The Race

The AP Top 25 and every conference race, on the road to March.

AP Top 25

Preseason · Oct 20

#	Team	Record	Pts
1	SC South Carolina	0-0	764 (23)
2	CONN UConn	0-0	746 (6)
3	USC USC	0-0	668 (2)
4	DUKE Duke	0-0	647
5	MICH Michigan	0-0	644
6	TEX Texas	0-0	618
7	LOU Louisville	0-0	557
8	VAN Vanderbilt	0-0	536
9	LSU LSU	0-0	512
10	IOWA Iowa	0-0	492
11	UCLA UCLA	0-0	442
12	UNC North Carolina	0-0	396
13	ND Notre Dame	0-0	368
14	UK Kentucky	0-0	325
15	TCU TCU	0-0	301
16	WASH Washington	0-0	272
17	MINN Minnesota	0-0	238
18	OSU Ohio State	0-0	234
19	MISS Ole Miss	0-0	223
20	MD Maryland	0-0	222
21	OU Oklahoma	0-0	206
22	OKST Oklahoma State	0-0	202
23	ILL Illinois	0-0	128
24	WVU West Virginia	0-0	73
25	NCSU NC State	0-0	51

Others receiving votes: Nebraska 47, Arizona State 36, Baylor 31, Virginia 30, Michigan State 16, Kansas 12, Tennessee 9, Alabama 7, Villanova 5, Syracuse 5, Oregon 2, Fairfield 2.

Conference tables

Final 2025-26 standings. This season's tables start after the first games.

SEC

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	SC #1 South Carolina	15-1	36-4	L1
2	VAN #8 Vanderbilt	13-3	29-5	L1
3	TEX #6 Texas	13-3	35-4	L1
4	LSU #9 LSU	12-4	29-6	L1
5	OU #21 Oklahoma	11-5	26-8	L1
6	TENN Tennessee	8-8	16-14	L8
7	UK #14 Kentucky	8-8	25-11	L1
8	MISS #19 Ole Miss	8-8	24-12	L1
9	UGA Georgia	8-8	22-10	L2
10	TA&M Texas A&M	7-9	14-13	L2
11	ALA Alabama	7-9	24-11	L1
12	FLA Florida	5-11	18-15	L1
13	MSST Mississippi State	5-11	18-13	L5
14	MIZ Missouri	4-12	17-17	L1
15	AUB Auburn	3-13	15-17	L1
16	ARK Arkansas	1-15	12-20	L1

Big Ten

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	UCLA #11 UCLA	18-0	37-1	W31
2	IOWA #10 Iowa	15-3	27-7	L1
3	MICH #5 Michigan	15-3	28-7	L1
4	OSU #18 Ohio State	13-5	27-8	L1
5	MINN #17 Minnesota	13-5	24-9	L1
6	MD #20 Maryland	11-7	24-9	L1
7	MSU Michigan State	11-7	23-9	L1
8	WASH #16 Washington	10-8	22-11	L1
9	USC #3 USC	9-9	18-14	L1
10	ILL #23 Illinois	9-9	22-12	L1
11	ORE Oregon	8-10	23-13	L1
12	NEB Nebraska	7-11	19-13	L1
13	IU Indiana	6-12	18-14	L1
14	PUR Purdue	5-13	13-17	L1
15	WIS Wisconsin	5-13	16-18	L1
16	PSU Penn State	4-14	11-18	L1
17	NU Northwestern	2-16	8-21	L11
18	RUTG Rutgers	1-17	9-20	L11

ACC

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	DUKE #4 Duke	16-2	27-9	L1
2	LOU #7 Louisville	15-3	29-8	L1
3	UNC #12 North Carolina	14-4	28-8	L1
4	NCSU #25 NC State	13-5	21-11	L1
5	ND #13 Notre Dame	12-6	25-11	L1
6	VT Virginia Tech	12-6	23-10	L2
7	SYR Syracuse	12-6	24-9	L1
8	UVA Virginia	11-7	22-12	L1
9	CLEM Clemson	11-7	21-12	L2
10	CAL California	9-9	21-15	L1
11	GT Georgia Tech	8-10	14-19	L2
12	MIA Miami	8-10	18-15	L1
13	STAN Stanford	8-10	21-14	L1
14	FSU Florida State	5-13	10-21	L1
15	WAKE Wake Forest	4-14	14-18	L4
16	SMU SMU	2-16	9-21	L4
17	PITT Pittsburgh	1-17	8-23	L14
18	BC Boston College	1-17	5-26	L2

