The second AP Top 25 poll of the 2025-26 season released Monday, and college basketball has a new No. 1 team. Purdue , the preseason top-ranked team, was leapfrogged by Houston last week despite not sustaining a loss. The Boilermakers jumped back to the spot the program held in the preseason after recording a statement 87-80 win over Alabama .

Preseason All-American forward Trey Kaufman-Renn made his season debut against the Crimson Tide after missing the first two games and finished with 19 points, 15 rebounds and five assists. Braden Smith , the preseason CBS Sports Player of the Year, was also brilliant in the upset. He finished with 29 points, seven rebounds and four assists.

Alabama came off a statement win over St. John's . After jumping into the top-10 (No. 8), Alabama

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