We are well into conference play across the college basketball landscape. As expected, there has been some interesting movement among the top 25. Over their last five games UConn has gone 2-3 while Gonzaga has dropped two of their last three, both programs falling out of this week’s top 25.

Then you have programs enter the top 25 like Missouri who has started SEC play 5-2 and Clemson who is currently 9-1 in the ACC. College basketball’s rankings remain fluid throughout the season.

This list is how I see the twenty-five best teams in college basketball, after watching through the first 12 weeks of games. There is a long way to go in this college basketball season, and if the non-conference and early conference schedule is any indication, many twists and turns will surely happen along the way.

Week 11 Top 25

But for this moment, as we get into the 2025 calendar, here is On3’s updated Top 25 college basketball rankings as we enter week 13 of the college basketball season.

1. Auburn, 18-1 (6-0)

Previously: No. 1 
Last Five: 5-0

Leading Scorer: C Johni Broome, 17.8
Leading Rebounder: C Johni Broome, 10.8

Next: @ LSU (1/29)

2. Duke, 17-2 (9-0)

Previously: No. 3
Last Five: 5-0

Leading Scorer: F Cooper Flagg, 19.5
Leading Rebounder: F Cooper Flagg, 8.0

Next: NC State (1/27)

3. Iowa State, 17-2 (7-1)

Previously: No. 2
Last Five: 4-1

Leading Scorer: G Curtis Jones, 18.6
Leading Rebounder: F Joshua Jefferson, 8.3

Next: @ No. 20 Arizona (1/27)

4. Houston, 16-3 (8-0)

Previously: No. 8
Last Five: 5-0

Leading Scorer: G LJ Cryer, 13.5
Leading Rebounder: F J’Wan Roberts, 6.6

Next: @ West Virginia (1/29)

5. Alabama, 17-3 (6-1)

Previously: No. 4
Last Five: 4-1

Leading Scorer: G Mark Sears, 18.0
Leading Rebounder: F Grant Nelson, 8.4

Next: @ No. 16 Mississippi State

6. Florida, 18-2 (5-2)

Previously: No. 5
Last Five: 4-1

Leading Scorer: G Walter Clayton, 17.8
Leading Rebounder: C Alex Condon, 8.1

Next: @ No. 10 Tennessee

7. Michigan State, 17-2 (8-0)

Previously: No. 10
Last Five: 5-0

Leading Scorer: G Jaden Akins, 13.8
Leading Rebounder: F Jaxon Kohler, 7.6

Next: Minnesota (1/28)

8. Marquette, 17-3 (8-1)

Previously: No. 7
Next Five: 4-1

Leading Scorer: G Kam Jones, 19.0
Leading Rebounder: F David Joplin, 5.4

Next: @ Butler (1/28)

9. Purdue, 16-5 (8-2)

Previously: No. 21
Last Five: 4-1

Leading Scorer: F Trey Kaufman-Renn, 18.1
Leading Rebounder: F Trey Kaufman-Renn, 6.3

Next: Indiana (1/31)

10. Tennessee, 17-3 (4-3)

Previously: No. 6
Last Five: 3-2

Leading Scorer: G Chaz Lanier, 18.0
Leading Rebounder: F Igor Milicic, 8.1

Next: No. 12 Kentucky (1/28)

College basketball week 13 rankings: teams 11-25

11. Kansas, 14-5 (5-3)
Previously: No. 11
Last Five: 3-2
Next: UCF (1/28)

12. Kentucky, 14-5 (3-3)
Previously: No. 9
Last Five: 2-3
Next: @ No. 10 Tennessee

13. Texas Tech, 12-3 (5-2)
Previously: No. 24
Last Five: 4-1
Next: Baylor (2/4)

14. St. John’s, 17-3 (8-1)
Previously: NR
Last Five: 5-0
Next: @ Georgetown (1/28)

15. Louisville, 15-5 (8-1)
Previously: No. 25
Last Five: 5-0
Next: Wake Forest (1/28)

16. Mississippi State, 16-4 (4-3)
Previously: No. 14
Last Five: 2-3
Next: No. 6 Alabama (1/29)

17. Memphis, 16-4 (6-1)
Previously: No. 13
Last Five: 4-1
Next: @ Tulane (1/30)

18. Missouri, 16-4 (5-2)
Previously: NR
Last Five: 4-1
Next: @ No. 16 Mississippi State (2/1)

19. Texas A&M, 15-5 (4-3)
Previously: No. 16
Last Five: 2-3
Next: Oklahoma (1/28)

20. Arizona, 13-6 (7-1)
Previously: NR
Last Five: 4-1
Next: No. 3 Iowa State (1/27)

21. Clemson, 17-4 (9-1)
Previously: NR
Last Five: 5-0
Next: @ NC State (2/1)

22. Michigan, 14-5 (6-2)
Previously: No. 15
Last Five: 3-2
Next: Penn State (1/27)

23. Oregon, 16-4 (5-4)
Previously: No. 19
Last Five: 3-2
Next: @ UCLA (1/30)

24. Wisconsin, 16-4 (6-3)
Previously: NR
Last Five: 4-1
Next: @ Maryland (1/29)

25. Vanderbilt, 16-4 (4-3)
Previously: NR
Last Five: 3-2
Next: @ Oklahoma (2/1)