Big 12

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	TCU #15 TCU	15-3	32-6	L1
2	WVU #24 West Virginia	14-4	28-7	L1
3	BAY Baylor	13-5	25-9	L1
4	OKST #22 Oklahoma State	12-6	24-10	L1
5	TTU Texas Tech	12-6	26-8	L1
6	COLO Colorado	11-7	22-12	L2
7	ISU Iowa State	10-8	22-10	L2
8	UTAH Utah	10-8	19-13	L2
9	BYU BYU	9-9	26-12	L1
10	ASU Arizona State	9-9	24-11	L2
11	KU Kansas	8-10	22-14	L1
12	KSU Kansas State	8-10	19-18	L1
13	CIN Cincinnati	6-12	11-20	L3
14	UCF UCF	3-15	11-19	L1
15	ARIZ Arizona	3-15	12-18	L2
16	HOU Houston	1-17	7-23	L9

Big East

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	CONN #2 UConn	20-0	38-1	L1
2	VILL Villanova	16-4	25-8	L2
3	HALL Seton Hall	12-8	19-13	L2
4	MARQ Marquette	12-8	18-12	L1
5	CREI Creighton	11-9	16-15	L1
6	SJU St. John's	11-9	22-12	L2
7	PROV Providence	7-13	15-18	L1
8	GTWN Georgetown	6-14	14-17	L1
9	BTLR Butler	6-14	12-19	L1
10	DEP DePaul	5-15	8-24	L1
11	XAV Xavier	4-16	11-19	L8

A-10

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	URI Rhode Island	16-2	28-5	L1
2	GMU George Mason	16-2	23-10	L2
3	RICH Richmond	15-3	26-8	L2
4	DAV Davidson	12-6	21-12	L1
5	JOES Saint Joseph's	10-8	20-11	L1
6	LAS La Salle	10-8	19-14	L1
7	DAY Dayton	9-9	17-14	L1
8	LUC Loyola Chicago	9-9	16-18	L1
9	SBU St. Bonaventure	7-11	17-16	L1
10	GW George Washington	7-11	18-18	L1
11	SLU Saint Louis	5-13	12-21	L1
12	DUQ Duquesne	4-14	12-19	L1
13	VCU VCU	4-14	8-23	L9
14	FOR Fordham	2-16	10-20	L5

Am. East

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	UVM Vermont	13-3	27-8	L1
2	ME Maine	12-4	19-13	L1
3	BING Binghamton	10-6	20-13	L1
4	UMBC UMBC	10-6	17-15	L1
5	NJIT NJIT	9-7	19-13	L1
6	BRY Bryant	8-8	18-12	L3
7	UNH New Hampshire	4-12	10-20	L1
8	UALB UAlbany	4-12	14-16	L3
9	UML UMass Lowell	2-14	8-21	L3

American

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	RICE Rice	17-1	29-6	L1
2	ECU East Carolina	14-4	22-10	L1
3	USF South Florida	13-5	20-12	L1
4	TLSA Tulsa	11-7	19-12	L2
5	UNT North Texas	11-7	19-14	L1
6	UTSA UTSA	9-9	18-16	L1
7	TEM Temple	8-10	15-17	L1
8	CLT Charlotte	8-10	14-18	L1
9	FAU Florida Atlantic	7-11	14-18	L1
10	TULN Tulane	6-12	11-20	L3
11	WICH Wichita State	5-13	8-23	L1
12	UAB UAB	4-14	11-19	L1
13	MEM Memphis	4-14	10-21	W1

Atlantic Sun

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	EKU Eastern Kentucky	15-3	25-9	L1
2	JAX Jacksonville	13-5	24-9	L1
3	CARK Central Arkansas	13-5	21-11	L1
4	STET Stetson	12-6	20-12	L2
5	UNA North Alabama	11-7	17-14	L1
6	FGCU Florida Gulf Coast	11-7	16-16	L2
7	WGA West Georgia	10-8	18-13	L1
8	APSU Austin Peay	8-10	19-14	L2
9	LIP Lipscomb	7-11	10-20	L2
10	UNF North Florida	4-14	9-21	L3
11	QUC Queens University	4-14	10-20	L2
12	BELL Bellarmine	0-18	2-30	L27

Big Sky

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	IDHO Idaho	17-1	29-6	L1
2	MTST Montana State	16-2	27-8	L1
3	UNCO Northern Colorado	13-5	23-11	L1
4	IDST Idaho State	12-6	19-11	L2
5	SAC Sacramento State	8-10	15-18	L1
6	EWU Eastern Washington	7-11	15-18	L1
7	NAU Northern Arizona	6-12	10-22	L5
8	MONT Montana	5-13	9-22	L1
9	WEB Weber State	4-14	11-22	L1
10	PRST Portland State	2-16	6-25	L8

