Men's college basketball rankings: Gonzaga remains at No. 9 in final AP Top 25 poll (3/13/23)

The Gonzaga men's basketball team was ranked No. 9 in the season's final Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday.

The Zags (28-5, 14-2 WCC), who also placed ninth last week, won the West Coast Conference Tournament championship last Tuesday. They crushed then-No. 16 Saint Mary's by 26 points at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The Gaels ended at No. 19.

It's been an up-and-down year for Gonzaga, which peaked at No. 2 and fell as low as No. 18. Head coach Mark Few's program has finished each of the last seven seasons in the top 10 of the AP poll.

Gonzaga is riding a nine-game winning streak heading into the NCAA Tournament where the team is a No. 3 seed in the West Region. The Zags will open March Madness against Grand Canyon at 4:35 p.m. PST on Friday in Denver.

The final national rankings are led by Alabama, who jumped three spots after winning the SEC Tournament Championship on Sunday. The Crimson Tide was named the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. 

Duke saw the largest improvement in the poll, moving up nine spots. The Blue Devils defeated Virginia to win the ACC Tournament on Saturday.

UCLA took the biggest tumble, as the Bruins fell from No. 2 to No. 7 following their loss to Arizona in the Pac-12 Tournament title game on Saturday.

Here’s the final AP Top 25 poll of the 2022-23 season:

AP TOP 25 POLL

1. Alabama (29-5), 1508 points (48 first-place votes) 

2. Houston (29-3), 1404 (9) 

3. Purdue (29-5), 1367 (3) 

4. Kansas (27-7), 1303 

5. Texas (26-8), 1276 

6. Marquette (28-6), 1244 

7. UCLA (29-5), 1209 (1) 

8. Arizona (28-6), 1155 

9. Gonzaga (28-5), 1046 

10. UConn (25-8), 854 

11. Baylor (22-10), 779 

12. Duke (26-8), 763 

13. Xavier (25-9), 738 

14. Virginia (25-7), 711 

15. Kansas State (23-9), 709 

16. Miami (FL) (25-7), 581 

17. Texas A&M (25-9), 562 

18. San Diego State (27-6), 550 

19. Saint Mary’s (25-7), 426 

20. Tennessee (23-10), 381 

21. Indiana (22-11), 332 

22. TCU (21-12), 254 

23. Missouri (24-9), 171 

24. Memphis (26-8), 110 

25. Florida Atlantic (31-3), 99

Others receiving votes: Creighton 94, Oral Roberts 58, Kentucky 39, Iowa State 32, VCU 26, Utah State 15, Penn State 11, Charleston 10, West Virginia 2, Drake 2, Kent State 2, Northwestern 2