{"id":1164368,"date":"2026-02-23T17:39:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1164368"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:39:31","slug":"mens-college-basketball-rankings-after-week-16-updated-coaches-poll-ap-top-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/mens-college-basketball-rankings-after-week-16-updated-coaches-poll-ap-top-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#039;s college basketball rankings after Week 16: Updated Coaches Poll, AP Top 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the biggest, most anticipated weekend of one of the most thrilling <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/rising-falling-latest-march-madness-100846531.html\">men\u2019s college basketball<\/a> seasons in recent memory delivered.<\/p>\n<p>The top four teams in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/coaches-poll\">USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll<\/a> faced off last Saturday, with No. 1 Michigan taking on No. 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/duke-blue-devils\/1388\/\" target=\"_blank\">Duke<\/a> in a neutral-site game in Washington, D.C. and No. 2 Houston hosting No. 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/arizona-wildcats\/1291\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Behind 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists from Cameron Boozer, the Blue Devils <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/duke-passes-march-test-february-130545157.html\">knocked off the top-ranked Wolverines 68-63<\/a>, snapping Michigan\u2019s 11-game win streak. Even without star freshman Koa Peat, Arizona went on the road and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/live-story\/sports\/ncaab\/big12\/2026\/02\/21\/arizona-vs-houston-live-updates-score\/88796422007\/\">beat Houston 74-66<\/a>, handing the Cougars their first home loss this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>REQUIRED READING: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/rising-falling-latest-march-madness-100846531.html\" target=\"_blank\">Who is rising, falling in latest March Madness bracket prediction?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The notable results weren\u2019t limited to those matchups. Of the top 10 teams in the latest Coaches Poll, nine of them lost at least once last week.<\/p>\n<p>How will those outcomes affect the next batch of rankings?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the latest Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 for Feb. 23:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">College basketball rankings<\/h2>\n<p><em>First-place votes in parentheses.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/coaches-poll\">USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Duke (27)Arizona (4)MichiganHoustonIowa StateUConnFloridaPurdueGonzagaNebraskaIllinoisVirginiaMichigan StateKansasSt. John&#8217;sTexas TechArkansasAlabamaNorth CarolinaLouisvilleVanderbiltTennesseeBYUSaint LouisMiami (Ohio)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Others receiving votes: <\/em><\/strong><em>Wisconsin 35;\u00a0Villanova 25;\u00a0Georgia 18;\u00a0Utah State 7;\u00a0Iowa 6;\u00a0Saint Mary&#8217;s 5;\u00a0Miami 5;\u00a0Clemson 1<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">AP Top 25<\/h2>\n<p><em>This section will be updated when the poll is released Monday afternoon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaab\/ameast\/2026\/02\/23\/college-rankings-basketball-top-25-ap-coaches-poll-feb-23\/88825492007\/\">Men&#8217;s college basketball rankings: Updated Coaches Poll, AP Top 25<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/mens-college-basketball-rankings-week-173931705.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/mens-college-basketball-rankings-week-173931705.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the biggest, most anticipated weekend of one of the most thrilling men\u2019s college basketball seasons in recent memory delivered. The top four teams in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1164368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}