Is Wisconsin basketball ranked in final AP, coaches polls of 2025-26?
Wisconsin men's basketball (barely) finished the 2025-26 season as one of the top 25 teams in the country. The Badgers were No. 25 in both the final USA TODAY coaches poll and the final AP Poll, which were released on April 7.
That was down five spots in the coaches poll and six spots in the AP Poll from where the Badgers were before their first-round loss to 12th-seeded High Point in the NCAA Tournament. It is Wisconsin's second consecutive season that ended with a postseason ranking. The Badgers were No.
16 in both polls after losing in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Big Ten teams ahead of the Badgers in the coaches poll include No. 1 Michigan, No.
5 Illinois, No. 7 Purdue, No. 11 Michigan State, No.
14 Nebraska and No. 19 Iowa. More: Wisconsin forward Aleksas Bieliauskas to enter transfer portal The Badgers are one of 16 teams to be ranked in the final coaches poll in both 2025 and 2026.