Indiana men's basketball will begin the 2025-26 season unranked in the AP poll

The Associated Press released its first top 25 basketball poll this week and Indiana is unranked, only receiving one vote in the preseason rankings.

Purdue is No. 1 with 35 first-place votes, followed by Houston, defending national champion Florida, 2023 and 2024 champ Connecticut, St. John’s and Duke.

Six Big Ten teams made the top 25: No. 1 Purdue, No. 7 Michigan, No. 12 UCLA, No. 17 Illinois, No. 22 Michigan State and No. 24 Wisconsin. Along with Indiana, five others received votes in Oregon (98), Ohio State (23), USC (10), Washington (7) and Iowa (6). The Indiana Hoosiers received the 12th-most votes in the Big Ten placing them 12 out of 18 overall in the conference.

The Hoosiers, who enter their first season under head coach Darian DeVries bring in 13 new scholarship players for the 2025-26 season.

Indiana is rankedNo. 40 nationally in the preseason KenPom rankings for the 2025-26 season.This includes being ranked No. 35 offensively and No. 41 defensively.

Indiana play two exhibition games and they begin when the Hoosiers go against Marian University at 7 p.m. Friday inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. The Hoosiers will also travel to take on Baylor University on Oct. 26 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team will play their first regular season game of the 2025-2026 season against Alabama A&M on November 5th at home inside of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana.

The Full AP Preseason Poll (Men's Basketball)
Rank Team Points Last Season
1 Purdue 1485 24-12
2 Houston 1459 35-5
3 Florida 1382 36-4
4 UConn 1299 24-11
5 St. John's 1203 31-5
6 Duke 1123 35-4
7 Michigan 1084 27-10
8 BYU 1078 26-10
9 Kentucky 1056 24-12
10 Texas Tech 1015 28-9
11 Louisville 966 27-8
12 UCLA 741 23-11
13 Arizona 715 24-13
14 Arkansas 695 22-14
15 Alabama 620 28-9
16 Iowa State 616 25-10
17 Illinois 567 22-13
18 Tennessee 462 30-8
19 Kansas 453 21-13
20 Auburn 424 32-6
21 Gonzaga 387 26-9
22 Michigan State 188 30-7
23 Creighton 158 25-11
24 Wisconsin 136 27-10
25 North Carolina 104 23-14