NCAA men’s and women’s basketball rankings: December 20, 2025

Badger Bracketology’s college basketball rankings are back! Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings Below are Badger Bracketology’s analytics-based Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings. The top 25 are listed below, with Arizona ranked 1st. View how all men’s D1 teams are ranked here. 1 Arizona 2 Michigan 3 Duke 4 Connecticut 5 Iowa St 6 Vanderbilt 7 Gonzaga 8 Nebraska 9 BYU 10 Michigan St 11 Purdue 12 North Carolina 13 Kansas 14 Houston 15 Seton Hall 16 Alabama 17 Illinois 18 USC 19 Arkansas 20 Iowa 21 St Mary’s CA 22 St Louis 23 LSU 24 Tulsa 25 Texas Tech The men’s Big Ten teams are ranked below: 2 Michigan 8 Nebraska 10 Michigan St 11 Purdue 17 Illinois 18 USC 20 Iowa 30 UCLA 55 Indiana 64 Ohio St 71 Washington 79 Wisconsin 99 Northwestern 102 Oregon 104 Penn St 113 Maryland 139 Minnesota 162 Rutgers Women’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings Below are Badger Bracketology’s analytics-based Women’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings. Connecticut is the top-ranked team, and Wisconsin is ranked 60th. View how all women’s D1 teams are ranked here. 1 Connecticut 2 UCLA 3 Texas 4 South Carolina 5 Maryland 6 TCU 7 Nebraska 8 Vanderbilt 9 Iowa St 10 Michigan 11 Texas Tech 12 Alabama 13 Iowa 14 Oregon 15 Kentucky 16 LSU 17 Oklahoma 18 Louisville 19 Mississippi 20 Princeton 21 North Carolina 22 Arizona St 23 Georgia 24 Illinois 25 West Virginia The women’s Big Ten teams are ranked below: 2 UCLA 5 Maryland 7 Nebraska 10 Michigan 13 Iowa 14 Oregon 24 Illinois 26 USC 32 Ohio St 33 Minnesota 37 Indiana 40 Washington 41 Michigan St 60 Wisconsin 69 Penn St 87 Rutgers 96 Purdue 119 Northwestern