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Michigan jumped to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll Monday as rival Michigan State and Iowa State both climbed into the top 10.

The fourth in-season men's AP Top 25 poll for 2025-26 is out. Here's what's next for every team in the standings.

National champions facing off, the nastiest rivalry in college basketball and more are up this month.

From the Players Era in Las Vegas to a top-25 showdown in New York, here's what we learned last week.

Touted freshman guard Braylon Mullins will make his debut for No. 5 UConn on Friday against No. 13 Illinois after missing over a month with an ankle injury.

BYU men's basketball star Kennard Davis returned from a two-game suspension Thursday after a DUI arrest earlier this month, scoring 18 points and adding five rebounds in the Cougars' 72-62 win over Miami.

Yaxel Lendeborg said the Wolverines made a statement about their place in college basketball's hierarchy with a 40-point victory over Gonzaga in the Players Era title game Wednesday night.

Kansas rallied to overcome a 12-point second-half deficit and took down previously unbeaten Tennessee 81-76 in the third-place game of the Players Era Championship.

Chad Baker-Mazara scored 23 points, Jaden Brownell added 16 points, and USC claimed the Maui Invitational championship with an 88-75 victory over Arizona State on Wednesday.

After promising to stick to the current format, Players Era Festival CEO Seth Berger told ESPN that the event will consider a new one when next year's field expands to 32 teams.