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Ballot coverage: 30 of the official 31 ballots recovered. Marisa Ingemi’s April 6 Final ballot is unavailable. AP ranks, points and first-place votes use the full 31-voter results; ballot analysis uses the 30 recovered ballots. No choices are inferred for the unavailable ballot.

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38Teams Receiving Votes

1.47

3.71Virginia · 27 Ranked Votes

AP Top 25 Final

2025–26 · 2026-04-06

AP Top 25 — 2025 Final
Rank	Team		1st		Ranked High / Low
Rank 1	UCLA	775	1st Votes31	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low1 / 1	0.0
Rank 2	South Carolina	739	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low2 / 4	0.5
Rank 3	UConn	704	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low2 / 4	0.6
Rank 4	Texas	696	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low2 / 4	0.6
Rank 5	Duke	641	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low5 / 7	0.5
Rank 6	TCU	582	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low6 / 13	1.5
Rank 7	Michigan	578	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low5 / 11	1.7
Rank 8	LSU	540	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low6 / 12	1.6
Rank 9	Notre Dame	524	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low6 / 17	2.6
Rank 10	Vanderbilt	518	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low5 / 14	1.8
Rank 11	Louisville	438	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low8 / 15	1.9
Rank 12	Oklahoma	425	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low9 / 17	2.2
Rank 13	North Carolina	382	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low11 / 18	2.1
Rank 14	Kentucky	360	1st Votes—	97%29/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low10 / 20	2.1
Rank 15	Minnesota	346	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low11 / 19	2.0
Rank 16	Iowa	279	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low9 / 24	3.5
Rank 17	Ohio State	253	1st Votes—	97%29/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low11 / 21	2.5
Rank 18	West Virginia	246	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low11 / 24	3.1
Rank 19	Virginia	208	1st Votes—	90%27/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low12 / 24	3.7
Rank 20	Maryland	204	1st Votes—	100%30/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low11 / 23	2.3
Rank 21	Ole Miss	193	1st Votes—	90%27/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low16 / 23	2.1
Rank 22	Michigan State	145	1st Votes—	93%28/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low17 / 25	1.8
Rank 23	Baylor	88	1st Votes—	70%21/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low18 / 25	1.8
Rank 24	Alabama	80	1st Votes—	80%24/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low18 / 25	1.6
Rank 25	Washington	48	1st Votes—	50%15/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low16 / 25	2.3

Other Teams Receiving Votes (13)

Other Teams Receiving Votes — 2025 Final
Rank	Team		1st		Ranked High / Low
Rank NR	Texas Tech	22	1st Votes—	23%7/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low17 / 25	2.7
Rank NR	Princeton	13	1st Votes—	20%6/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low23 / 25	0.9
Rank NR	Oklahoma State	11	1st Votes—	27%8/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low24 / 25	0.3
Rank NR	Georgia	7	1st Votes—	13%4/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low24 / 25	0.4
Rank NR	Illinois	7	1st Votes—	13%4/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low23 / 25	0.8
Rank NR	Columbia	5	1st Votes—	7%2/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low22 / 25	1.5
Rank NR	Fairfield	5	1st Votes—	7%2/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low23 / 24	0.5
Rank NR	Marshall	3	1st Votes—	3%1/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low23 / 23	0.0
Rank NR	Villanova	3	1st Votes—	3%1/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low23 / 23	0.0
Rank NR	NC State	2	1st Votes—	7%2/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low25 / 25	0.0
Rank NR	Oregon	2	1st Votes—	3%1/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low24 / 24	0.0
Rank NR	Rhode Island	2	1st Votes—	3%1/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low24 / 24	0.0
Rank NR	Syracuse	1	1st Votes—	3%1/30 Voters	Ranked High / Low25 / 25	0.0

Biggest Ballot Outliers

Voters whose rankings differ most from the AP Top 25, comparing teams both rank.

Voter

Eden Laase24 Compared · 1 Added / 1 Omitted2.75 Madeline Kenney24 Compared · 1 Added / 1 Omitted2.13 Angel Gray22 Compared · 3 Added / 3 Omitted2.09 Caleb Jarreau25 Compared · 0 Added / 0 Omitted1.92 Percy Allen24 Compared · 1 Added / 1 Omitted1.92

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Biggest Inclusion Differences

Voters with the most additions and omissions compared with the AP Top 25.

Voter
Mitchell Northam	4 / 4
Reed Darcey	3 / 3
Caroline Makauskas	3 / 3
Angel Gray	3 / 3
Brenda VanLengen	2 / 2

Ballot Distribution

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Team

Virginia3.7

90% · 27 of 30 Voters
Average When Ranked: #18.52 · 3 Unranked

Ranked High #12 · Low #243 / 30 Ballots

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Virginia votes by rank, including zero counts
Rank	Voters
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	1
13	2
14	1
15	3
16	4
17	1
18	1
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	4
24	2
25	0
NR	3

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Biggest Individual Outliers

The largest gaps between a voter’s rank and the AP rank for the same team.

Voter	Team	Vote
Eden Laase	Washington	#16	#25	+9
Christy Winters Scott	Maryland	#11	#20	+9
Percy Allen	Iowa	#24	#16	-8
Caleb Jarreau	Notre Dame	#17	#9	-8
Percy Allen	Virginia	#12	#19	+7
Eden Laase	Iowa	#23	#16	-7
Sam McKewon	Notre Dame	#16	#9	-7
Sam McKewon	West Virginia	#11	#18	+7

Who’s In, Who’s Out

Teams voters included outside the AP Top 25, and Top 25 teams they left out.

