Men's basketball ballot breakdown | Clemson rising, Texas A&M plummeting
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press mens college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.
RK., TEAM REC.
PTS.
PREV.
1.
Auburn (61) 27-2 1,525 1 2.
Duke 27-3 1,458 2 3.
Houston 25-4 1,396 4 4.
Tennessee 24-5 1,326 5 5.
Florida 25-4 1,247 3 6.
St.
Johns 26-4 1,179 7 7.
Alabama 23-6 1,176 6 8.
Michigan State 24-5 1,165 8 9.
Texas Tech 22-7 947 10 10.
Iowa State 22-7 918 9 11.
Clemson 24-5 905 13 12.
Wisconsin 22-7 815 11 13.
Maryland 22-7 628 16 14.
Louisville 23-6 606 19 15.
Missouri 21-8 603 14 16.
Memphis 24-5 560 18 17.
Michigan 22-7 494 15 18.
Purdue 20-9 454 20 19.
Kentucky 19-10 417 17 20.
Marquette 22-7 409 21 21.
Saint Marys 27-4 399 23 22.
Texas A&M 20-9 364 12 23.
BYU 21-8 287 25 24.
Arizona 19-10 162 22 25.
Mississippi State 20-9 87 24 Others receiving votes: VCU 85, Vanderbilt 78, Oregon 37, Drake 18, UC San Diego 17, Illinois 16, Mississippi 13, UCLA 8, Gonzaga 8, Kansas 5, High Point 4, Connecticut 4, New Mexico 2, Creighton 2, Akron 1.
THE NEWS-GAZETTES TOP 25 Illinois beat writer Scott Richey is in his 10th season as an AP Top 25 voter.
Heres how his 17th regular-season ballot of the 2024-25 season shook out: RK., TEAM PREV.
1.
Auburn 1 2.
Duke 2 3.
Houston 4 4.
Tennessee 5 5.
St.
Johns 6 6.
Michigan State 8 7.
Florida 3 8.
Alabama 7 9.
Iowa State 9 10.
Texas Tech 10 11.
Clemson 16 12.
Memphis 18 13.
Louisville 19 14.
Maryland 11 15.
Wisconsin 14 16.
Mississippi State 15 17.
Vanderbilt NR 18.
Texas A&M 12 19.
Missouri 13 20.
BYU 20 21.
Marquette 22 22.
Saint Marys 24 23.
Michigan 17 24.
VCU NR 25.
Drake NR Whos up Most of the ACC isnt worth a mention with only five teams among the top 50 nationally and six that rank outside the top 100.
Despite that, Duke isnt running away with the ACC title.
Louisville and Clemson are right on the Blue Devils heels.
While Clemson stumbled into conference play with overtime losses to Memphis and South Carolina in mid-December, the Tigers have won 15 of their last 17 games heading into Wednesdays showdown at Boston College.
Four returning players among the Tigers top eight led by stars Chase Hunter and Ian Schieffelin has clearly helped.
Clemson has benefited from transfers Viktor Lakhin and Jaeden Zackery, but some continuity in the rotation has pushed the Tigers over the top.
Whos down Texas A&M is giving off real 2023-24 vibes with its late-season slide.
The Aggies losing streak reached four with last weeks losses to Vanderbilt and Florida with no relief in sight given theyll host No.
1 Auburn on Tuesday night.
Its eerily reminiscent of the five-game skid Texas A&M suffered in February 2024.
Last years team rallied to win its final three games of the regular season, reach the SEC tournament semifinals and snag a No.
9 seed in the NCAA tournament.
If this years team cant pull out of this spiral, it will likely lose the protection of a top four seed in the NCAA tournament.
Who to watch Iowa State is the Big Ten version of Illinois.
Just with fewer losses.
The Cyclones have had multiple games without some of their best players, including a seven-game run with Milan Momcilovic sideliened, but are now back at full strength.
A good time to get to that point with Tuesdays showdown against No.
23 BYU at Hilton Coliseum (8 p.m., ESPN) that will impact Big 12 tournament seeding.
Wednesday in the Big Ten sees No.
17 Michigan host No.
13 Maryland (5:30 p.m., BTN) with the Wolverines in must-win mode to try and keep hopes alive for a shared conference regular-season title..
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