Texas A&M

Record: 22-9
Last Week Rank: 22
NCAA Tournament Projection: 3

21 BYU

Record: 23-8
Last Week Rank: 23
NCAA Tournament Projection: 7

20 Purdue

Record: 21-10
Last Week Rank: 18
NCAA Tournament Projection: 4

19 Michigan

Record: 22-9
Last Week Rank: 17
NCAA Tournament Projection: 5

18 Saint Mary’s

Record: 27-4
Last Week Rank: 21
NCAA Tournament Projection: 6

17 Missouri

Record: 21-10
Last Week Rank: 15
NCAA Tournament Projection: 5

16 Kentucky

Record: 21-10
Last Week Rank: 19
NCAA Tournament Projection: 4

15 Memphis

Record: 26-5
Last Week Rank: 16
NCAA Tournament Projection: 3

14 Wisconsin

Record: 23-8
Last Week Rank: 12
NCAA Tournament Projection: 3

13 Maryland

Record: 23-8
Last Week Rank: 13
NCAA Tournament Projection: 4

12 Louisville

Record: 25-6
Last Week Rank: 14
NCAA Tournament Projection: 6

11 Iowa State

Record: 23-8
Last Week Rank: 10
NCAA Tournament Projection: 3

10 Clemson

Record: 26-5
Last Week Rank: 11
NCAA Tournament Projection: 5

9 Texas Tech

Record: 24-7
Last Week Rank: 9
NCAA Tournament Projection: 3

8 Michigan State

Record: 25-5
Last Week Rank: 8
NCAA Tournament Projection: 2

7 St. John’s

Record: 27-4
Last Week Rank: 6
NCAA Tournament Projection: 2

6 Tennessee

Record: 25-6
Last Week Rank: 4
NCAA Tournament Projection: 2

5 Alabama

Record: 24-7
Last Week Rank: 7
NCAA Tournament Projection: 2

4 Florida

Record: 27-4
Last Week Rank: 5
NCAA Tournament Projection: 1

3 Houston

Record: 27-4
Last Week Rank: 3
NCAA Tournament Projection: 1

2 Auburn

Record: 27-4
Last Week Rank: 1
NCAA Tournament Projection: 1

1 Duke

Record: 28-3
Last Week Rank: 2
NCAA Tournament Projection: 1

This article first appeared on College Football News and was syndicated with permission.

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