BYU Basketball Climbs In Final AP Top 25 Ranking Of 2024-25 Season
Apr 8, 2025, 11:43 AM
BYU basketball star Richie Saunders led the Cougars to their highest final AP Top 25 ranking in 14 years. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
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PROVO, Utah – BYU basketball climbed in the final AP Top 25 rankings of the 2024-25 season.
The Cougars finished at No. 13 in the AP Top 25. That’s the highest final ranking for the program in 14 years, when they were ranked No. 10 in the final poll of the 2011 season.
BYU basketball finishes ranked No. 13 in the final AP Top 25 poll of the 2024-25 season. pic.twitter.com/hIECiVsLMe
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) April 8, 2025
It’s the first time since 2021 that BYU is ranked in the final AP Top 25 poll.
BYU moved up four spots from the No. 17 ranking they held entering the NCAA Tournament.
The No. 13 final ranking is the sixth-highest finish in program history.
BYU finished the 2025 season with a 26-10 record. However, their run in the NCAA Tournament was more notable than their record.
BYU reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011, before falling to the Alabama Crimson Tide. Alabama finished ranked No. 6 in the final AP Top 25 poll.
BYU finished as the third-highest ranked Big 12 team behind only national runner-up Houston (No. 2) and Texas Tech (No. 8).
The Big 12 had five teams ranked in the final AP Top 25.
BYU reached the final No. 13 ranking in the first year under head coach Kevin Young. Richie Saunders and Egor Demin led the Cougars as they stormed to only the program’s third-ever Sweet 16 appearance.
AP Top 25: Final College Basketball Ranking of 2024-25 season
1. Florida (36-4) | SEC
2. Houston (35-5) | Big 12
3. Duke (35-4) | ACC
4. Auburn (32-6) | SEC
5. Tennessee (30-8) | SEC
6. Alabama (28-9) | SEC
7. Michigan State (30-7) | Big Ten
8. Texas Tech (28-9) | Big 12
9. Maryland (27-9) | Big Ten
10. Michigan (27-10) | Big Ten
11. St. John’s (31-5) | Big East
12. Kentucky (24-12) | SEC
13. BYU (26-10) | Big 12
14. Purdue (24-12) | Big Ten
15. Arizona (24-13) | Big 12
16. Wisconsin (27-10) | Big Ten
17. Iowa State (25-10) | Big 12
18. Ole Miss (24-12) | SEC
19. Texas A&M (23-11) | SEC
20. Arkansas (22-14) | SEC
21. Louisville (27-8) | ACC
22. Clemson (27-7) | ACC
23. Gonzaga (26-9) | WCC
24. Saint Mary’s (29-6) | WCC
25. Memphis (29-6) | AAC
Others receiving votes: Drake 122, Oregon 105, Illinois 80, UConn 76, Creighton 60, Colorado State 49, UCLA 36, McNeese State 17, Missouri 16, New Mexico 10, UC San Diego 6, Kansas 5, Marquette 2.
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow Mitch’s coverage of BYU in the Big 12 Conference on X: @Mitch_Harper.
