Alabama, AP Poll and College Football Playoff
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The second in-season men's AP Top 25 poll for 2025-26 is out. Here's what next for every team in the standings.
Navy, Tulane, North Texas and the East Carolina Pirates all have one loss in conference play. None of those four teams play each other in the next two weeks. Navy owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over North Texas, while Tulane beat East Carolina earlier in the season.
Trey Kaufman-Renn returned to the floor this week after missing Purdue's first two games. Subsequently, the Boilers are back in the top spot of the AP poll.
We've had seven top-25 matchups already this season, four of which featured two teams both ranked in the top 15 of the Associated Press poll. But Thursday night will deliver the first top-10 showdown of this season when Purdue plays at Alabama in a game scheduled to tip at 7 p.m. ET.