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Voter	Team	Vote
Michael Sauls	Princeton	#24	NR	Voter Only
Michael Sauls	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Brenda VanLengen	Baylor	NR	#23	Omitted by Voter
Brenda VanLengen	Georgia	#25	NR	Voter Only
Brenda VanLengen	Illinois	#24	NR	Voter Only
Brenda VanLengen	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Alex Simon	Baylor	NR	#23	Omitted by Voter
Alex Simon	Oklahoma State	#25	NR	Voter Only
Percy Allen	Baylor	NR	#23	Omitted by Voter
Percy Allen	Illinois	#23	NR	Voter Only
Kelly Gramlich	NC State	#25	NR	Voter Only
Kelly Gramlich	Virginia	NR	#19	Omitted by Voter
Robert Cessna	Baylor	NR	#23	Omitted by Voter
Robert Cessna	Oklahoma State	#25	NR	Voter Only
Rebecca Lobo	NC State	#25	NR	Voter Only
Rebecca Lobo	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Sabreena Merchant	Baylor	NR	#23	Omitted by Voter
Sabreena Merchant	Columbia	#25	NR	Voter Only
Eden Laase	Baylor	NR	#23	Omitted by Voter
Eden Laase	Oklahoma State	#25	NR	Voter Only
Meghan McKeown	Alabama	NR	#24	Omitted by Voter
Meghan McKeown	Princeton	#25	NR	Voter Only
Meghan McKeown	Texas Tech	#23	NR	Voter Only
Meghan McKeown	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Michael.Voepel	Oklahoma State	#25	NR	Voter Only
Michael.Voepel	Virginia	NR	#19	Omitted by Voter
Reed Darcey	Alabama	NR	#24	Omitted by Voter
Reed Darcey	Fairfield	#23	NR	Voter Only
Reed Darcey	Ole Miss	NR	#21	Omitted by Voter
Reed Darcey	Rhode Island	#24	NR	Voter Only
Reed Darcey	Texas Tech	#25	NR	Voter Only
Reed Darcey	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Caroline Makauskas	Baylor	NR	#23	Omitted by Voter
Caroline Makauskas	Fairfield	#24	NR	Voter Only
Caroline Makauskas	Illinois	#25	NR	Voter Only
Caroline Makauskas	Michigan State	NR	#22	Omitted by Voter
Caroline Makauskas	Villanova	#23	NR	Voter Only
Caroline Makauskas	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Madeline Kenney	Alabama	NR	#24	Omitted by Voter
Madeline Kenney	Texas Tech	#25	NR	Voter Only
Mitchell Northam	Alabama	NR	#24	Omitted by Voter
Mitchell Northam	Columbia	#22	NR	Voter Only
Mitchell Northam	Marshall	#23	NR	Voter Only
Mitchell Northam	Michigan State	NR	#22	Omitted by Voter
Mitchell Northam	Oklahoma State	#25	NR	Voter Only
Mitchell Northam	Ole Miss	NR	#21	Omitted by Voter
Mitchell Northam	Texas Tech	#17	NR	Voter Only
Mitchell Northam	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Sam McKewon	Illinois	#25	NR	Voter Only
Sam McKewon	Texas Tech	#24	NR	Voter Only
Sam McKewon	Virginia	NR	#19	Omitted by Voter
Sam McKewon	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Angel Gray	Alabama	NR	#24	Omitted by Voter
Angel Gray	Georgia	#24	NR	Voter Only
Angel Gray	Ole Miss	NR	#21	Omitted by Voter
Angel Gray	Princeton	#23	NR	Voter Only
Angel Gray	Texas Tech	#25	NR	Voter Only
Angel Gray	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Cassandra Negley	Baylor	NR	#23	Omitted by Voter
Cassandra Negley	Syracuse	#25	NR	Voter Only
Zach Smith	Baylor	NR	#23	Omitted by Voter
Zach Smith	Texas Tech	#21	NR	Voter Only
Terrika Foster-Brasby	Kentucky	NR	#14	Omitted by Voter
Terrika Foster-Brasby	Oregon	#24	NR	Voter Only
Terrika Foster-Brasby	Princeton	#25	NR	Voter Only
Terrika Foster-Brasby	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Joe Vozzelli	Oklahoma State	#25	NR	Voter Only
Joe Vozzelli	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Alexa Philippou	Oklahoma State	#25	NR	Voter Only
Alexa Philippou	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Christy Winters Scott	Alabama	NR	#24	Omitted by Voter
Christy Winters Scott	Georgia	#24	NR	Voter Only
Christy Winters Scott	Princeton	#23	NR	Voter Only
Christy Winters Scott	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Jeff Linder	Oklahoma State	#24	NR	Voter Only
Jeff Linder	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter
Khristina Williams	Georgia	#24	NR	Voter Only
Khristina Williams	Ohio State	NR	#17	Omitted by Voter
Khristina Williams	Princeton	#23	NR	Voter Only
Khristina Williams	Washington	NR	#25	Omitted by Voter

2025–26 · Final · 2026-04-06 · 30/31 recovered ballots. Source: Associated Press · Published Basketball Ballots.

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Rank	Voters
1	0
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5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	1
13	2
14	1
15	3
16	4
17	1
18	1
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	4
24	2
25	0
NR	3

Rank	Voters
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	1
13	2
14	1
15	3
16	4
17	1
18	1
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	4
24	2
25	0
NR	3

Rank	Voters
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	1
13	2
14	1
15	3
16	4
17	1
18	1
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	4
24	2
25	0
NR	3