Big South

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	HPU High Point	13-3	27-6	L1
2	RAD Radford	12-4	23-13	L1
3	LONG Longwood	11-5	21-10	L1
4	GWEB Gardner-Webb	9-7	12-19	L2
5	WIN Winthrop	7-9	15-17	L1
6	UNCA UNC Asheville	7-9	12-18	L1
7	CHSO Charleston Southern	6-10	8-22	L6
8	UPST South Carolina Upstate	6-10	12-20	L1
9	PRES Presbyterian	1-15	3-27	L11

Big West

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	UCI UC Irvine	17-3	26-7	L2
2	UCSD UC San Diego	17-3	24-9	L1
3	UCD UC Davis	15-5	23-11	L2
4	HAW Hawai'i	14-6	22-11	L1
5	CSUF Cal State Fullerton	13-7	18-14	L1
6	UCSB UC Santa Barbara	12-8	20-10	L2
7	UCR UC Riverside	8-12	11-21	L1
8	CSUN Cal State Northridge	6-14	10-20	L2
9	LBSU Long Beach State	4-16	5-25	L2
10	CSUB Cal State Bakersfield	2-18	7-23	L10
11	CP Cal Poly	2-18	4-26	W1

CAA

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	COFC Charleston	16-2	27-6	L1
2	CAM Campbell	13-5	20-12	L1
3	DREX Drexel	13-5	21-11	L2
4	STBK Stony Brook	12-6	18-15	L1
5	MONM Monmouth	12-6	21-12	L1
6	ELON Elon	10-8	16-16	L1
7	TOW Towson	10-8	17-14	L1
8	W&M William & Mary	9-9	17-14	L1
9	NCAT North Carolina A&T	7-11	12-18	L2
10	HOF Hofstra	6-12	11-22	L1
11	HAMP Hampton	4-14	10-21	L3
12	NE Northeastern	3-15	7-22	L6
13	UNCW UNC Wilmington	2-16	7-24	L1

CUSA

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	LT Louisiana Tech	17-1	26-7	L2
2	FIU Florida International	12-6	21-12	L1
3	LIB Liberty	11-7	18-13	L1
4	MTSU Middle Tennessee	11-7	17-16	L1
5	MOST Missouri State	11-7	23-13	L1
6	SHSU Sam Houston	11-7	18-13	L2
7	JXST Jacksonville State	9-9	16-16	L1
8	DEL Delaware	6-12	13-19	L1
9	KENN Kennesaw State	6-12	13-17	L2
10	UTEP UTEP	5-13	13-17	L4
11	NMSU New Mexico State	5-13	9-21	L3
12	WKU Western Kentucky	4-14	8-21	L3

Horizon

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	GB Green Bay	17-3	25-9	L1
2	YSU Youngstown State	15-5	25-10	L1
3	CLE Cleveland State	13-7	26-10	L1
4	PFW Purdue Fort Wayne	12-8	21-14	L1
5	NKU Northern Kentucky	12-8	15-17	L2
6	RMU Robert Morris	11-9	18-12	L1
7	IUIN IU Indianapolis	9-11	14-17	L1
8	OAK Oakland	7-13	10-21	L3
9	WRST Wright State	6-14	10-22	L4
10	MILW Milwaukee	4-16	8-24	L8
11	DETM Detroit Mercy	4-16	7-24	L1

Ivy

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	PRIN Princeton	12-2	26-4	L1
2	COLU Columbia	11-3	25-8	W5
3	HARV Harvard	10-4	20-12	L1
4	BRWN Brown	8-6	16-11	L3
5	PENN Pennsylvania	7-7	17-10	W2
6	COR Cornell	4-10	9-18	W1
7	YALE Yale	3-11	7-20	L1
8	DART Dartmouth	1-13	10-17	L7

MAC

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	M-OH Miami (OH)	16-2	28-7	L1
2	BALL Ball State	16-2	26-7	L1
3	MASS Massachusetts	15-3	23-7	L1
4	CMU Central Michigan	12-6	18-12	L1
5	OHIO Ohio	11-7	18-14	L2
6	TOL Toledo	9-9	17-15	L1
7	BGSU Bowling Green	9-9	17-14	L1
8	KENT Kent State	9-9	15-16	L1
9	EMU Eastern Michigan	6-12	13-16	W1
10	WMU Western Michigan	5-13	9-20	L3
11	AKR Akron	4-14	7-24	L5
12	NIU Northern Illinois	4-14	7-23	L1
13	BUF Buffalo	1-17	3-27	L2

