AP Top 25 basketball
Definition
The AP Top 25 is the prestigious weekly poll ranking the top 25 NCAA Division I college basketball teams (primarily men's, with a parallel women's poll), compiled from votes by a nationwide panel of Associated Press sports media members.
A barometer of college hoops dominance, where teams rise or plummet based on wins, losses, and that one buzzer-beater everyone’s still arguing about.
Examples
After choking in March Madness again, my alma mater tumbled out of the AP Top 25 basketball faster than a freshman at his first kegger.
Duke snagged the number one spot in the AP Top 25 basketball poll, proving once more that blue blood runs thicker than red ink from rival fan tears.
Forget the stock market; investing in a mid-major that cracks the AP Top 25 basketball is where the real Cinderella stories—and brackets—happen.
The coach's postgame rant went viral after his team slipped to 23rd in the AP Top 25 basketball, blaming everything but the team's collective caffeine crash.