College Basketball Rankings: Top 68 Teams Final 2025

Originally posted on College Football News | Last updated Apr 8, 2025 2:47 AM ET

It's been a blast of a college basketball season.

After years of taking a little bit of a backseat to other sports and other things, this year, the rise of the SEC in an all-timer of a campaign, the transfer portal upping the overall game, and with excellent conference races, it was great.

And then we got a chalk NCAA Tournament. That's not a bad thing.

The mediocre were shoved aside, the stars rose up and rocked, and we got an epic Final Four with all four No. 1 seeds playing like it.

Yes, we put more stock into what happened when it really mattered - the NCAA Tournament - but the full body of work is taken into account. With that, our CFN Top 68 College Basketball Rankings for the 2024-2025 season are ...

CFN College Basketball Rankings Final 2025

2025 Final College Basketball Rankings
26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10
- Top Blue Blood College Basketball Schools

68 Northwestern Wildcats

Record: 17-16
Big Ten Tournament: Lost to Wisconsin 70-63, Second Round

67 Bradley Braves

Record: 28-9
NIT: Lost to Chattanooga 67-65, Quarterfinal

66 Cincinnati Bearcats

Record: 19-16
College Basketball Crown: Lost to UCF 88-80, Second Round

65 San Francisco Dons

Record: 25-10
NIT Tournament: Lost to Loyola-Chicago 77-76, Second Round

64 Dayton Flyers

Record: 23-11
NIT Tournament: Lost to Chattanooga 87-72, Second Round

63 Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Record: 21-11
ACC Tournament: Lost to North Carolina 68-59, First Round

62 Loyola-Chicago Ramblers

Record: 25-12
NIT Tournament: Lost to Chattanooga 80-73, Semifinal

61 SMU Mustangs

Record: 24-11
NIT: Lost to Oklahoma State 85-83, Second Round

60 Iowa Hawkeyes

Record: 17-16
Big Ten Tournament: Lost to Illinois 106-94, Second Round

59 North Texas Mean Green

Record: 27-9
NIT: Lost to UC Irvine 69-67, Semifinal

58 West Virginia Mountaineers

Record: 19-13
Big 12 Tournament: Lost to Colorado 67-60, First Round

57 Indiana Hoosiers

Record: 19-13
Big Ten Tournament: Lost to Oregon 72-59, First Round

56 Boise State Broncos

Record: 26-11
College Basketball Crown: Lost to Nebraska 79-69, Semifinal

55 Villanova Wildcats

Record: 21-15
College Basketball Crown: Lost to UCF 104-98 2OT, Second Round

54 UCF Knights

Record: 29-9
College Basketball Crown: Lost to Nebraska 77-66, Championship

53 UC Irvine Anteaters

Record: 32-7
NIT: Lost to Chattanooga 85-84 OT, Championship

52 Nebraska Cornhuskers

Record: 21-14
College Basketball Crown: Won over UCF 77-66, Championship

51 Chattanooga Mocs

Record: 29-9
NIT: Won over UC Irvine 85-84 OT, Championship

NEXT: Teams Ranked 26-50

2025 Final College Basketball Rankings
26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10
- Top Blue Blood College Basketball Schools