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It marks the third straight year Houston is top-three in the final AP poll and the second time in three seasons it finished at No. 2.
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Did you know that CBS reported that 18.1 million viewers watched the championship game, the most since 2019?
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Houston came up a few points shy of winning its first-ever NCAA men’s basketball championship. The Cougars do finish No. 2 behind national champion Florida in the final Associated Press Top 25 rankings.
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USA TODAY College Sports Wire on MSNWhere Alabama ranks in final AP Poll Top 25 following Elite Eight NCAA Tournament runComing off an appearance in the Elite Eight, Alabama's ranking in the final AP Poll Top 25 of the season has been revealed.
Since the NCAA tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 — its modern format — only five of 40 national champions were unranked to start the season.
The 2025 men's NCAA tournament came to a close on Monday night, with the Florida Gators earning a hard-fought 65-63 victory over the Houston Cougars for their first national championship since they won back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007.
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UConn women’s basketball was unsurprisingly the unanimous No. 1 team in the last AP Top 25 poll of 2024-25 after winning the NCAA title.
Oregon dropped in the polls to end the 2024-25 season. The Ducks (25-10) received 105 points, 27th overall in the final AP men’s college basketball poll and 40 points, 30th overall, in the final coaches poll.
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Here are the programs which have won the NCAA men’s basketball championship: 2023 — UConn 76, San Diego St. 59