Florida held the top spot in the USA Today Coaches Poll released Monday, staying No. 1 with a 2-0 record and 786 points. Duke (2-0) remains No. 2, followed by Illinois (2-0), UConn (2-0), and Michigan State (2-0) rounding out the top five.
The poll sets up a top-5 matchup on Tuesday as No. 2 Duke faces No. 5 Michigan State in the Champions Classic, while No. 14 Kansas meets Kentucky, the first team outside the rankings after being preseason No. 23.
The most notable absence is Purdue, which fell out of the poll for the first time since the 2022-23 preseason after an 0-2 start — its worst since 1976-77. The Boilermakers lost their opener to Gonzaga and then suffered a double-overtime home defeat to Valparaiso. Purdue received 12 votes in the "others receiving votes" category.
Here is the full top 25 for Nov. 9, 2026 (records through Sunday): 1. Florida (2-0), 2. Duke (2-0), 3. Illinois (2-0), 4. UConn (2-0), 5. Michigan State (2-0), 6. Virginia (3-0), 7. Texas (2-0), 8. Houston (2-0), 9. Tennessee (1-0), 10. Louisville (2-0), 11. Arizona (1-1), 12. Gonzaga (2-0), 13. St. John's (2-0), 14. Kansas (2-0), 15. UCLA (2-0), 16. Alabama (2-0), 17. Texas Tech (2-0), 18. Miami (1-1), 19. Vanderbilt (2-0), 20. Arkansas (1-1), 21. Michigan (1-1), 22. USC (2-0), 23. Iowa State (1-1), 24. Nebraska (2-0), 25. BYU (2-0).
Other teams receiving votes include Kentucky (101), Memphis (34), Saint Louis (23), Indiana (12), Texas A&M (11), Baylor (9), North Carolina (6), Marquette (6), West Virginia (5), Missouri (4), LSU (3), Wisconsin (1), Villanova (1), and Nevada (1).
