AP Men’s Basketball Poll, March 13: B1G places 2 teams on final top 25 rankings of regular season

The AP Men’s Basketball Poll is getting updated as teams have put the finishing touches on the regular season!

After conference tournaments and Selection Sunday, Alabama is back on top at No. 1 in the country and the top overall seed for the NCAA Tournament. Houston fell out of the top spot to No. 2.

Purdue — the B1G’s top team and winners of a dramatic Big Ten Tournament championship — climbed up to No. 3 on the final poll. The Boilermakers were also able to land a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament with Kansas landing the final No. 1 seed on the bracket.

As for the rest of the B1G, Indiana was the only other team to make an appearance on the final AP Poll at No. 21. Penn State and Northwestern did land in the “others receiving votes” section.

Here’s how the final AP Top 25 shakes out heading into tournament season:

AP Men’s Basketball Top 25:

#1 Alabama
#2 Houston
#3 Purdue
#4 Kansas
#5 Texas
#6 Marquette
#7 UCLA
#8 Arizona
#9 Gonzaga
#10 UConn
#11 Baylor
#12 Duke
#13 Xavier
#14 Virginia
#15 Kansas State
#16 Miami
#17 Texas A&M
#18 San Diego State
#19 Saint Mary’s
#20 Tennessee
#21 Indiana
#22 TCU
#23 Mizzou
#24 Memphis
#25 Florida Atlantic

Also receiving votes: 

Creighton 94, Oral Roberts 58, Kentucky 39, Iowa State 32, VCU 26, Utah State 15, Penn State 11, Charleston 10, West Virginia 2, Drake 2, Kent State 2, Northwestern 2

Paul Harvey

Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.