MSU basketball finishes season just outside top 10 in AP poll
See where the Spartans landed in the final Associated Press top 25 rankings for this season
Michigan State basketball has finished the 2025-26 season just outside the top 10 in the Associated Press (AP) final poll. With rival Michigan claiming the national championship on Monday, the 2025-26 college basketball season is officially over. That means the final AP rankings were released on Tuesday, with the Spartans coming in just outside the top 10.
Michigan State finished the season at No. 11 nationally. Among Big Ten teams, only three from the league were ahead of the Spartans in the final poll: Michigan (No.
1), Illinois (No. 5) and Purdue (No. 6).
Other Big Tens included in the poll that came after Michigan State were Nebraska (No. 14), Iowa (No. 15) and Wisconsin (No.