With the 2025-26 college basketball season just around the corner, the preseason AP Top 25 poll has dropped.
The Hawkeyes have come a long way since their 2024-25 season concluded last March with a 17-16 (7-13 Big Ten) mark. Former head coach Fran McCaffery was dismissed and the Hawkeyes brought in one of the top coaches on the market as its new head coach in Ben McCollum.
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As McCollum enters his first season at the helm of the Hawkeyes, the true question will be whether the AP poll voters agree with the hype the fan base feels surrounding the Iowa program.
In the preseason AP Top 25 poll, six Big Ten squads find themselves ranked and six more, including Iowa, make their way into the receiving votes category.
At the top of the list is No. 1 Purdue, followed by No. 7 Michigan, No. 12 UCLA, No. 17 Illinois, No. 22 Michigan State, and No. 24 Wisconsin. It’s the first time in Purdue history that the Boilermakers begin the season as the nation’s top-ranked team.
The Hawkeyes are among 19 other programs in the receiving votes category as Iowa earned six points. The other five Big Ten teams joining them in that grouping are Oregon (98 points), Ohio State (23), USC (10), Washington (7), and Indiana (1).
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As for the remainder of the entire rankings, the AP preseason men’s college basketball poll is listed as follows:
|
Rank |
Team |
Points |
|
1 |
Purdue (35) |
1485 |
|
2 |
Houston (16) |
1459 |
|
3 |
Florida (8) |
1382 |
|
4 |
UConn (2) |
1299 |
|
5 |
St. John’s |
1203 |
|
6 |
Duke |
1123 |
|
7 |
Michigan |
1084 |
|
8 |
BYU |
1078 |
|
9 |
Kentucky |
1056 |
|
10 |
Texas Tech |
1015 |
|
11 |
Louisville |
966 |
|
12 |
UCLA |
741 |
|
13 |
Arizona |
715 |
|
14 |
Arkansas |
695 |
|
15 |
Alabama |
620 |
|
16 |
Iowa State |
616 |
|
17 |
Illinois |
567 |
|
18 |
Tennessee |
462 |
|
19 |
Kansas |
453 |
|
20 |
Auburn |
424 |
|
21 |
Gonzaga |
387 |
|
22 |
Michigan State |
188 |
|
23 |
Creighton |
158 |
|
24 |
Wisconsin |
136 |
|
25 |
North Carolina |
104 |
Others receiving votes: NC State 101, Oregon 98, San Diego St. 74, Texas 35, Ohio St. 23, Kansas St 13, Mississippi 11, Southern Cal 10, Missouri 8, Washington 7, Vanderbilt 7, Iowa 6, Boise St. 4, Mississippi St. 3, VCU 2, Virginia 2, Saint Mary’s 2, Indiana 1, Oklahoma 1, Baylor 1.
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