{"id":184467,"date":"2026-03-09T17:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184467\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:56:14","slug":"ap-top-25-poll-florida-arkansas-jump-miami-falls-in-latest-college-basketball-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184467\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Top 25 poll: Florida, Arkansas jump, Miami falls in latest college basketball rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final AP Top 25 poll before Selection Sunday featured significant movement throughout. Notably, Florida<\/a> jumped one spot — ahead of UConn<\/a> — and checked in at No. 4 in the poll. The Gators enter the final week before the NCAA Tournament in a prime position to secure the final No. 1 seed later this weekend.<\/p>\n

To no surprise, Duke<\/a> remained No. 1 in the poll. The Blue Devils will likely be the No. 1 overall seed on Selection Sunday, depending on how this week’s ACC Tournament goes. Michigan<\/a> and Arizona<\/a>, the Nos. 2 and 3 teams in this week’s poll, could challenge Duke for the top line.<\/p>\n

UConn was the presumptive final No. 1 seed before suffering an upset loss last weekend to Marquette<\/a>. That loss allowed St. John’s<\/a> to clinch the Big East title outright. St. John’s and UConn could be on a collision course to face each other for a third time at the Big East Tournament later this week.<\/p>\n

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Bracketology True or False: Will Auburn or Indiana get in? Is Kansas a No. 5 seed? Will the ACC get nine bids?<\/p>\n

\n David Cobb <\/p>\n

\"Bracketology<\/p>\n

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The team that ended St. John’s season last year, Arkansas<\/a>, got a boost in this week’s rankings. The Razorbacks jumped three spots to No. 17 after ending the season with a dramatic win over Missouri<\/a> despite star guard Darius Acuff Jr<\/a>. not being in the lineup. Arkansas went 2-0 last week with wins over Texas<\/a> and Missouri after losing to Florida in blowout fashion on the road.<\/p>\n

Undefeated Miami (Ohio) dropped a spot, falling from No. 19 last week to No. 20 despite winning its last two regular season games and heads to this week’s MAC Tournament with a 31-0 record. Another team that dropped in the rankings this week was Tennessee<\/a>. The Volunteers dropped two spots to No. 25 in the latest poll after losing to Vanderbilt<\/a>. Tennessee has lost three of its last four games heading into the SEC Tournament.<\/p>\n

AP Top 25\u00a0<\/p>\n

1. Duke
2. Arizona
3. Michigan
4. Florida
5. Houston<\/a>
6. UConn
7. Iowa State<\/a>
8. Michigan State
9. Illinois<\/a>
10. Virginia<\/a>
11. Nebraska<\/a>
12. Gonzaga<\/a>
13. St. John’s
14. Kansas<\/a>
15. Alabama<\/a>
16. Texas Tech<\/a>
17. Arkansas
18. Purdue<\/a>
19. North Carolina<\/a>
20. Miami (Ohio)
21. Saint Mary’s<\/a>
22. Vanderbilt
23. Wisconsin<\/a>
24. Louisville<\/a>
25. Tennessee<\/p>\n

Others receiving votes: Miami<\/a> 60, TCU<\/a> 19, BYU<\/a> 18, Saint Louis<\/a> 12, High Point<\/a> 11, Georgia<\/a> 10, Villanova<\/a> 10, UCLA<\/a> 3, VCU<\/a> 3, Stephen F Austin<\/a> 2, Utah State<\/a> 2, Ohio State<\/a> 2, Missouri 2, Akron<\/a> 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final AP Top 25 poll before Selection Sunday featured significant movement throughout. Notably, Florida jumped one spot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3734,2531,86832,2527,2532,86833,2536,8294,24887,2513,82304,2516,2530,4669,2535,28640,2514,2523,2525,2524,2515,56731,43463,123,4641,125,124,2520,10480,4646,4676,4684,2519,73646,39193,2518,86834,6794,2533,6792,2526,2528,35241,10254,37621,43574,4682,2521],"class_list":{"0":"post-184467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-akron-zips","9":"tag-alabama-crimson-tide","10":"tag-ap-college-basketball-top-25","11":"tag-arizona-wildcats","12":"tag-arkansas-razorbacks","13":"tag-associated-press-college-basketball-top-25","14":"tag-byu-cougars","15":"tag-college-basketball","16":"tag-college-basketball-rankings","17":"tag-connecticut-huskies","18":"tag-darius-acuff-jr","19":"tag-duke-blue-devils","20":"tag-florida-gators","21":"tag-georgia-bulldogs","22":"tag-gonzaga-bulldogs","23":"tag-high-point-panthers","24":"tag-houston-cougars","25":"tag-illinois-fighting-illini","26":"tag-iowa-state-cyclones","27":"tag-kansas-jayhawks","28":"tag-louisville-cardinals","29":"tag-marquette-golden-eagles","30":"tag-mens-college-basketball-rankings","31":"tag-miami","32":"tag-miami-fla-hurricanes","33":"tag-miami-headlines","34":"tag-miami-news","35":"tag-michigan-wolverines","36":"tag-missouri-tigers","37":"tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","38":"tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","39":"tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","40":"tag-purdue-boilermakers","41":"tag-saint-louis-billikens","42":"tag-saint-marys-gaels","43":"tag-st-johns-red-storm","44":"tag-stephen-f-austin-lumberjacks","45":"tag-tcu-horned-frogs","46":"tag-tennessee-volunteers","47":"tag-texas-longhorns","48":"tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","49":"tag-ucla-bruins","50":"tag-utah-state-aggies","51":"tag-vanderbilt-commodores","52":"tag-vcu-rams","53":"tag-villanova-wildcats","54":"tag-virginia-cavaliers","55":"tag-wisconsin-badgers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}