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College Basketball Rankings Top 10: Duke, Auburn, Michigan State Lead the Pack

Originally posted on College Football News | Last updated Jan 28, 2025 2:53 AM ET

This is going to be one monster finishing kick to the 2025 college basketball season with so many great teams up top.

The top ten for Week 13 is full of teams good enough to win the national championship, but first they have to get through everyone's best shot.

Iowa State just got tagged by Arizona, Duke got all it could handle from NC State, Houston pulled off a thriller against Kansas, and on and on.

But for now, here are our ten best teams along with their predicted final records and NCAA Tournament seed projections.

10 Illinois 14-6

Remaining Schedule: at Nebraska, Ohio State, at Rutgers, at Minnesota, UCLA, Michigan State, at Wisconsin, Duke (in NYC), Iowa, at Michigan, Purdue
Predicted Regular Season Record: 23-8
NCAA Tournament Projection: 3

9 Kansas 14-5

Remaining Schedule: UCF, at Baylor, Iowa State, at Kansas State, Colorado, at Utah, at BYU, Oklahoma State, at Colorado, Texas Tech, at Houston, Arizona
Predicted Regular Season Record: 24-7
NCAA Tournament Projection: 3

8 Alabama 17-3

Remaining Schedule: at Mississippi State, Georgia, at Arkansas, at Texas, Auburn, at Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi State, at Tennessee, Florida, at Auburn
Predicted Regular Season Record: 25-6
NCAA Tournament Projection: 2

7 Tennessee 17-3

Remaining Schedule: Kentucky, Florida, Missouri, at Oklahoma, at Kentucky, Vanderbilt, at Texas A&M, at LSU, Alabama, at Ole Miss, South Carolina
Predicted Regular Season Record: 27-4
NCAA Tournament Projection: 2

6 Michigan State 17-2

Remaining Schedule: Minnesota, at USC, at UCLA, Oregon, Indiana, at Illinois, Purdue, at Michigan, at Maryland, Wisconsin, at Iowa, Michigan
Predicted Regular Season Record: 26-5
NCAA Tournament Projection: 1

5 Iowa State 17-3

Remaining Schedule: Kansas State, at Kansas, TCU, at UCF, Cincinnati, Colorado, at Houston, at Oklahoma State, Arizona, BYU, at Kansas State
Predicted Regular Season Record: 26-5
NCAA Tournament Projection: 2

4 Florida 18-2

Remaining Schedule: at Tennessee, Vanderbilt, at Auburn, at Mississippi State, South Carolina, Oklahoma, at LSU, at Georgia, Texas A&M, at Alabama, Ole Miss
Predicted Regular Season Record: 26-5
NCAA Tournament Projection: 2

3 Houston 16-3

Remaining Schedule: at West Virginia, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, at Colorado, Baylor, at Arizona, at Arizona State, Iowa State, at Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Kansas, at Baylor
Predicted Regular Season Record: 27-4
NCAA Tournament Projection: 1

2 Auburn 18-1

Remaining Schedule: at LSU, at Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Florida, at Vanderbilt, at Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Ole Miss, at Kentucky, at Texas A&M, Alabama
Predicted Regular Season Record: 28-3
NCAA Tournament Projection: 1

1 Duke 18-2

Remaining Schedule: North Carolina, at Syracuse, at Clemson, Cal, Stanford, at Virginia, Illinois (in NYC), at Miami, Florida State, Wake Forest, at North Carolina
Predicted Regular Season Record: 28-3
NCAA Tournament Projection: 1

NEXT: NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections

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