MEAC

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	HOW Howard	13-1	26-8	L1
2	UMES Maryland Eastern Shore	11-3	20-15	L1
3	NORF Norfolk State	11-3	18-15	L2
4	COPP Coppin State	6-8	10-23	L1
5	NCCU North Carolina Central	5-9	9-20	L1
6	DSU Delaware State	4-10	7-23	L2
7	MORG Morgan State	4-10	5-26	L1
8	SCST South Carolina State	2-12	5-25	L12

MVC

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	MUR Murray State	19-1	31-4	L1
2	BEL Belmont	16-4	20-12	L1
3	ILST Illinois State	13-7	24-14	L1
4	BRAD Bradley	13-7	20-13	L3
5	UNI Northern Iowa	13-7	18-14	L1
6	DRKE Drake	10-10	12-20	L1
7	UIC UIC	9-11	14-18	L4
8	SIU Southern Illinois	7-13	10-20	L1
9	INST Indiana State	5-15	10-22	L1
10	EVAN Evansville	5-15	10-25	L1
11	VAL Valparaiso	0-20	0-32	L32

Metro

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	FAIR Fairfield	19-1	28-5	L1
2	QUIN Quinnipiac	19-1	27-7	L1
3	MRMK Merrimack	15-5	19-13	L2
4	IONA Iona	12-8	20-12	L1
5	SIE Siena	11-9	13-17	L1
6	MSM Mount St. Mary's	11-9	15-15	L1
7	SHU Sacred Heart	10-10	13-18	L1
8	MAN Manhattan	10-10	11-20	L1
9	MRST Marist	8-12	11-20	L2
10	SPU Saint Peter's	6-14	7-23	L6
11	RID Rider	5-15	7-22	L3
12	CAN Canisius	3-17	5-24	L2
13	NIA Niagara	1-19	1-28	L2

Mountain West

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	SDSU San Diego State	19-1	27-6	L1
2	CSU Colorado State	15-5	27-8	L1
3	UNLV UNLV	15-5	21-11	L1
4	BOIS Boise State	14-6	25-9	L1
5	UNM New Mexico	14-6	22-10	L1
6	GCU Grand Canyon	11-9	13-19	L1
7	FRES Fresno State	8-12	15-18	L1
8	AF Air Force	7-13	16-19	L2
9	WYO Wyoming	7-13	10-20	L1
10	NEV Nevada	6-14	10-21	L1
11	USU Utah State	2-18	6-24	L18
12	SJSU San José State	2-18	4-28	L5

NEC

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	FDU Fairleigh Dickinson	18-0	30-5	L1
2	LIU Long Island University	14-4	21-11	L1
3	MERC Mercyhurst	14-4	15-17	L2
4	WAG Wagner	9-9	13-17	L3
5	LEM Le Moyne	9-9	12-21	L1
6	STO Stonehill	8-10	12-18	L1
7	CHST Chicago State	8-10	9-23	L2
8	NHVN New Haven	5-13	7-22	L8
9	SFPA Saint Francis	3-15	3-27	L2
10	CCSU Central Connecticut	2-16	2-27	W1

OVC

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	WIU Western Illinois	16-4	26-6	L1
2	LIN Lindenwood	16-4	25-8	L1
3	USI Southern Indiana	14-6	21-11	L2
4	MORE Morehead State	13-7	18-15	L3
5	LR Little Rock	11-9	15-16	L2
6	UTM UT Martin	9-11	13-17	L7
7	SIUE SIU Edwardsville	8-12	16-16	L1
8	TNTC Tennessee Tech	8-12	15-14	L1
9	SEMO Southeast Missouri State	8-12	14-18	L1
10	TNST Tennessee State	4-16	5-24	W1
11	EIU Eastern Illinois	3-17	4-27	L7

Patriot

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	NAVY Navy	16-2	22-9	L2
2	ARMY Army	14-4	26-8	L1
3	HC Holy Cross	14-4	23-10	L1
4	LEH Lehigh	11-7	17-15	L2
5	L-MD Loyola Maryland	8-10	12-18	L3
6	LAF Lafayette	7-11	11-19	L1
7	BUCK Bucknell	7-11	11-19	L2
8	BU Boston University	6-12	11-20	L1
9	AMER American University	5-13	7-23	L1
10	COLG Colgate	2-16	7-24	L1

