Syracuse, N.Y. - The Associated Press released its first regular-season men’s basketball poll of 2025-26 on Monday.

There’s a lot of familiar names on that list. And some not quite as familiar. Houston climbed over Purdue, the preseason No. 1. There are three ACC teams in the poll, with NC State lurking at what would be No. 26.

Here’s the poll. You can see how I voted below the official AP Top 25. (Team, record, total points, number of first-place votes in parentheses.)

1) Houston 2-0 1462 (18)

2) Purdue 2-0 1459 (36)

3) UConn 2-0 1361 (3)

4) Duke 2-0 1223 (2)

5) Arizona 2-0 1204 (0)

6) Michigan 1-0 1121 (1)

7) BYU 2-0 1111 (0)

8) Alabama 2-0 1087 (1)

9) Kentucky 2-0 1072 (0)

10) Florida 1-1990 (0)

11) Texas Tech 2-0 969 (0)

12) Louisville 2-0 856 (0)

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