SWAC

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	AAMU Alabama A&M	17-1	22-11	L2
2	ALCN Alcorn State	14-4	17-14	L3
3	SOU Southern	12-6	20-14	L1
4	ALST Alabama State	12-6	17-15	L1
5	JKST Jackson State	10-8	12-19	L2
6	GRAM Grambling	10-8	13-19	L1
7	UAPB Arkansas-Pine Bluff	10-8	15-16	L1
8	FAMU Florida A&M	7-11	9-22	L1
9	TXSO Texas Southern	6-12	10-21	L1
10	MVSU Mississippi Valley State	6-12	8-23	L1
11	BCU Bethune-Cookman	4-14	7-26	L1
12	PV Prairie View A&M	0-18	2-28	L24

SoCon

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	UTC Chattanooga	10-4	20-11	L2
2	ETSU East Tennessee State	10-4	18-13	L1
3	WOF Wofford	10-4	16-13	L2
4	FUR Furman	9-5	18-13	L1
5	MER Mercer	7-7	17-13	L1
6	SAM Samford	6-8	16-19	L1
7	UNCG UNC Greensboro	4-10	14-16	L1
8	WCU Western Carolina	0-14	3-26	L15

Southland

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	MCN McNeese	21-1	29-6	L1
2	LAM Lamar	17-5	20-11	L2
3	SFA Stephen F. Austin	16-6	25-10	L1
4	RGV UT Rio Grande Valley	16-6	21-14	L1
5	NWST Northwestern State	14-8	18-14	L1
6	UIW Incarnate Word	11-11	13-17	L4
7	NICH Nicholls	10-12	15-16	L1
8	ETAM East Texas A&M	9-13	13-17	L3
9	HCU Houston Christian	6-16	8-21	L4
10	AMCC Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	5-17	6-23	W1
11	SELA SE Louisiana	4-18	5-24	L2
12	NOLA LSU New Orleans	3-19	3-27	L6

Summit

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	NDSU North Dakota State	15-1	29-5	L1
2	SDST South Dakota State	14-2	27-7	L1
3	SDAK South Dakota	12-4	26-10	L1
4	STMN St. Thomas	8-8	16-16	L1
5	ORU Oral Roberts	8-8	15-15	L1
6	DEN Denver	5-11	11-19	L1
7	KC Kansas City	4-12	7-23	L8
8	UND North Dakota	3-13	7-24	L6
9	OMA Omaha	3-13	6-27	L1

Sun Belt

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	GASO Georgia Southern	16-2	23-8	L2
2	TROY Troy	15-3	25-8	L2
3	ARST Arkansas State	14-4	27-10	L1
4	JMU James Madison	14-4	26-9	L1
5	MRSH Marshall	13-5	28-9	W5
6	ODU Old Dominion	9-9	18-14	L1
7	USM Southern Miss	8-10	15-16	L1
8	CCU Coastal Carolina	7-11	14-18	L2
9	ULM UL Monroe	7-11	17-16	L1
10	TXST Texas State	7-11	11-19	L6
11	GAST Georgia State	5-13	10-21	L1
12	USA South Alabama	5-13	17-19	L1
13	APP App State	4-14	11-19	L5
14	UL Louisiana	2-16	5-26	L1

UAC

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	CBU California Baptist	15-3	23-11	L1
2	ACU Abilene Christian	13-5	24-11	L1
3	SUU Southern Utah	11-7	19-13	L5
4	UVU Utah Valley	9-9	16-15	L2
5	TAR Tarleton State	7-11	14-17	L1
6	UTA UT Arlington	4-14	12-21	L1
7	UTU Utah Tech	4-14	9-20	L2

WCC

	Team	Conf	Overall	Streak
1	LMU Loyola Marymount	15-3	21-10	L2
2	GONZ Gonzaga	14-4	24-10	L1
3	SCU Santa Clara	13-5	24-10	L2
4	ORST Oregon State	13-5	23-12	L2
5	PORT Portland	11-7	20-15	L1
6	PEPP Pepperdine	10-8	21-13	L1
7	SF San Francisco	9-9	19-15	L1
8	WSU Washington State	6-12	9-25	L1
9	SMC Saint Mary's	6-12	15-17	L5
10	PAC Pacific	6-12	11-19	L4
11	USD San Diego	4-14	11-22	L1
12	SEA Seattle U	1-17	5-25	L14

Polls and standings from ESPN, checked several times a day (last Oct 31, 7:00 PM ET). Seeds follow each league's tiebreakers as ESPN applies them. This week's games · Team schedules